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Olympian Nights
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Title: Olympian Nights
Author: John Kendrick Bangs
Release Date: March 11, 2006 [EBook #17964]
Language: English
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OLYMPIAN NIGHTS
by
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "The Pursuit of the House-Boat" "The Enchanted Type-writer" Etc. Etc.
[Illustration]
New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers
1902
HARPER & BROTHERS.
Published June, 1902.
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. I REACH MOUNT OLYMPUS 1
II. I SEEK SHELTER AND FIND IT 17
III. THE ELEVATOR BOY 33
IV. I SUMMON A VALET 53
V. THE OLYMPIAN LINKS 70
VI. IN THE DINING-ROOM 88
VII. ÆSCULAPIUS, M.D. 110
VIII. AT THE ZOO 131
IX. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PALACE OF JUPITER 155
X. AN EXTRAORDINARY INTERVIEW 175
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