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A Book of Burlesques, by H. L. Mencken
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Title: A Book of Burlesques
Author: H. L. Mencken
Release Date: July 25, 2007 [eBook #22145]
Language: English
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A BOOK OF BURLESQUES
by
H. L. MENCKEN
[Illustration]
Published at the Borzoi · New York · by Alfred · A · Knopf
Copyright, 1916, 1920, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
CHAPTER PAGE
I. DEATH: A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION 11 II. FROM THE PROGRAMME OF A CONCERT 27 III. THE WEDDING: A STAGE DIRECTION 51 IV. THE VISIONARY 71 V. THE ARTIST: A DRAMA WITHOUT WORDS 83 VI. SEEING THE WORLD 105 VII. FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL 135 VIII. LITANIES FOR