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Title: The Inventions of the Idiot

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

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Language: English

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THE INVENTIONS OF THE IDIOT

by

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx"
"The Pursuit of the House-Boat"
"Olympian Nights" Etc. Etc.

New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1904

Copyright, 1903, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._

Published April, 1904

TO

YOU

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE CULINARY GUILD 1
II. A SUGGESTION FOR THE CABLE-CARS 16
III. THE TRANSATLANTIC TROLLEY COMPANY 31
IV. THE INCORPORATION OF THE IDIOT 47
V. UNIVERSITY EXTENSION 64
VI. SOCIAL EXPANSION 79
VII. A BEGGAR'S HAND-BOOK 96
VIII. PROGRESSIVE WAFFLES 112
IX. A CLEARING-HOUSE FOR POETS 127
X. SOME ELECTRICAL SUGGESTIONS 142
XI. CONCERNING CHILDREN 158
XII. DREAMALINE 172

THE INVENTIONS OF THE IDIOT

I

The Culinary Guild

It was before the Idiot's marriage, and in the days when he