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Title: John Dene of Toronto
A Comedy of Whitehall

Author: Herbert Jenkins

Release Date: July 27, 2010 [EBook #33277]

Language: English

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JOHN DENE

of TORONTO

A COMEDY OF WHITEHALL

BY

HERBERT JENKINS

AUTHOR OF "BINDLE"

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED

3 YORK STREET LONDON S.W.1

1920

A
HERBERT
JENKINS'
BOOK

_Fifth printing_

Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

TO
MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE
CHARLES ASKEW
WHO HAS BEEN AS STRENUOUS
AS THE TIMES THEMSELVES
AND INFINITELY MORE CHEERFUL

MCMXV-MCMXIX

CONTENTS

CHAP.

I. THE COMING OF JOHN DENE
II. JOHN DENE'S WAY
III. DEPARTMENT Z.
IV. GINGERING UP THE ADMIRALTY
V. JOHN DENE LEAVES WHITEHALL
VI. MR. MONTAGU NAYLOR OF STREATHAM
VII. MR. NAYLOR RECEIVES A VISITOR
VIII. DOROTHY WEST AT HOME
IX. DEPARTMENT Z. AT WORK
X. JOHN DENE GOES TO KEW
XI. THE STRANGENESS OF JOHN DENE
XII. THE _DESTROYER_ READY FOR SEA
XIII. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOHN DENE
XIV. THE HUE AND CRY
XV. MR. LLEWELLYN JOHN BECOMES ALARMED
XVI. FINLAY'S S.O.S.
XVII. MALCOLM SAGE CASTS HIS NET
XVIII. THE RETURN OF JOHN DENE
XIX. COMMANDER JOHN DENE GOES TO BOURNEMOUTH
XX. JOHN DENE'S PROPOSAL
XXI. MARJORIE ROGERS PAYS A CALL

WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT

John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of
gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional methods
bewilder and embarrass the officials at Whitehall, where, according to
him, most of the jobs are held by those "whose great-grandfathers had a
pleasant way of saying how-do-you-do to a prince."

Suddenly John Dene disappears, and the whole civilised world is amazed
at an offer of L20,000 for news of him. Scotland Yard is disorganised
by tons of letters and thousands of call