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10 - Mr Jabberjee is taken to see a Glove-Fight.

In Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

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F. Anstey

Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different back…

Foreword

In The Daredevil of the Army - Experiences as a ''Buzzer'' and Despatch Rider

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Austin Patrick Corcoran

At just twenty-six years of age, the author – A P Corcoran had already led an adventurous life, having twice sailed around the world, experi…

Sir John Carder's Cigars

In The Burglars' Club: A Romance in Twelve Chronicles

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Henry Augustus Hering

'He's one of us,' the burglar explained. 'You see, we are men who have pretty well exhausted the pleasures of life. We've all been in the Ar…

How the Wheels of a Watch Go Round

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102

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Eva March Tappan

"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…

Chapter I d: Why Dreams Are Forgotten After Waking

In The Interpretation of Dreams

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Sigmund Freud

A neat book on dream analysis by the founding father of psychoanalysis. This book is about the inner theater and the workings of the mind in…

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