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Title: Olympian Nights

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

Release Date: March 11, 2006 [EBook #17964]

Language: English

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[Illustration: BRANCH OFFICE OF MAMMON & CO.]

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. AESCULAPIUS, M.D. 110

VIII. AT THE ZOO 131

IX. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PALACE OF JUPITER 155

X. AN EXTRAORDINARY INTERVIEW 175

XI. A ROYAL OUTING 192

XII. I AM DISMISSED 212

ILLUSTRATIONS

BRANCH OFFICE OF MAMMON & CO. _Frontispiece_

HIPPOPOPOLIS EXPLAINS _Facing p._ 8

A DREAM OF BRIGANDAGE