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Title: Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

Author: Stephen Leacock

Release Date: February 20, 2007 [EBook #20633]

Language: English

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WINSOME WINNIE
AND OTHER NEW
NONSENSE NOVELS

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN AMERICA
AND OTHER IMPOSSIBILITIES

LITERARY LAPSES

NONSENSE NOVELS

SUNSHINE SKETCHES OF A LITTLE
TOWN. With a Frontispiece by Cyrus Cuneo

BEHIND THE BEYOND AND OTHER
CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMAN
KNOWLEDGE. With 17 Illustrations
by "FISH"

ARCADIAN ADVENTURES WITH
THE IDLE RICH

MOONBEAMS FROM THE LARGER
LUNACY

ESSAYS AND LITERARY STUDIES

FURTHER FOOLISHNESS: SKETCHES
AND SATIRES ON THE FOLLIES
OF THE DAY. With coloured Frontispiece
by "FISH" and 5 other Plates by
M. BLOOD.

FRENZIED FICTION

THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL
JUSTICE.

THE BODLEY HEAD

_WINSOME WINNIE
AND OTHER NEW
NONSENSE NOVELS_

_BY STEPHEN LEACOCK_

_LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXXI_

_Printed in Great Britain by R. Clay & Sons, Ltd., London and Bungay_

_CONTENTS_

CHAP.

I. WINSOME WINNIE; OR, TRIAL AND TEMPTATION
I. THROWN ON THE WORLD
II. A RENCOUNTER
III. FRIENDS IN DISTRESS
IV. A GAMBLING PARTY IN ST. JAMES'S CLOSE
V. THE ABDUCTION
VI. THE UNKNOWN
VII. THE PROPOSAL
VIII. WEDDED AT LAST

II. JOHN AND I; OR, HOW I NEARLY LOST MY HUSBAND

III. THE SPLIT IN THE CABINET; OR, THE FATE OF ENGLAND

IV. WHO DO YOU THINK DID IT? OR, THE MIXED-UP MURDER MYSTERY
I. HE DINED WITH ME LAST NIGHT
II. I MUST SAVE HER LIFE
III. I MUST BUY A BOOK ON BILLIARDS
IV. THAT IS NOT BILLIARD CHALK
V. HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN KELLY?
VI. SHOW ME THE MAN WHO WORE THOSE BOOTS
VII. OH, MR. KENT, SAVE ME!
VIII. YOU ARE PETER KELLY
IX. LET ME