{"product_id":"2940015813647","title":"A BOOK OF BURLESQUES","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER                                      PAGE\u003cbr\u003e     I. DEATH: A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION        11\u003cbr\u003e    II. FROM THE PROGRAMME OF A CONCERT          27\u003cbr\u003e   III. THE WEDDING: A STAGE DIRECTION           51\u003cbr\u003e    IV. THE VISIONARY                            71\u003cbr\u003e     V. THE ARTIST: A DRAMA WITHOUT WORDS        83\u003cbr\u003e    VI. SEEING THE WORLD                        105\u003cbr\u003e   VII. FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL           135\u003cbr\u003e  VIII. LITANIES FOR THE OVERLOOKED             149\u003cbr\u003e    IX. ASEPSIS: A DEDUCTION IN _SCHERZO_ FORM  159\u003cbr\u003e     X. TALES OF THE MORAL AND PATHOLOGICAL     183\u003cbr\u003e    XI. THE JAZZ WEBSTER                        201\u003cbr\u003e   XII. THE OLD SUBJECT                         213\u003cbr\u003e  XIII. PANORAMAS OF PEOPLE                     223\u003cbr\u003e   XIV. HOMEOPATHICS                            231\u003cbr\u003e    XV. VERS LIBRE                              237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe present edition includes some epigrams from \"A Little Book in C\u003cbr\u003eMajor,\" now out of print. To make room for them several of the smaller\u003cbr\u003esketches in the first edition have been omitted. Nearly the whole\u003cbr\u003econtents of the book appeared originally in _The Smart Set_. The\u003cbr\u003ereferences to a Europe not yet devastated by war and an America not yet\u003cbr\u003epolluted by Prohibition show that some of the pieces first saw print in\u003cbr\u003efar better days than these.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH. L. M.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFebruary 1, 1920.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_I.--DEATH_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_I.--Death. A Philosophical Discussion_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The back parlor of any average American home. The blinds are drawn and\u003cbr\u003ea single gas-jet burns feebly. A dim suggestion of festivity: strange\u003cbr\u003echairs, the table pushed back, a decanter and glasses. A heavy,\u003cbr\u003esuffocating, discordant scent of flowers--roses, carnations, lilies,\u003cbr\u003egardenias. A general stuffiness and mugginess, as if it were raining\u003cbr\u003eoutside, which it isn't._","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084643713264,"sku":"2940015813647","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015813647","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}