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JOHN INGERFIELD And Other Stories
JOHN INGERFIELD And Other Stories
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TO THE GENTLE READER;
also
TO THE GENTLE CRITIC.
Once upon a time, I wrote a little story of a woman who was crushed to death by a python. A day or two after its publication, a friend stopped me in the street. “Charming little story of yours,” he said, “that about the woman and the snake; but it’s not as funny as some of your things!” The next week, a newspaper, referring to the tale, remarked, “We have heard the incident related before with infinitely greater humour.”
With this—and many similar experiences—in mind, I wish distinctly to state that “John Ingerfield,” “The Woman of the Sæter,” and “Silhouettes,” are not intended to be amusing. The two other items—“Variety Patter,” and “The Lease of the Cross Keys”—I give over to the critics of the new humour to rend as they will; but “John Ingerfield,” “The Woman of the Sæter,” and “Silhouettes,” I repeat, I should be glad if they would judge from some other standpoint than that of humor, new or old.
-Jerome K. Jerome
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Contents: In remembrance of John Ingerfield, and of Anne, his wife. The woman of the Saeter. Variety Patter. Silhouettes. The lease of the "Cross Keys."
'John Ingerfield' is a serious tale of old London, a story of indifference turned into love from devotion to a common cause of mercy.
'The woman of Sæter' is a grewsome study of the growth of madness exhibited in letters from the madman.
'Variety Patter' relates to a well-known lady of the music hall.
'The Lease of the Cross Keys' is a humorous tale of mistaken identity, in which a bishop of the English Church and a dissipated journalist are the leading characters.
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This edition contains ten Illustrations as they appeared in the Henry Holt & Company publication of 1894.
also
TO THE GENTLE CRITIC.
Once upon a time, I wrote a little story of a woman who was crushed to death by a python. A day or two after its publication, a friend stopped me in the street. “Charming little story of yours,” he said, “that about the woman and the snake; but it’s not as funny as some of your things!” The next week, a newspaper, referring to the tale, remarked, “We have heard the incident related before with infinitely greater humour.”
With this—and many similar experiences—in mind, I wish distinctly to state that “John Ingerfield,” “The Woman of the Sæter,” and “Silhouettes,” are not intended to be amusing. The two other items—“Variety Patter,” and “The Lease of the Cross Keys”—I give over to the critics of the new humour to rend as they will; but “John Ingerfield,” “The Woman of the Sæter,” and “Silhouettes,” I repeat, I should be glad if they would judge from some other standpoint than that of humor, new or old.
-Jerome K. Jerome
* * * * *
Contents: In remembrance of John Ingerfield, and of Anne, his wife. The woman of the Saeter. Variety Patter. Silhouettes. The lease of the "Cross Keys."
'John Ingerfield' is a serious tale of old London, a story of indifference turned into love from devotion to a common cause of mercy.
'The woman of Sæter' is a grewsome study of the growth of madness exhibited in letters from the madman.
'Variety Patter' relates to a well-known lady of the music hall.
'The Lease of the Cross Keys' is a humorous tale of mistaken identity, in which a bishop of the English Church and a dissipated journalist are the leading characters.
* * * * *
This edition contains ten Illustrations as they appeared in the Henry Holt & Company publication of 1894.
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