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Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World

Anonymous

Sketches of the fair sex, in all parts of the world. To which are added rules for determining the precise figure, the degree of beauty, the habits, and the age of women, notwithstanding the aids and d..

Who Was Who - 5000 B. C. to Date

Irwin Leslie Gordon

THE editor begs leave to inform the public that only persons who can produce proper evidence of their demise will be admitted to Who Was Who. Press Agent notices or complimentary comments are absolute..

The Enchanted Typewriter

John Kendrick Bangs

The Enchanted Typewriter is a collection of short stories by the American author John Kendrick Bangs, written in 1899 in the style that has become known as Bangsian fantasy. Bangs attributes many of t..

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 6, 1891

Various Authors

The Vicar's Daughter (suddenly recognising the New Curate, who is blinking unsuspectingly in the lantern rays). Oh, Mr. TOOTLER, you've just come in time to help us! The man with the lantern says he o..

The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996

Eric S. Raymond

Eric Steven Raymond, often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a gui..

The Gem Collector

P. G. Wodehouse

A Gentleman of Leisure is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. The basic plot first appeared in a novella, The Gem Collector, in the December 1909 issue of Ainslee's Magazine. A Gentleman of Leisure is a novel..

Speaking of Operations

Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was an American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky, who relocated to New York in 1904, living there for the remainder of his life. He wrote for the New..

The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000

Eric S. Raymond

Eric Steven Raymond, often referred to as ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. He wrote a gui..