A Literary Man Pingwill Sinks Beneath His Snobbery
A story follows Pingwill, a self styled literary man living on a wife’s means, who pretends at literary prowess. He clashes with friends Heydinger and the narrator during a witty session of misread authors and faux recall, culminating in his public embarrassment and withdrawal. The piece lampoons literary snobbery and shallow erudition through Pingwill’s pratfalls and the narrator’s amused distancing.
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Pingwill
Treydinger
Ile
Dickens
Jerome
Mark Twain
Heydinger
Kipling
Wendle Hooper
Bellows
Perars Lant
Hooper
Graham
Lant
Poe
Leigh Hunt
Marriage Ages Across Europe Compared
The article notes Denmark allows a twelve year old girl and a fourteen year old boy to wed, while many places set eighteen for men and sixteen for women. Germany requires a man to be declared of age after eighteen and only before twenty one. France stands out with laws on each party’s rights and shared earnings, including potential support liability for a husband toward his French wife's relatives.
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Europe
Denmark
Germany
France
Ice as He Knew It from a London Refreshment Room
In a London railway refreshment room an Aberdeen man jokes as he asks for an ice. After tasting it he notes it is frostbitten, the waiter explains it is simply ice. The Aberdonian expresses surprise that people eat ice in London and recalls skating in Aberdeen.
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London
Aberdonian
Sean
Aberdeen
Paris Matrimonial Agency Delivers Gentleman and Ape Doppelganger
A Paris agency matched M X with a 27 year old woman. The agent warned he was not Adonis but had sterling worth. He planned to send a carte de visite but mailed a portrait of a favorite ape by mistake. The woman replied accepting the husband despite his lack of beauty, praising his distinguished air.
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Paris
M. X
Mandy Shoots Dobson Avenging Eph in Moonlit Farm
In Livingston County a stern farmer Eph Parks is betrayed to jail by Jim Dobson. Mandy, his wife, witnesses the arrest and broods over the case. She arms herself, then tracks Dobson and fires, later joining Constable Bill Bucker for a planned further shootout.
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Eph Parks
Livingston County
Eph
Mandy
Dean
Womae Eae
Andy
Jim Dobson
Dobson
Pop
Shorty
Bill Bucker
Bill
Zach
Minerva
The Doctor Stopped Laughing at a Tombstone Tale
A physician from Provence laughs at a tombstone maker carving sacred memory followed by blanks. The stonecutter explains he keeps a tight lid on obituary wording while treating someone sick, leaving blanks for the rest.
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Provence
The Scoundrel Fleeing After Dining Man Chases Umbrella Thief
A diner rose after a meal and fled with a gold handled umbrella. A nearby patron sprang up to pursue, vowing to stop the unknown thief and bring him to a policeman. The cashier doubts either will return.
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Rillain
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