OFF-HAND SKETCHES A little dashed with humour
ByT. S. Arthur
PHILADELPHIA:
LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & CO.
NO.14 NORTH FOURTH STREET
1851.Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1851, by T. S. ARTHUR, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Stereotyped by L. Johnson & Co. Philadelphia. Printed by T. K. & P. G. Collins.
PREFACE.
THE reader cannot but smile at some of the phases of life presented in this volume. Yet the smile will, in no case, the author thinks, be at the expense of humanity, good feeling, or virtue. Many of the incidents given, are facts embellished by a few touches of fancy. In all, lessons may be read that some, at least, will do well to lay to heart.
page: 4-5 (Table of Contents) [View Page 4-5 (Table of Contents) ]CONTENTS.
- THE CIRCUIT-PREACHER 7
- THE PROTEST 25
- RETRENCHMENT; OR, WHAT A MAN SAVED BY STOPPING HIS NEWSPAPER 36
- HUNTING UP A TESTIMONIAL 49
- TRYING TO BE A GENTLEMAN 56
- TAKING A PRESCRIPTION 63
- THE YANKEE AND THE DUTCHMAN; OR, I'LL GIVE OR TAKE 69
- A TIPSY PARSON 80
- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; OR, THE REASON WHY MRS. TODD DIDN'T SPEAK TO MRS. JONES 89
- ALMOST A TRAGEDY 103
- THAT JOHN MASON 114
- A NEW WAY TO COLLECT AN OLD DEBT 126
- A SHOCKING BAD MEMORY 139
- DRIVING A HARD BARGAIN 148
- OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE; OR, THE LOVE OF A HOUSE 157
- MARRYING A COUNT 167
- JOB'S COMFORTERS; OR, THE LADY WITH NERVES 182
- THE CODE OF HONOUR 199
- TREATING A CASE ACTIVELY 208
