unearths some literary gems.
From Bunkum, by Frank Richardson:
[from the blurbs]
"The Whisker King" --/Vanity Fair/
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[from the preface]
I have tried--and obviously with success--to induce you to believe that "Bunkum" is a society novel (with a strong whisker interest). [It's actually a collection of short pieces.]
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the alleged end of the so-called last century
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[from "The Inspector of Private Nuisances" (Doing the Math dept.)]
"It's sadder than Hamlet, fifty per cent sadder than Hamlet."
[The three attachments called "farce" are also from this story.]
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[from "The Great Parrot Story"]
Mrs. Kirkby Wiske's parrot story was quite the leading parrot story of the week.
[Additional snippet from this story attached--and note how it leads us straight back to that other Richardson, Sir Ralph, and the parrot/palette business! (In the titular parrot story, it was the parrot who was credited with having the infallible palate for wine vintages.)]
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[Bonus story titles]
"A Gamble in Whiskers"
"The Man with One Whisker"
