The House-boat of the Associated Shades, formerly located upon the River Styx, as the reader may possibly remember, had been torn from its moorings and navigated out into unknown seas by that vengeful pirate Captain Kidd, aided and abetted by some of the most ruffianly inhabitants of Hades. Like a thief in the night had they come, and for no better reason than that the Captain had been unanimously voted a shade too shady to associate with self-respecting spirits had they made off with the happy floating club-house of their betters; and worst of all, with them, by force of circumstances over...

The date of my birth, occurring as it did, nine hundred and sixty-five years ago, is so far removed from my present that my recollections of it are not altogether clear, but Mrs. Adam, my great-grandmother seven times removed, with whom I was always a great favorite because I looked more like my original ancestor, her husband, than any other of his descendants, has given me many interesting details of that important epoch in my history.

"Pursuit of the House Boat" from John Kendrick Bangs. American author, editor and satirist (1862-1922).

Excerpt from The Booming of Acre Hill: And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life
Acre Hill ten years ago was as void of houses as the primeval forest. Indeed, in many ways it suggested the primeval forest. Then the Acre Hill Land Improvement Company sprang up in a night, and before the bewildered owners of its lovely solitudes and restful glades, who had been paying taxes on their property for many years, quite grasped the situation they found that they had sold out, and that their old-time paradise was as surely lost to them as was Eden to Adam and Eve.
To-day Acre Hill is...

"Andiron Tales" from John Kendrick Bangs. American author, editor and satirist (1862-1922).

John Kendrick Bangs was an American satirist and author who wrote several works of fiction, including some featuring the detective Raffles.

"A Little Book of Christmas" from John Kendrick Bangs. American author, editor and satirist (1862-1922).

Excerpt from A House-Boat on the Styx: Being Some an of the Divers the Associated Shades
A House-Boat on the Styx: Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades was written by John Kendrick Bangs in 1895. This is a 191 page book, containing 29820 words and 9 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title.
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