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THE INVENTIONS OF THE IDIOT

by

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "The Pursuit of the House-Boat" "Olympian Nights" Etc. Etc.

New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers 1904

Copyright, 1903, by Harper & Brothers.

Harper & Brothers

 All rights reserved.

Published April, 1904

TO

YOU

Contents

The Culinary Guild

A Suggestion for the Cable-cars

The Transatlantic Trolley Company

The Incorporation of the Idiot

University Extension

Social Expansion

A Beggar's Hand-book

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