The Asbestos Society of Sinnersdetailing the diversions of Dives and others on the playground of Pluto, with some broken threads of drop-stitch history, picked up by a newspaper man in Hades and woven into a Stygian nights' entertainment
Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. In particular the spelling of proper names viz. Catharine of Arragon remain. 

In chapter XI, page 146: “By the bye,” I put in, “it seems to me the Morman has the biggest kick coming against his wives’ mothers, yet I've never heard a word.... 

Morman is almost certainly Mormon or Mormon man.

 THE ASBESTOS SOCIETY OF SINNERS 

 The Asbestos Society of Sinners

Detailing the Diversions of Dives and others on the Playground of Pluto, with some broken threads of Drop-stitch History, picked up by a Newspaper man in Hades and woven into a Stygian Nights’ Entertainment.

BY

LAWRENCE DANIEL FOGG

MAYHEW PUBLISHING COMPANY 92-100 Ruggles Street Boston, Mass. 

 Copyright, 1906 by Lawrence Daniel Fogg All Rights Reserved.

Dedicated to JOHN KENDRICK BANGS Who first made Hades a pleasant place of abode and aroused in his reader a desire to go cruising on the Styx 

CONTENTS:

Chapter.

Page.

The Summons from Satan

Shady Sinners of the Styx

John Brown’s Body and the Bones of John Paul Jones

Henry the Eighth and His Harem in Hades


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