Tiddledywink Tales

Susan Clair Imbarrato, Carol Berkin, Brett Barney, Lisa Paddock, Matthew J. Bruccoli, George Parker Anderson, Judith S.

The late nineteenth century American humorist John Kendrick Bangs was an inventive satirical writer, who inspired the genre of Bangsian fantasy. Famous works like ‘A House-Boat on the Styx’ employed a fantastical premise, involving the use of famous literary or historical individuals and their interactions in the Afterlife. In the popular magazines ‘Puck’ and ‘Life’, Bangs created numerous hilarious characters, including Jimmieboy, the Idiot, Alice in Blunderland, the Unwiseman and a popular Raffles spin-off series — all revealing his important contribution to the development of humorist literature. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Bangs’ complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bangs’ life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 14 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including Bangs’ almost lost first novel, ‘Roger Camerden’ * The complete Idiot and Jimmieboy series * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * All of the famous works are fully illustrated with the original artwork, with thousands of images * Rare magazine stories available in no other collection, including ‘The Paradise Club’ series * Includes Bangs’ rare non-fiction work ‘Uncle Sam, Trustee’, digitised here for the first time * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genresPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The Novels Roger Camerden (1887) Toppleton’s Client (1893) Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica (1895) A Rebellious Heroine (1896) Emblemland (1901) Mollie and the Unwiseman (1902) Olympian Nights (1902) The Andiron Tales (1906) Alice in Blunderland (1907) The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors (1908) The Autobiography of Methuselah (1909) Mollie and the Unwiseman Abroad (1910) Jack and the Checkbook (1911) From Pillar to Post (1916)The Jimmieboy Series Tiddledywink Tales (1891) The Tiddledywink’s Poetry Book (1892) In Camp with a Tin Soldier (1892) Half Hours with Jimmieboy (1893) The Mantel-Piece Minstrels, and Other Stories (1896) Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy (1902) Uncollected Jimmieboy TalesThe Raffles Series Mrs. Raffles (1905) R. Holmes & Co. (1906)The Idiot Series Coffee and Repartee (1893) The Idiot (1895) The Idiot at Home (1900) The Inventions of the Idiot (1904) The Genial Idiot (1908) Half-Hours with the Idiot (1917)Associated Shades Series A House-Boat on the Styx (1895) The Pursuit of the House-Boat (1897) The Enchanted Type-Writer (1899) Mr. Munchausen (1901)Other Short Fiction The Lorgnette (1886) New Waggings of Old Tales by Two Wags (1888) Three Weeks in Politics (1894) The Water Ghost, and Others (1894) The Paradise Club (1895) Paste Jewels (1897) Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others (1898) Peeps at Peoples (1899) The Dreamers: A Club (1899) The Booming of Acre Hill and Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life (1900) Over the Plum-Pudding (1901) Potted Fiction (1908) A Little Book of Christmas (1912)The Plays The Bicyclers, and Three Other Farces (1896)The Poetry Cobwebs from a Library Corner (1899)The Non-Fiction Uncle Sam, Trustee (1902)Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

A book recalling what it was like to be a child in the 1950s, including home life, school days, music and fashions.

The following story is true. This book is about my children’s mysteries written between the ages of 9 and 16. The years would have been 1975 to 1982. During this time, I was completely oblivious to a terrible truth about myself. I was living in Daler Cottage, the given name of my childhood home. At the age of 19, I would start a novel called The Lessons. This novel was fuelled by a burning fantasy world that was eating me up inside. For the next thirty years, I would struggle with this novel, unaware of this truth. The story of The Lessons is covered in my other book. Prior to my novel-writing phase, I was writing these mysteries as well as painting and devising plays. I kept a diary between 1977 and 1988, during which I attained a degree in Fine Art. I would continue to write and paint for many years to come. My diaries illuminate the circumstances surrounding the writing of my children’s stories. Unknown to me, clues to this horrific truth have leaked into all my creations like oil bubbling up through the ground. At the age of 51, I finally learned the truth. This book describes the decoding process to find the true meaning behind my children’s mysteries. Due to the nature of this book, names and certain details have been altered in order to protect identities and I am writing under a pseudonym. With images throughout.

Tales featuring anthropomorphic animals have been around as long as there have been storytellers to spin them, from Aesop's Fables to Reynard the Fox to Alice in Wonderland. The genre really took off following the explosion of furry fandom in the 21st century, with talking animals featuring in everything from science fiction to fantasy to LGBTQ coming-out stories. In his lifetime, Fred Patten (1940-2018)--one of the founders of furry fandom and a scholar of anthropomorphic animal literature--authored hundreds of book reviews that comprise a comprehensive critical survey of the genre. This selected compilation provides an overview from 1784 through the 2010s, covering such popular novels as Watership Down and Redwall, along with forgotten gems like The Stray Lamb and Where the Blue Begins, and science fiction works like Sundiver and Decision at Doona.

When Tilly's mum goes out to work, Mrs Hardcastle from up the street pops in to look after her. There are two special things about Mrs Hardcastle. The first thing is that she's always dropping off to sleep (she snores too, sometimes). The second special thing is that whenever she goes to sleep, something magic always seems to happen to Tilly Mint! Carnegie Medal winner Berlie Doherty's enchanting Tilly Mint tales are at last available in one complete collection with brand-new illustrations from Tony Ross.

Just when Sir Jasper Gowlings thinks it is safe to return to his humble abode, he is horrified to find the terrifying and bad-tempered old hag Felicitatus Miserius waiting for him—with yet another collection of blood-curdling fairy tales. Frozen with fear, Sir Gowlings knows he has no choice, for those who fail to learn from the messages contained within the tome will be doomed. As he begins to turn the yellowed pages, Gowlings knows his future is at stake. Once upon a time, when witches and goblins still roamed the world and all the animals chatted amicably, a frog promises to do anything to win the hand of his fair lady. A spoiled boy must sell his cow in order to buy a pair of ruby red designer shoes, and a little swan who looks more like a goose must prove to all the other feathered creatures and the king that he is the best swan around. Unfortunately, none of the characters anticipate the surprises that await them. Terrible Tales 2 is a delicious, zany collection of upside-down fairy tales sure to delight both children and the young-at-heart with their unmistakable life lessons and secrets to happiness, love, and success.