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    Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream
    Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream
    Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream
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    Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream

    By John Kendrick Bangs

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    "Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream" by John Kendrick Bangs. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateNov 27, 2019
    ISBN4057664611406
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    John Kendrick Bangs

    John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922) was an American writer and editor best known for his works in the fantasy genre. Bangs began his writing career in the 1880s when he worked for a literary magazine at Columbia College. Later, he held positions at various publications such as Life, Harper's Bazaar and Munsey’s Magazine. Throughout his career he published many novels and short stories including The Lorgnette (1886), Olympian Nights (1902) and Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream (1907).

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      Alice in Blunderland - John Kendrick Bangs

      John Kendrick Bangs

      Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4057664611406

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER I

      OFF TO BLUNDERLAND

      THE COPPERATION

      CHAPTER II

      THE IMMOVABLE TROLLEY

      THE BALLADE OF THE NANCY P.D.Q.

      CHAPTER III

      THE AROMATIC GAS PLANT

      CHAPTER IV

      THE CITY-OWNED POLICE

      IN RE WHAT TO DO NEXT

      CHAPTER V

      THE MUNICIPAPHONE

      CHAPTER VI

      THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC VERSE

      ASPIRATION

      CHAPTER VII

      OWNERSHIP OF CHILDREN

      CHAPTER I

      Table of Contents

      OFF TO BLUNDERLAND

      Table of Contents

      IT was one of those dull, drab, depressing days when somehow or other it seemed as if there wasn't anything anywhere for anybody to do. It was raining outdoors, so that Alice could not amuse herself in the garden, or call upon her friend Little Lord Fauntleroy up the street; and downstairs her mother was giving a Bridge Party for the benefit of the M.O. Hot Tamale Company, which had lately fallen upon evil days. Alice's mother was a very charitably disposed person, and while she loathed gambling in all its forms, was nevertheless willing for the sake of a good cause to forego her principles on alternate Thursdays, but she was very particular that her little daughter should be kept aloof from contaminating influences, so that Alice found herself locked in the nursery and, as I have already intimated, with nothing to do. She had read all her books—The House of Mirth, the novels of Hall Caine and Marie Corelli—the operation for appendicitis upon her dollie, while very successful indeed, had left poor Flaxilocks without a scrap of sawdust in her veins, and therefore unable to play; and worst of all, her pet kitten, under the new city law making all felines public property, had grown into a regular cat and appeared only at mealtimes, and then in so disreputable a condition that he was not thought to be fit company for a child of seven.

      Oh dear! cried Alice impatiently, as she sat rocking in her chair, listening to the pattering of the rain upon the roof of the veranda. I do wish there was something to do, or somebody to do, or somewhere to go. The Gov'ment ought to provide covered playgrounds for children on wet days. It wouldn't cost much, to put a glass cover on the Park!

      A very good, idea! I'll make a note of that, said a squeaky little voice at her side.

      THE CHESHIRE CAT

      Alice sprang to her feet in surprise. She had supposed she was alone, and for a moment she was frightened, but a glance around reassured her, for strange to say, seated on the radiator warming his toes was her old friend the Hatter, the queer old chap she had met in her marvellous trip through Wonderland, and with him was the March Hare, the Cheshire Cat, and the White Knight from Looking Glass Land.

      Why—you dear old things! she cried. You here?

      I don't know about these others, but I'm here, returned the Hatter. The others seem to be here, but I respectfully decline to take my solemn daffydavy on the subject, because my doctor says I'm all the time seeing things that ain't. Besides I don't believe in swearing.

      THE MARCH HARE

      We're here all right, put in the March Hare. I know because we ain't anywhere else, and when you ain't anywhere else you can make up your mind that you're here.

      Well, I'm awfully glad to see you, said Alice. I've been so lonesome——

      We know that, said the White Knight. We've been studying your case lately and we thought we'd come down and see what we could do for you. The fact is the Hatter here has founded a model city, where everything goes just right, and we came to ask you to pay us a call.

      A city? cried Alice.

      Yep, said the March Hare. It's called Blunderland and between you and me I don't believe anybody but the Hatter could have invented one like it. His geegantic brain conceived the whole thing, and I tell you it's a corker.

      LISTEN HERE

      Where is it? asked Alice.

      That's telling, said the Hatter. I haven't had it copyrighted yet, and until I do I ain't going to tell where it is. You can't be too careful about property these days with copperations lurkin' around everywhere to grab everything in sight.

      What's a copperation? asked Alice.

      What? Never heard of a Copperation? demanded the Hatter. Mercy! Ever hear of the Mumps, or the Measles, or the Whooping Cough?

      Yes—but I never knew they were called Copperations, said Alice.

      Well, they ain't, but they're no worse—so they ought to be, said the Hatter. Listen here. I'll tell you what a copperation is.

      And

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