Books with author John Kendrick Bangs

This carefully crafted ebook: "A Little Book of Christmas (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Table of Contents:A Toast To Santa ClauseThe Conversion of HetheringtonA Merry Christmas PieThe Child Who Had Everything ButA Holiday WishSanta Clause and Little BilleeChristmas EveThe House of the Seven SantasExtract:"He was only a little bit of a chap, and so, when for the first time in his life he came into close contact with the endless current of human things, it was as hard for him to "stay put" as for some wayward little atom of flotsam and jetsam to keep from tossing about in the surging tides of the sea. His mother had left him there in the big toy-shop, with instructions not to move until she came back, while she went off to do some mysterious errand. She thought, no doubt, that with so many beautiful things on every side to delight his eye and hold his attention, strict obedience to her commands would not be hard."John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.

First published in the year 1895; the present fantasy novel 'A House-Boat on the Styx' by John Kendrick Bangs begins with Charon; ferryman of the Styx being startled—and annoyed—by the arrival of a houseboat on the Styx. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business; he later finds out that he is actually to be appointed the boat's janitor. What follows are eleven more stories which are set on the house boat.

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A House-Boat on the Styx is a book written by John Kendrick Bangs and published in 1895. The premise of the book is that everyone who has ever died (up to the time in which the book is set, which seems to be about the time of its publication) has gone to Styx, the river that circles the underworld. The book begins with Charon, ferryman of the Styx being startled—and annoyed—by the arrival of a houseboat on the Styx. At first afraid that the boat will put him out of business, he later finds out that he is actually to be appointed the boat's janitor. What follows are eleven more stories (for a total of twelve) which are set on the house boat. There is no central theme, and the purpose of the book appears to be as a literary thought experiment to see what would happen if various famous dead people were put in the same room with each other. Each chapter is a short story featuring various souls from history and mythology. In the twelfth chapter the house boat disappears, leading into the sequel, Pursuit of the House-Boat. Other notable books by John Kendrick Bangs include The Idiot, The Dreamers, Ghosts I Have Met, The Enchanted Typewriter, and Peeps at People.