The Notion-Counter: A Farrago of Foibles
Nobody Nobody
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books, Jan. 20, 2018)
Excerpt from The Notion-Counter: A Farrago of FoiblesSO much as middle-aged, some being really young, a baby's coat Of spotless purity being among the more juvenile members of the hand-picked collection.Before entering the dyeing establishment, I paused to look in the cruelly deceptive shop-window. It pre sented a gay scene Of headless ladies exquisitely gowned in every shade Of delicate pink, blue, yellow, and lavender. A placard bore the legend (i use the word advisedly): These dresses have all been dyed. Almost fearing that my theory was to be disproved, I entered and, placing my package on the marble tomb stone Of a counter, displayed the contents to a woe begone female in black. Before I could explain what I wished to have done, the Sallow saleslady summoned another human vulture from a hidden recess, and to gether they looked, with stricken faces, at my articles Of apparel, shaking their heads ominously as I dis played my various exhibits.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.