Fables in slang (1899) and More fables in slang (1900) by George Ade

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Fables in slang (1899)

George Ade (1866-1944)

The Fable of the Visitor Who Got a Lot for Three Dollars

The Fable of the Slim Girl Who Tried to Keep a Date that was Never Made

The Fable of the New York Person Who Gave the Stage Fright to Fostoria, Ohio

The Fable of the Base Ball Fan Who Took the Only Known Cure

The Fable of the Good Fairy with the Lorgnette, and why She Got It Good

The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideal

The Fable of the Unintentional Heroes of Centreville

The Fable of the Parents Who Tinkered with the Offspring

The Fable of How He Never Touched George

The Fable of the Preacher Who Flew His Kite, but not Because He Wished to Do So

The Fable of Handsome Jethro, Who was Simply Cut Out to be a Merchant

The Fable of Paducah's Favorite Comedians and the Mildewed Stunt

The Fable of Flora and Adolph and a Home Gone Wrong

The Fable of the Copper and the Jovial Undergrads

The Fable of the Professor Who Wanted to be Alone

The Fable of a Statesman Who Couldn't Make Good

The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Peach Who Learned that There Were Others

The Fable of Sister Mae, Who Did as Well as Could Be Expected

The Fable of How the Fool-Killer Backed Out of a Contract

The Fable of the Caddy Who Hurt His Head while Thinking

The Fable of the Martyr Who Liked the Job

The Fable of the Bohemian Who had Hard Luck

The Fable of the Coming Champion Who was delayed

The Fable of the Lawyer Who Brought in a Minority Report

The Fable of the Two Mandolin Players and the Willing Performer

The Fable of the Man Who Didn't Care for Story-Books

More fables in slang (1900)

George Ade

The Fable of How Uncle Brewster was Too Shifty for the Tempter

The Fable of the Grass Widow and the Mesmeree and the Six Dollars

The Fable of the Honest Money-Maker and the Partner of His Joys, Such as They Were

The Fable of Why Sweetie Flew the Track

The Fable of the Ex-Chattel and the Awful Swat that was Waiting for the Colonel

The Fable I What Happened the Night the Men Came to the Women's Club

The Fable of the Corporation Director and the Mislaid Ambition

The Fable of Why Essie's Tall Friend Got the Fresh Air

The Fable of the Michigan Counterfeit Who Wasn't One Thing or the Other

The Fable of the Adult Girl Who Got Busy Before They Could Ring the Bell on Her

The Fable of the Inveterate Joker Who Remained in Montana

The Fable of the Cruel Insult and the Arrival of the Lover from No. 6

The Fable of the Lodge Fiend, and the Delilah Trick Played by His Wife

The Fable of the Apprehensive Sparrow and Her Daily Escape

The Fable of the Regular Customer and the Copper-Lined Entertainer

The Fable of Lutie, the False Alarm, and How She Finished about the Time that She Started

The Fable of the Cotillon Leader from the Huckleberry District with the Intermittent Memory

The Fable of the He-Gossip and the Man's Wife and the Man

The Fable of the Author Who was Sorry for What He did to Willie

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