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Behind The Beyond - And Other Contributions To Human Knowledge
Behind The Beyond And Other Contributions To Human Knowledge Author:Stephen Leacock CONTENTS BEHIND THE BEYOND . FAMILIAR INCIDENTS PAOB . .11 I. WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER . -55 II. THE DENTIST AND THE GAS . . 63 III. MY LOST OPPORTUNITIES . 71 IV. MY UNKNOWN FRIEND . . .76 V. UNDER THE BARBERS KNIFE . . 86 PARISIAN PASTIMES I. THE ADVANTAGES OF A POLITE EDUCATION 95 II. THE JOYS OF PHILANTHROPY . .106 III. THE SIMPLE LIFE IN PARIS... more » . .119 IV. A VISIT TO VERSAILLES . 131 V. PARIS AT NIGHT . . . 145 THE RETROACTIVE EXISTENCE OF MR. JUGGINS MAKING A MAGAZINE . HOMER AND HUMBUG . . . . . 6i . .171 . .185 ILLUSTRATIONS TO FACE PAGE THE PROLOGUE.... Frontispiece THE CURTAIN RISES . . . .11 THEIR EXPRESSION is STAMPED WITH DEEP THOUGHT . 28 HE KISSES HER ON THE BARE SHOULDER . . 32 HE SPEAKS AND TAKES HER IN HIS ARMS . . 52 Is IT ME . . . . .60 I DID GO 1 KEPT THE APPOINTMENT . . 68 HE SHOWED ME A CHURCH THAT I COULD HAVE BOUGHT FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND . . . 74 I SHALL NOT TRY TO BE QUITE SO EXTRAORDINARILY CLEVER 84 WHEN HE REACHED MY FACE HE LOOKED SEARCHINGLY AT IT . . . . . .QO THE TAILOR SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS . . IOO SOMETHING IN THE QUIET DIGNITY OF THE YOUNG MAN HELD ME . . . . .116 THE PARISIAN DOG . . . .122 PERSONALLY I PLEAD GUILTY TO SOMETHING OF THE SAME SPIRIT .....144. THE LADYS FACE is AGLOW WITH MORAL ENTHUSIASM 148 MEANWHILE HE HAD BECOME A QUAINT-LOOKING ELDERLY MAN . . . . 166 WlTH ALL THE LOW CUNNING OF AN AUTHOR STAMPED ON HIS FEATURES . . . .174 BEHIND THE BEYOND A Modern Problem Play« less