6 stories
"A merry, extravagant, deliciously satirical, screamingly funny story by the man who wrote Iole. Don't miss it! Lavishly illustrated in color and line by Henry Hutt. Look for the girl on the cover!"
--blurb in standalone advertisement, New York Times 1915-11-27 p. 11
Review (earliest found): "Robert W. Chambers, Literary Cartoonist", NY Times -12-05 p. BR492
1915 Appleton title page states "New York and London", and the British Library reports only this edition, {{BL|000655156}} (none found in 1915/16 UK newspapers).
- 1st ed.
This is source edition for Project Gutenberg Ebook #18515 (see), which begins (viewed in HTML format) with an image of the original title page.
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Publication date (inferred) and price ($1.30 net) from standalone advertisement NY Times 1915-11-27 p11.
Two other mentions in November newspapers, as the first item in both columns:
• noted "ready within a week or two", NYT -11-15 "What Authors and Publishers Are Doing This Season"
• listed as received, Louisville Courier-Journal -11-29
Review: "Robert W. Chambers, Literary Cartoonist", NYT -12-05 pBR492
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HathiTrust Digital Library provides full view of one copy with original cover:
-- title page
-- "List of Illustrations", [xvii-xviii], lists 22 (including frontispiece and 5 plates not included in the pagination)
-- stories span p3-[293] (last page unnumbered)
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Cover image from L. W. Currey.
