LIFE OF JOSEPH BINDLE
BINDLE
LIFE OF JOSEPH BINDLE
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| THE CRITICS' WELCOME TO BINDLE | |
| Bystander | Bindle is delicious |
| Scotsman | A Cockney Mr. Dooley. |
| Sunday times | A humorist of humorists. |
| Outlook | Bindle is a great creation. |
| Daily Express | A new character in fiction. |
| Punch | Mr. Herbert Jenkins is a humorist. |
| Daily News | Pickwickian... Bindle should "go." |
| Pall Mall Gaz. | The immortal mirth-provoking Bindle. |
| Sportsman | We bespeak a hearty welcome for Bindle. |
| Sporting Life | Bindle is simply great .. a classic of its kind. |
| Observer | One of the most "knowing" books ever written. |
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BINDLE
SOME CHAPTERS IN THE
LIFE OF JOSEPH BINDLE
BY
HERBERT
JENKINS
TORONTO:WILLIAM BRIGGS
LONDON : HERBERT JENKINS Ltd.
MCMXVII
Printed in Great Britain
TO
MY MOTHER
WHO AS HER SON'S
BEST FRIEND IS
PROBABLY HIS
WORST CRITIC
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| FOREWORD | vii | |
| I. | THE BINDLES AT HOME | 11 |
| II. | A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE | 30 |
| III. | THE HYPNOTIC FIASCO | 44 |
| IV. | THE HEARTYS AT HOME | 56 |
| V. | BINDLE TRIES A CHANGE OF WORK | 71 |
| VI. | THE HOTEL CORRIDOR | 82 |
| VII. | BINDLE COMMITS AN INDISCRETION | 97 |
| VIII. | THE GREAT CONSPIRACY | 111 |
| IX. | THE TEMPERANCE FÊTE | 126 |
| X. | MR. HEARTY PRAYS FOR BINDLE | 138 |
| XI. | MR. HEARTY BECOMES EXTREMELY UNPOPULAR | 149 |
| XII. | BINDLE AGREES TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE | 167 |
| XIII. | OXFORD'S WELCOME TO BINDLE | 179 |
| XIV. | MR. HEARTY GIVES A PARTY | 203 |
| XV. | BINDLE AND THE GERMAN MENACE | 225 |
| XVI. | THE AMATEUR DETECTIVES | 238 |
| XVII. | BINDLE MAKES A MISTAKE | 251 |
| XVIII. | BINDLE ASSISTS IN AN ELOPEMENT | 270 |
| XIX. | THE SCARLET HORSE COTERIE | 290 |
| XX. | MILLIE LEAVES HOME | 302 |
| XXI. | CONCLUSION | 315 |
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