Baboo Jabberjee

Baboo Jabberjee

Thomas Anstey Guthrie, novelist and journalist, who wrote his comic novels under the pseudonym F. Anstey (1856-1934)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- INTRODUCTORY LETTER FROM BABOO JABBERJEE

-03- MR JABBERJEE APOLOGISES FOR THE UNAMBITIOUS SCOPE OF HIS WORK - SUNDRY CONFIDENCES, CRITICISMS AND COMPLAINTS

-04- SOME ACCOUNT OF MR JABBERJEE'S EXPERIENCES AT THE WESTMINSTER PLAY

-05- MR JABBERJEE GIVES HIS VIEWS CONCERNING THE LAUREATESHIP

-06- CONTAINING MR JABBERJEE'S IMPRESSIONS AT THE OLD MASTERS

-07- IN WHICH MR JABBERJEE EXPRESSES HIS OPINIONS ON BICYCLING AS A PASTIME

-08- DEALING WITH HIS ADVENTURES AT OLYMPIA

-09- HOW MR JABBERJEE RISKED A SPRAT TO CAPTURE SOMETHING VERY LIKE A WHALE

-10- HOW MR JABBERJEE DELIVERED AN ORATION AT A LADIES' DEBATING CLUB

-11- HOW HE SAW THE PRACTICE OF THE UNIVERSITY CREWS, AND WHAT HE THOUGHT OF IT

-12- MR JABBERJEE IS TAKEN TO SEE A GLOVE-FIGHT

-13- MR JABBERJEE FINDS HIMSELF IN A POSITION OF EXTREME DELICACY

-14- MR JABBERJEE IS TAKEN BY SURPRISE

-15- DRAWBACKS AND ADVANTAGES OF BEING ENGAGED

-16- MR JABBERJEE'S FELLOW-STUDENT

-17- MR JABBERJEE IS ASKED OUT TO DINNER

-18- MR JABBERJEE MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO THE SHRINE OF SHAKESPEARE

-19- CONTAINING SOME INTIMATE CONFIDENCES FROM MR JABBERJEE, WITH THE EXPLANATION OF SUCH APPARENT INDISCRETION

-20- MR JABBERJEE IS A LITTLE OVER-INGENIOUS IN HIS EXCUSES

-21- MR JABBERJEE TRIES A FRESH TACK

-22- MR JABBERJEE DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF IN THE BAR EXAMINATION, BUT IS LESS SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER RESPECTS

-23- MR JABBERJEE HALLOOS BEFORE HE IS QUITE OUT OF THE WOOD

-24- MR JABBERJEE PLACES HIMSELF IN THE HANDS OF A SOLICITOR—WITH CERTAIN RESERVATIONS

-25- MR JABBERJEE DELIVERS HIS STATEMENT OF DEFENCE, AND MAKES HIS PREPARATIONS FOR THE NORTH

-26- MR JABBERJEE RELATES HIS EXPERIENCES UPON THE MOORS

-27- MR JABBERJEE CONCLUDES THE THRILLING ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCES ON A SCOTCH MOOR, GREATLY TO HIS OWN GLORIFICATION

-28- MR JABBERJEE EXPRESSES SOME AUDACIOUSLY SCEPTICAL OPINIONS

-29- MR JABBERJEE IS UNAVOIDABLY COMPELLED TO RETURN TO TOWN, THEREBY AFFORDING HIS SOLICITOR THE INESTIMABLE BENEFIT OF HIS PERSONAL ASSISTANCE

-30- MANKLETOW JABBERJEE

-31- FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF MANKLETOW JABBERJEE

-32- MANKLETOW JABBERJEE - PART HEARD

-33- MANKLETOW JABBERJEE - CONTINUED

-34- CONTAINING THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER, AND MR JABBERJEE'S FINAL FAREWELL