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Title: The Four-Masted Cat-Boat, and Other Truthful Tales

Note: Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Contents: The four-masted cat-boat -- The poor was mad -- A peculiar industry -- Griggs's mind -- The signals of Griggs -- À la Sherlock Holmes -- My Spanish parrot -- "To meet Mr. Cavendish" -- Instinct supplied to hens -- A spring idyl -- An inverted spring idyl -- At the Chestnuts' dinner -- The Rough Words Society -- A new use for horses -- A calculating bore -- An urban game -- "De gustibus" -- "Buffum's bustless buffers" -- "The father of Santa Claus" -- The dialect store -- "From the French" -- On the value of dogmatic utterance -- The sad case of Deacon Perkins -- The missing-word bore -- The confessions of a critic -- How 'Rasmus paid the mortgage -- 'Midst armed foes -- At the sign of the cygnet -- A Scotch sketch -- Ephrata Symonds's double life -- A stranger to luck -- Cupid on runners -- My truthful burglar -- The man without a watch -- The wreck of the "Catapult" -- The bull, the girl, and the red shawl -- Concerning dish-washing -- A perennial fever -- "Amicus redivivus" -- The proper care of flies.

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Summary: "The Four-Masted Cat-Boat and Other Truthful Tales" by Charles Battell Loomis is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. This work features a variety of humorous sketches that explore different topics, showcasing the author's wit and ability to capture quirky characters and amusing situations without a central narrative thread. Loomis's stories, rich in observation and satire, often reflect the social norms and customs of the time. The opening of the collection begins with the titular story, "The Four-Masted Cat-Boat," which immerses readers in a maritime setting where a sailing crew, led by Captain Bliffton, prepares for an impending storm. The calm before the storm quickly transforms into a chaotic scene, characterized by vivid descriptions of the sea's fury and the sailors' frantic efforts to manage the ship. Additional sketches introduce various humorous characters and scenarios, setting the tone for Loomis's light-hearted yet insightful commentary on human nature and social conventions. Each tale appears to stand alone, united only by Loomis's distinctive style and engaging prose. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Loomis, Charles Battell, 1861-1911

Illustrator: Shinn, Florence Scovel, 1871-1940

EBook No.: 63863

Published: Nov 23, 2020

Downloads: 56

Language: English

Subject: Humorous stories, American

Subject: Short stories, American

Subject: American fiction -- 19th century

Subject: Manners and customs -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

Title: The Four-Masted Cat-Boat, and Other Truthful Tales

Note: Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Contents: The four-masted cat-boat -- The poor was mad -- A peculiar industry -- Griggs's mind -- The signals of Griggs -- À la Sherlock Holmes -- My Spanish parrot -- "To meet Mr. Cavendish" -- Instinct supplied to hens -- A spring idyl -- An inverted spring idyl -- At the Chestnuts' dinner -- The Rough Words Society -- A new use for horses -- A calculating bore -- An urban game -- "De gustibus" -- "Buffum's bustless buffers" -- "The father of Santa Claus" -- The dialect store -- "From the French" -- On the value of dogmatic utterance -- The sad case of Deacon Perkins -- The missing-word bore -- The confessions of a critic -- How 'Rasmus paid the mortgage -- 'Midst armed foes -- At the sign of the cygnet -- A Scotch sketch -- Ephrata Symonds's double life -- A stranger to luck -- Cupid on runners -- My truthful burglar -- The man without a watch -- The wreck of the "Catapult" -- The bull, the girl, and the red shawl -- Concerning dish-washing -- A perennial fever -- "Amicus redivivus" -- The proper care of flies.

Credits: Produced by D A Alexander, John Campbell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)

Summary: "The Four-Masted Cat-Boat and Other Truthful Tales" by Charles Battell Loomis is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. This work features a variety of humorous sketches that explore different topics, showcasing the author's wit and ability to capture quirky characters and amusing situations without a central narrative thread. Loomis's stories, rich in observation and satire, often reflect the social norms and customs of the time. The opening of the collection begins with the titular story, "The Four-Masted Cat-Boat," which immerses readers in a maritime setting where a sailing crew, led by Captain Bliffton, prepares for an impending storm. The calm before the storm quickly transforms into a chaotic scene, characterized by vivid descriptions of the sea's fury and the sailors' frantic efforts to manage the ship. Additional sketches introduce various humorous characters and scenarios, setting the tone for Loomis's light-hearted yet insightful commentary on human nature and social conventions. Each tale appears to stand alone, united only by Loomis's distinctive style and engaging prose. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Loomis, Charles Battell, 1861-1911

Illustrator: Shinn, Florence Scovel, 1871-1940

EBook No.: 63863

Published: Nov 23, 2020

Downloads: 56

Language: English

Subject: Humorous stories, American

Subject: Short stories, American

Subject: American fiction -- 19th century

Subject: Manners and customs -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.