Humor O'Ferrall, Ernest; The Lobster and the Lioness, v1, 27 April 2024

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The author was a journalist, poet and writer of humorous tales for The Bulletin weekly magazine and its stabelmate literary monthly The Lone Hand. He was most active in the years between 1907 and 1920, and he died of tuberculosis in 1925 at the age of 44.
Quite a few of his tales are set in boarding houses, a form of habitation he knew very well, and often border on farce. This collection is new, and contains 36 stories. He had one collection published in his lifetime: Bodgers and the Boarders, 1921. A book of poetry and another short story collection were published posthumously.
All of these stories were originally published as by "Kodak", which was his nickname.

1: Brown And The Monster
2: "The Giggle" Newspaper Company
3: The Escaped Hero
4: The Dance Amongst the Roses
5: The Policeman Who Was Kissed
6: Brown’s Inflammable Card Party
7: The Undertaker’s Hat
8: A Flood of Trouble
9: The Prophet in the Dock
10: The Lobster and the Lioness
11: When Smith Was King
12: The Eye-Witness
13: The Lost Bishop
14: The Boarder’s Revolver
15: Louis XIV and the Lodger
16: The Opium Eaters
17: The Reincarnated Cabman
18: The Eighteen-Footer
19: A Set of Furs
20: Balloons and Sausages
21: The Prompter
22: A House of Flames
23: Gold In His Teeth
24: Doing Good
25: The McSozzle Ministry
26: The Four Organists
27: The Sympathy Bureau
28: The Brothers of Mount Rest
29: A Ruined Tragedy
30: Mr. Bodger’s Joy Ride
31: Your Respected Uncle
32: "Opperashuns"
33: The Bishop and the Merry-go-Round
34: Seen in Passing
35: How The War Ended
36: A Duke in Business

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