Dr Johnson’s cat left James Boswell cold, but the great man himself would do anything to avoid hurting the little fellow’s feelings.
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Half-Seas-Over
BySamuel Rogers
A doctor is wondering how to apologise for being drunk on the job, when he receives a letter from his patient.
33
Byron and the Black Horse
ByEdward Trelawny
The flamboyant English poet went to extreme lengths to get a refund on an unsatisfactory purchase.
34
Big Hitter
ByEthel Smyth
Meriel Talbot’s distinguished career in government came as no surprise to those who had seen her at the wicket.
35
Daw Chorus
ByEthel Smyth
Composer Ethel Smyth starts telling the Archbishop of Canterbury a joke, and then wishes she hadn’t...
36
A Real Soldier
ByColonel Sir William F. Butler
Major-General Charles Napier, given the task of policing a Chartist rally in Manchester, was alarmed to hear the protestors had brought the big guns - literally.
