Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream

								


Produced by Annie McGuire

ALICE IN BLUNDERLAND

BY THE SAME AUTHOR


A House-boat on the Styx
Coffee and Repartee
Mollie and the Unwiseman
Worsted Man; A Musical Play for Amateurs
The Enchanted Typewriter
Ghosts I Have Met
Mrs. Raffles
Olympian Nights
R. Holmes & Co.
And Many Other Short Stories

Alice in Blunderland
An Iridescent Dream
By
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

Illustrated by
ALBERT LEVERING

New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1907

COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP PUBLISHING BUREAU

COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1907

CONTENTS


CHAPTER                                                           PAGE



    I.  Off to Blunderland                                             3



   II.  The Immovable Trolley                                         19


III.  The Aromatic Gas Plant                                        37



   IV.  The City-owned Police                                         56



    V.  The Municipaphone                                             73



   VI.  The Department of Public Verse                                92


VII.  The Municipal Ownership of Children                          108

ILLUSTRATIONS



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The Cheshire Cat                                                     5


The March Hare                                                       6


"'Listen here'"                                                      7


The municipal chewery                                               11


The municipal toothery                                              13


"Handing her a card"                                                17


"'Put that fellow off'"                                             20


"Requested the Hatter to crack a filbert for him"                   24


"'Banged into the car ahead'"                                       27


The Chief Engineer                                                  30


"'It came to me like a flash'"                                      31


"'Studying the economic theories of Dr. Wack'"                      45


"The White Knight interfered"                                       48


"'In the matter of perfume it was fine'"                            50


"'Nobody could be gas-fixturated'"                                  51


"Wrote on the side of a convenient gas tank"                        57


"'I'm the soundest sleeper in town'"                                59


"'Tea is served on every corner'"                                   64


"'We respond immediately to the call'"                              67


"Made off with the agility of an antelope"                          69


"'You can talk all you please'"                                     73