Transcribed from the 1903 Chapman and Hall Sketches byBoz edition ,
THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES
CONTENTS
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Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble | ||
Full Report of the First Meeting of the MudfogAssociation for the Advancement of Everything | ||
| Section A. Zoology and Botany |
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| Section B. Anatomy and Medicine |
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| Section C. Statistics |
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| Section D. Mechanical Science |
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Full Report of the Second Meeting of theMudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything | ||
| Section A. Zoology and Botany |
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| Section B. Display of Models and MechanicalScience |
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| Section C. Anatomy and Medicine |
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| Section D. Statistics |
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| Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology andDitchwaterisics |
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The Pantomime of Life | ||
Some Particulars Concerning a Lion | ||
Mr. Robert Bolton | ||
Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child | ||
p.495PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE
ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG
Mudfog is a pleasant town—aremarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow bythe side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives anagreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a rovingpopulation in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunkenbargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages. Thereis a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactlythe sort of town for a watering-place, either. Water is aperverse sort of element at the best of times, and in Mudfog itis particularly so. In winter, it comes oozing down thestreets and tumbling over the fields,—nay, rushes into thevery cellars and kitchens of the houses, with a lavishprodigality that might well be dispensed with; but in the hotsummer weather it will dry up, and turn green: and,although green is a very good colour in its way, especially ingrass, still it certainly is not becoming to water; and it cannotbe denied that the beauty of Mudfog is rather impaired