Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream
John Kendrick Bangs
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 YorkDoubleday, Page & Company1907
COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THEMUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP PUBLISHING BUREAU
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BYDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANYPUBLISHED, 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
PAGE
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
"'Fined five dollars'" 84
"'The dictionary we are compiling'" 85
"Alice transfixed at the phone" 86
"'The biggest jackass from Dan to Beersheba'" 87
"'Larger measure than was the custom'" 94
"Greeted by the Commissioner, the Haberdasher" 99
"'It runs this way, your honour'" 100
"'Our thinking department'" 102
"'When they think nobody's looking'" 116
"'If you get into trouble, use this'" 119
"Seizing her by the arm" 122
"'Why--have I--I really fallen?'" 124
