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Mudfog and Other Sketches

By Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens' series of funny sketches about the fictional 'Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything', a parody of the real-life British Association for the Advancement of Science.

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THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES
CONTENTS
PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. TULRUMBLE ONCE MAYOR OF MUDFOG
FULL REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING
- ‘Section A.—Zoology and Botany.
- ‘Section B.—Anatomy and Medicine.
- ‘Section C.—Statistics.
- ‘Section D.—Mechanical Science.
- FULL REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING
- ‘Section A.—Zoology and Botany.
- ‘SECTION B.—Display of Models and Mechanical Science.
- ‘Section C.—Anatomy and Medicine.
- ‘Section D.—Statistics.
- ‘Supplementary Section, E.—Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics.
THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE
SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION
MR. ROBERT BOLTON THE ‘GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS’
FAMILIAR EPISTLE FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD AGED TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS