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Variously attributed to Horatio Alger, Jr. and T. C. Haliburton.
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- NOTHING TO EAT
- NOT By the Author of "Nothing to Wear"
- "I'll nibble a little at what I have got."
- —"My appetite's none of the best. And so I must pamper the delicate thing." —The least mite will suffice: A side bone and dressing and bit of the breast. The tip of the rump—that's it—and one of the fli's"
- Respectfully Dedicated TO ALL LADIES "DYING WITH DYSPEPSIA. "Where fashion and folly are all of a suit." BY A JOLLY GOOD NATURED AUTHOR.
- "I'll nibble a little at what I have got."
- NOT By the Author of "Nothing to Wear"
- NOTHING TO EAT.
- Not by the Author of "Nothing to Wear."
- The Argument
- The Proof—the Queen of Fashion
- The Object aimed at.
- What another Poet did.
- How the Author sometimes Dines.
- Merdle the Banker.
- Places Where Mortals Dine.
- Things That Mortals Eat There.
- The Invitation.
- The Merdle Origin.
- Mrs. Merdle At Home.
- Mrs. Merdle goes to Market.
- The Dinner-bell Rings.
- The Dinner Table Talk.
- Mrs. Merdle doubts Paradise's Uneating Pleasure.
- Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Earthly.
- Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Eatable.
- Mrs. Merdle Ordereth the Second Course.
- Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Hygiene and Fish Sauce.
- Mrs. Merdle Describeth her Doctor.
- Mrs. Merdle Discourseth again on Dinner.
- Mrs. Merdle Accepteth of a slight Dinner, suitable for a Woman suffering with Dyspepsia.
- Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Wishes and her Sufferings.
- Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Pudding.
- Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of the necessity of good Wine and other Matters.
- Mrs. Merdle Suggesteth that Dinner being finished, the Gentlement will Smoke. In the meantime, she Discourseth.
- Mrs. Merdle, having "Nibbled a Little" for two Hours at Dinner, retireth from the Table unsatisfied.
- The Poet Moralizeth—He Discourseth to those who Gorge and Complain.
- He Discourseth of the Wherefore of Bachelorism.
- He Discourseth of What some Mortals Live for.
- He Imploreth Mercy upon those condemned with fashionable folly to Marry, and Illustrateth their Condition.
- He Imploreth Merry for other Unfortunate Beings.
- He Discourseth of a Common Prayer.
- He Discourseth of Trouble and Sorrow.
- He Moralizeth upon what a Day may Bring forth.
- FINIS.
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