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The Inventions of the Idiot

(The third book in the Idiot series)
(1904)
A novel by

John Kendrick Bangs

 

From the New York Times Book Review, April 23, 1904:

"The familiar boarding house Idiot of Mr. John Kendrick Bangs reappears in a new volume of humorous conversations entitled, "The Inventions of the Idiot". These talks around the breakfast table of Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog, in which the utterances of the Idiot dominate those of the other boarders in length and profundity, relate to the evils of bad cooking, the possibility of a trolly line across the Atlantic to banish seasickness, the desirability of converting the Idiot's intellectual gifts into a universal trust, the ineffectiveness of "university extensive", as the Idiot see it and the desirability of "social expansion", the wealth of beggers, a scheme for "progressive waffles" at the breakfast table, the need of a clearing house for poetry and other subjects of equal importance." Mr. Bang's Idiot, an amiable, quick-witted loquncious personage, has retained his individuality a long term of years, though it be severly tested by the keen public demand for veracious reports of his utterances. Few personages, even in fiction, could hold their own so well while talking so much as this cheerful Idiot. He is always clear minded and alive to the signs of the times."
 
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Hardback Editions

June 2009 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1110859155Title: The Inventions of the Idiot
Author(s): John Kendrick Bangs
ISBN: 1-110-85915-5 / 978-1-110-85915-3
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July 2007 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0548040966Title: The Inventions of the Idiot
Author(s): John Kendrick Bangs
ISBN: 0-548-04096-6 / 978-0-548-04096-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
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Paperback Editions

June 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1110859104Title: The Inventions of the Idiot
Author(s): John Kendrick Bangs
ISBN: 1-110-85910-4 / 978-1-110-85910-8
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
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June 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1110859120Title: The Inventions of the Idiot
Author(s): John Kendrick Bangs
ISBN: 1-110-85912-0 / 978-1-110-85912-2
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June 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1110859147Title: The Inventions of the Idiot
Author(s): John Kendrick Bangs
ISBN: 1-110-85914-7 / 978-1-110-85914-6
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December 2004 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 1417957034Title: The Inventions of the Idiot
Author(s): John Kendrick Bangs
ISBN: 1-4179-5703-4 / 978-1-4179-5703-3 (USA edition)
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Other Editions

March 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B0020MLZBETitle: The Inventions of the Idiot
Author(s): John Kendrick Bangs
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