THE BOOK OF NOODLES: _STORIES OF SIMPLETONS; OR, FOOLS AND THEIR FOLLIES_. BY W.A. CLOUSTON, _Author of "Popular Tales and Fictions; their Migrations and Transformations_" "Excellent! Why, this is the best fooling when all is done."--_Twelfth Night_. LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1888. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 67-24351 TO MY DEAR FRIEND DAVID ROSS, LL.D., M.A., B.Sc., PRINCIPAL OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND TRAINING COLLEGE, GLASGOW, THIS COLLECTION OF FACETIÆ IS DEDICATED. _PREFACE_. _Like popular tales in general, the original sources of stories of simpletons are for the most part not traceable. The old Greek jests of this class had doubtless been floating about amo…
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