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- Great Irish Drinking Stories ed. Peter Haining (Barnes and Noble Books, 2003, hc); Reprint (Souvenir Press 2002).
- 11 • Introduction • Peter Haining • in
- • THE CRAIC’S THE THING: Tales of Revelry
- 19 • After the Wake • Brendan Behan • ss Points, 1950
- 26 • Irish Rebel [“Come Into the Drawing Room, Doris”] • Edna O’Brien • ss New Yorker, 1968
- 49 • Gold at Night [Sister Fidelma] • Peter Tremayne • nv *
- 75 • St. Patrick’s Day in the Morning • Robert J. Martin • ss
- 94 • The Hen Party [from Waiting for the Healer, 1997] • Eamonn Sweeney • ex, 1997
- 104 • Teresa’s Wedding • William Trevor • ss
- 115 • We Are Green! We Are White! [from The Van, 1991] • Roddy Doyle • ex, 1991
- • IN FINNEGAN’S WAKE: PUB STORIES
- 123 • Grace • James Joyce • nv
- 146 • Ding-Dong • Samuel Beckett • ss More Pricks Than Kicks, 1934
- 152 • Peter McCabe’s Bargain • Peter Kavanagh • ss The Bell Aug ’51
- 157 • The Heat of the Sun • Sean O’Faolain • ss, 1966
- 172 • The Boils of Thomas Gully • Patrick McCabe • ss
- 183 • An Unusual Request [from The International, 1999] • Glenn Patterson • ex, 1999
- 189 • The First Singles Bar • Malachy McCourt • ss
- • THE DRINKS’ INTERVAL: A ROUND OF DRAMAS
- 199 • Christy Mahon’s Story [from The Playboy of the Western World] • J. M. Synge • ex
- 207 • Tim Haffigan [from John Bull’s Other Island, 1904] • Bernard Shaw • ex, 1904
- 215 • The Bull of Bashan • Sean O’Casey • ss Time & Tide Dec ’33
- 226 • Thirst • Flann O’Brien • pl
- 239 • The Diviner • Brian Friel • ss
- • HOLDING THE HOUR; DRINKERS’ TALL STORIES
- 255 • The Geography of an Irish Oath • William Carleton • ss
- 275 • The Keg of Poteen • Lynn Doyle • nv
- 286 • The Drunkard • Frank O’Connor • ss
- 298 • The Guinness Goddess • Marian Keyes • ss
- 308 • The Rocky Road to Dublin [from A Drink with Shane Macgowan, 2001] • Shane MacGowan • ar, 2001
- 312 • Just Visiting • Bernard MacLaverty • ss
- Great Irish Humorous Stories: An Anthology of Laughter and Wit ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63250-7, 1995, £15.99, 333pp, hc, cover by Pat McCarthy); Anthology of humorous Irish stories. [PSP]
- 13 • Introduction • Peter Haining • in
- 17 • 1 BELLY LAUGHS: Ribald Yarns
- 19 • A Night in Limerick [from The Van] • Roddy Doyle • ex, 1991
- 29 • The Kerukopaedia: A Fragment in the Manner of Rabelais • Laurence Sterne • ss, 1775
- 35 • The Invisible Man • Charles Lever • vi
- 39 • A Rhinoceros, Some Ladies, and a Horse • James Stephens • ss
- 51 • Love and Lethe • Samuel Beckett • ss
- 65 • The Woman Who Married Clark Gable • Seán O’Faoláin • ss
- 73 • A Ball of Malt and Madame Butterfly • Benedict Kiely • ss
- 95 • Phonefun Limited • Bernard MacLaverty • ss
- 107 • 2 BATTLES OF WIT: Tales of Wordplay
- 109 • Bob Pentland, or The Gauger Outwitted • William Carleton • ss
- 119 • The Law of Laughter • John Philpot Curran • vi
- 123 • The Canterville Ghost • Oscar Wilde • nv Court and Society Review Feb 23, 1887 (+1)
- 151 • Liquid Assets • Oliver St. John Gogarty • ss, 1950
- 155 • A Day on the Bog • Lord Dunsany • vi Punch Dec 3 ’47
- 159 • The Martyr’s Crown • Flann O’Brien • ss
- 165 • The Corncrake • Sean O’Casey • ss
- 173 • I Meet a Sheik • Brendan Behan • vi The Irish Press, 1953
- 177 • Don Doonan’s Wake • Spike Milligan • ss
- 183 • 3 FIGURES OF FUN: Stories of Parody
- 185 • The Clan Thomas • David O. Bruadair • ss, 1650
- 193 • Oscar of the Flail • Douglas Hyde • vi The Religious Songs of Connacht, 1906
- 197 • The First Lord Lieutenant • Percy French • ss
- 205 • Gas from a Burner • James Joyce • pm, 1912
- 209 • Tale Told in Destiny Bay • Donn Byrne • vi
- 211 • The Tailor’s ‘Busht’ • Eric Cross • ss
- 217 • The Saucepan • Lynn Doyle • ss
- 231 • Tom Geraghty’s Imagination • Donagh MacDonagh • ss Lilliput Mar ’51
- 241 • The White Irish Society • Patrick Campbell • vi, 1965
- 245 • 4 LEG PULLS: Satirical Tales
- 247 • A Modest Proposal • Jonathan Swift • fa, 1729
- 257 • A Tale of a Churn • Francis Mahony • ss
- 263 • The Gridiron • Samuel Lover • ss
- 271 • Lisheen Races, Second-Hand • Edith Somerville & Martin Ross • ss Badminton Magazine
- 287 • Donald Dudley the Bastard Critic • Amanda McKittrick Ros • ss
- 299 • Principles of Stone-Breaking • Patrick Kavanagh • ar Lilliput Jun ’48
- 301 • The Majesty of the Law • Frank O’Connor • ss
- 311 • The Death of a Scientific Humanist • Brian Friel • ss
- 323 • Shaybo • Patrick Boyle • ss Evergreen Review Feb ’67
- Great Irish Stories of Childhood ed. Peter Haining (Barnes & Noble 0-76070-663-8, 1998, no price, 269pp, hc); Associational anthology. [PSP]
- The Hashish Club: An Anthology of Drug Literature, Volume One: The Founding of the Modern Tradition: From Coleridge to Crowley ed. Peter Haining (Owen, Peter 0-7206-0303-X, 1975, £4.50, 264pp, hc); Anthology of “drug literature” with 19 stories and articles tracing the field from Coleridge to Crowley.
- Hole in Fun: A Round of 18 Humorous Golf Stories ed. Peter Haining (Allen, W.H. 0-491-03068-1, 1988, no price, 237pp, hc, cover by Stan McMurtry); Anthology of 18 humorous golf stories and essays by authors such as Ring Lardner & P.G. Wodehouse, with an introduction and notes on each story by Haining. [PSP]
- 9 • Foreword • Peter Haining • fw
- 13 • A Tale of Golf • William Graham • ss Golf, A Royal and Ancient Game, ed. Robert Clark, Robert Clark, 1875
- 21 • The Chelah’s Round • Andrew Lang • ss
- 27 • The Devil’s Round • Charles Deulin • ss, 1868
- 43 • A Braid Hills Mystery • J. M. Barrie • ss
- 51 • The Culbin Game • C. L. Graves & E. V. Lucas • ss Punch Aug ’04
- 57 • Colonel Belcher’s Ghost Story • Henry Leach • ss The Golfer, 1910
- 63 • A One-Ball Match • Gerald Batchelor • ss
- 69 • Retired Golf • Harry Graham • ss, 1919
- 85 • Jan Plays Golf • A. J. Coles • ss
- 103 • Beginner’s Luck [from England, Their England] • A. G. Macdonell • ex, 1933
- 117 • A Caddy’s Diary • Ring Lardner • ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 11 ’22
- 135 • A Medieval Hole in One • Stephen Leacock • ss, 1932
- 145 • Wartime Golf • George C. Nash • ss Punch Jun 12 ’40
- 151 • An Unlucky Golfer • A. A. Milne • ss
- 157 • Those in Peril on the Tee [Mr. Mulliner] • P. G. Wodehouse • ss Liberty Magazine May 21 ’27
- 179 • Is a Golfer a Gentleman? • A. P. Herbert • ar
- 185 • The Temptation of Admiral Juddy • Ben Travers • ss
- 201 • A Heavenly Round • Paul Gallico • ss
- 217 • Golf for Duffers • Sir Henry Rider Haggard • ar The Graphic Nov 29, 1890
- 227 • Laughter on the Links • Bernard Darwin • ar The Times Jul 21 ’34
- 233 • Man Who Has Discovered the Secret • Terry Wogan • ar
- Hook, Line and Laughter: A Haul of 18 Humorous Fishing Stories ed. Peter Haining (Allen, W.H. 0-491-03439-3, 1989, £8.95, 189pp, hc, cover by Stan McMurtry); Anthology of 18 humorous fishing stories and essays by authors such as Rudyard Kipling & Ernest Hemingway, with an introduction and notes on each story by Haining. [PSP]
- LBW: Laughter Before Wicket!: 100 Years of Humorous Cricket Short Stories ed. Peter Haining (Unwin 0-04-440059-4, 1987 [Jul ’97], £3.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Martin Honysett); Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) anthology of cricketing short stories. [PSP]
- xiii • Introduction • Peter Haining • in
- 1 • The Feelings of a Bowler [as by Gavin Ogilvy] • J. M. Barrie • ar The St. James’s Gazette
- 7 • The Great Britannula Game [from The Fixed Period] • Anthony Trollope • ex, 1882
- 19 • The Rustic Heroes [from Creatures of Circumstances] • Horace Hutchinson • ex, 1891
- 25 • The Talisman • Alfred Cochrane • ss The Cornhill Magazine, 1896
- 33 • The Story of Spedegue’s Dropper • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • ss The Strand Oct ’28
- 53 • A Bowler’s Innings • E. W. Hornung • ss
- 65 • Playing the Game • P. G. Wodehouse • ss Pearson’s Magazine Jul ’06
- 77 • An Indian Cricket Tutor • E. V. Lucas • ar, 1891
- 83 • A West Indian Cricket Match • Eden Phillpotts • ss
- 97 • A Scratch Lot • A. A. Milne • ss, 1910
- 115 • The Umpire’s Remorse • E. B. V. Christian • ss
- 123 • The Match • Stacy Aumonier • ss The Strand Jul ’16
- 135 • A Buffer’s Wicket • Ben Travers • ss, 1923
- 145 • Biffin on Acquaintances [Biffin] • Harry Graham • ss
- 157 • Some Record Catches • Herbert Farjeon • ss The Passing Show
- 163 • How Our Village Beat the Australians • Hugh de Selincourt • ss, 1930
- 185 • The Guardian Angel • W. A. Darlington • ss Pearson’s Magazine Jun ’30
- 201 • How Jembu Played for Cambridge [Joseph Jorkens] • Lord Dunsany • ss The Graphic Christmas ’28
- 215 • Cricket in the Caucasus, or, The Volga Batman • A. P. Herbert • ss Punch, 1936
- 227 • Dingley Dell v. All-Muggleton • A. G. Macdonell • ss, 1936
- 239 • French Cricket • Ian Hay • ss, 1940
- 245 • Cricket for Americans • Stephen Leacock • hu Lilliput Aug ’43
- 253 • The Seasonable Twinge • Bernard Hollowood • ar Mar ’63
- 261 • Tripping O’Er the Greensward • Michael Parkinson • ar
- 269 • Ain’t Half a Bloody Game • John Arlott • nt Lilliput Jul ’57
- 293 • Daffodil Summer • Leslie Thomas • ss, 1982
- 307 • The Test in Witney Scrotum • Peter Tinniswood • ss *
- 311 • The Wizzerd of Oz • Ian Wooldridge • ar Daily Mail Aug ’85
- The Traction Engine Companion ed. Peter Haining (Hale, Robert 0-7090-1021-4, 1983, no price, 264pp, hc); Anthology of 24 fictional and non-fictional pieces about traction engines.
- 13 • Introduction • Peter Haining • in *
- 17 • Part One: The History and Development of the Traction Engine • Peter Haining • ar *
- 35 • Early Steam in Agriculture • John Haining • ar, 1975
- 45 • Threashing Days • G. W. Dixon • ar, 1966
- 51 • Ploughing Days at Pitchill • L. T. C. Rolt • ar, 1970
- 59 • On a Road Train to London • William McAdam • ar, 1857
- 66 • Rallying to Stafford • Anonymous • ar, 1871
- 70 • A Pioneer’s Work in Road Transport • R. E. Crompton • ar, 1933
- 75 • The Traction Engine Brigade • Marcus Tindal • ar, 1899
- 82 • The Case of the Showman’s Engine • Anonymous • ar, 1860
- 90 • When Steam Provided the Pictures • Peter Haining • ar, 1963
- 97 • A Nightmare Ride • Joseph Stanton • ar, 1967
- 103 • I Used Traction Engines • Ronald H. Clark • ar, 1982
- 112 • Traction Engines Around the World • William Fletcher • ar, 1910
- 121 • Part Two: Traction Engines Today—Their Appeal and Preservation • Peter Haining • ar *
- 125 • New Life for Old Engines • Peter Haining • ar *
- 135 • How to Drive a Traction Engine • Peter Haining • ar *
- 141 • The ‘Sport’ of Rallying • Peter Haining • ar *
- 147 • A Who’s Who of Traction Engine Manufacturers • Peter Haining • ar *
- 184 • Traction Engine Societies • Peter Haining • ar *
- 188 • Traction Engine Museums • Peter Haining • ar *
- 195 • Part Three: The Traction Engine in Literature • Peter Haining • ar *
- 203 • The Iron Giant [from The Steam House] • Jules Verne • ex
- 212 • The Engineman [from Tess of the D’Urbervilles] • Thomas Hardy • ex London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine, 1891
- 218 • Threshing [from Secret Bread] • Fryn Tennyson Jesse • ex New York: Doran, 1917
- 224 • Jacques Brulefert’s Death • Georges Renard • ss The Strand May, 1896
- 237 • The Famous Race Between the Hearse and the Steamroller • Sidney Keyes • ss, 1943; Minos of Crete, Routledge, 1948
- 247 • Steam on Road and Rail • Ronald H. Clark • ss *
- 263 • Bibliography • Peter Haining • bi *
- The Walls of Illusion ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63414-3, 1998, £8.99, 221pp, tp); Anthology of drug literature “revised, retitled, enlarged and reset” from the editor’s previous The Hashish Club: An Anthology of Drug Literature, Volume Two (Peter Owen, 1975). This edition adds four new pieces.
- Western Movies: Classic Wild West Films ed. Peter Haining (Severn House 0-7278-5207-8, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], £17.99, 249pp, hc); Associational collection of western stories which impelled classic movies or characters. [PSP]
- 1 • The Hollywood Trailblazers • Peter Haining • pr, 1997
- 5 • Three-Ten to Yuma • Elmore Leonard • ss Dime Western Magazine Mar ’53
- 24 • Hopalong Cassidy [“Buckskin”] • Clarence E. Mulford • ss, 1906
- 33 • The Cisco Kid [“The Caballero’s Way”] • O. Henry • ss, 1904
- 49 • Stagecoach [“Stage to Lordsburg”] • Ernest Haycox • ss Colliers Apr 10 ’37
- 68 • Destry Rides Again [“Dust Storm”] • Max Brand • ss Colliers Apr 3 ’37
- 86 • Western Union [“The Great Slave”] • Zane Grey • nv Ladies Home Journal Dec ’20
- 108 • The Virginian [“Happy-Teeth”] • Owen Wister • nv, 1901
- 134 • Shane [“One Man’s Honour”] • Jack Schaefer • nv
- 156 • Hondo [“The Gift of Cochise”] • Louis L’Amour • ss Colliers Jul 5 ’52
- 175 • The Misfits • Arthur Miller • nv Esquire Oct ’57
- 214 • A Man Called Horse • Dorothy M. Johnson • ss Colliers Jan 7 ’50
- 233 • Lonesome Dove [“The Legend of Billy”] • Larry McMurtry • ss
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