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- Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction ed. Jessica Hagedorn (Viking Penguin 0140231110, Dec ’93, $16.95, 640pp, tp); Contents list from Yahoo Books.
- The Dream Machines ed. Peter Haining (NEL 0-450-1191-7, 1972 [Feb ’95], no price, 180pp, hc); Anthology of fiction and non-fiction about ballooning. [PSP]
- 5 · Foreword · Peter Haining · fw
- 7 · Introduction · Lord Montague of Beaulieu · in
- 8 · The New Sensation of Balloons · Benjamin Franklin · lt Jan 16, 1784
- 10 · The First Ascent · Etienne Montgolfier · ar, 1783
- 16 · The First Manned Voyage · Marquis D’Arlandes · ar, 1783
- 23 · The Mechanic Meteors · Horace Walpole · ar, 1785
- 26 · The Second Aerial Expedition · Professor Charles · ar, 1783
- 34 · Traversing the Air in Balloons · Thomas Jefferson · lt Apr 28, 1784
- 42 · A Despatch from the Devil’s Horse · Vincent Lunardi · ar Sep 15, 1784
- 48 · A Tale of Terror · Thomas Hood · vi The London Magazine, 1821
- 52 · Descent by Parachute · Andre Garnerin · ar, 1797
- 60 · The “Monstre” Balloon · Thomas Ingoldsby · pm The Ingoldsby Legends, Third Series, London: Bentley, 1840
- 67 · The Busted Balloon · George Cruikshank · pm
- 68 · The Balloon-Hoax · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Sun Apr 13, 1844
- 80 · “In the Clouds”, or the Account of a Balloon Trip with Mr. Green · Henry Mayhew · ar Sep, 1852
- 89 · My Tempestuous Voyage · Mrs. Graham · ar Aug, 1850
- 97 · A Lady’s Balloon Ride over an Ocean of Flame · Rufus Gibbon Wells · ar
- 100 · Ballooning Broadsheet · Anon. · ms
- 101 · The Balloon at War · Henry Coxwell · ar, 1889
- 122 · A Drama in the Air · Jules Verne · ss; “Un Voyage en Ballon”, Musée des Familles Aug 1851.
- 138 · The Great Balloon Mystery · Robert de la Croix · ar
- 144 · A Balloon Journey · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ar
- 152 · The Man in the Wicker Basket · John Toland · ar
- 162 · A Day of Cloudless Pleasure · Colette · ss, 1912
- 172 · The Balloon · Aleister Crowley · pm
- 174 · Balloons in Films · Laurence James · ar
- 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 New Yorker Jul 3 ’48
- 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 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 *
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