Project Gutenberg 2020-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 202 Loomis, Charles Battell 1861 1911 Shinn, Florence Scovel 1871 1940 Scovel-Shinn, Florence The Four-Masted Cat-Boat, and Other Truthful Tales The four-masted cat-boat -- The poor was mad -- A peculiar industry -- Griggs's mind -- The signals of Griggs -- À la Sherlock Holmes -- My Spanish parrot -- "To meet Mr. Cavendish" -- Instinct supplied to hens -- A spring idyl -- An inverted spring idyl -- At the Chestnuts' dinner -- The Rough Words Society -- A new use for horses -- A calculating bore -- An urban game -- "De gustibus" -- "Buffum's bustless buffers" -- "The father of Santa Claus" -- The dialect store -- "From the French" -- On the value of dogmatic utterance -- The sad case of Deacon Perkins -- The missing-word bore -- The confessions of a critic -- How 'Rasmus paid the mortgage -- 'Midst armed foes -- At the sign of the cygnet -- A Scotch sketch -- Ephrata Symonds's double life -- A stranger to luck -- Cupid on runners -- My truthful burglar -- The man without a watch -- The wreck of the "Catapult" -- The bull, the girl, and the red shawl -- Concerning dish-washing -- A perennial fever -- "Amicus redivivus" -- The proper care of flies. Produced by D A Alexander, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Four-Masted Cat-Boat and Other Truthful Tales" by Charles Battell Loomis is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. This work features a variety of humorous sketches that explore different topics, showcasing the author's wit and ability to capture quirky characters and amusing situations without a central narrative thread. Loomis's stories, rich in observation and satire, often reflect the social norms and customs of the time. The opening of the collection begins with the titular story, "The Four-Masted Cat-Boat," which immerses readers in a maritime setting where a sailing crew, led by Captain Bliffton, prepares for an impending storm. The calm before the storm quickly transforms into a chaotic scene, characterized by vivid descriptions of the sea's fury and the sailors' frantic efforts to manage the ship. Additional sketches introduce various humorous characters and scenarios, setting the tone for Loomis's light-hearted yet insightful commentary on human nature and social conventions. Each tale appears to stand alone, united only by Loomis's distinctive style and engaging prose. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humorous stories, American Short stories, American American fiction -- 19th century Manners and customs -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Humour Category: American Literature 269022 2025-07-25T09:29:36.646640 text/html 244500 2024-10-18T08:32:34 text/html 1650598 2025-07-25T09:29:45.038116 application/epub+zip 1648824 2025-07-25T09:29:38.568652 application/epub+zip 212534 2025-07-25T09:29:37.645653 application/epub+zip 1717760 2025-07-25T09:29:49.622119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1628492 2025-07-25T09:29:44.132114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234767 2022-09-28T19:17:27.656609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213235 2025-07-25T09:29:35.656673 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 193141 2024-10-18T08:32:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19025 2025-07-25T09:29:49.788075 application/rdf+xml 21628 2025-07-25T09:29:37.750641 image/jpeg 3513 2025-07-25T09:29:37.699649 image/jpeg 1813452 2025-07-25T09:29:36.786638 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia