The Jovial Ghosts

The Misadventures of Topper

BY

Thorne Smith

  1. NO CHANGE
  2. SCOLLOPS LOOKS INSCRUTABLE
  3. MR. TOPPER PURSUES THE SUN
  4. MRS. TOPPER IS NOT DELIGHTED
  5. THE NEBULOUS LAP
  6. DISASTER AT THE CURB
  7. TOPPER CALLS ON A TREE
  8. WAYWARD GHOSTS
  9. LOCAL HISTORIANS DISAGREE
  10. THE HAUNTED COURTROOM
  11. ANTICS OF A HAT STAND
  12. A SMOKY LADY IN KNICKERS
  13. ESCAPE
  14. THE SINGING SHOWER-BATH
  15. SUCH A RESTFUL PLACE!
  16. ENTER THE COLONEL AND MRS. HART
  17. THE COLONEL ORDERS DINNER
  18. MR. TOPPER DOES NOT CELEBRATE
  19. OSCAR IN TOTO
  20. THE RETURN TO THE TREE
  21. THROUGH THE EASTER EGG

Dedication:

To Celia
— to say the least—

This novel by Thorne Smith (1892-1934) was originally published in 1933 in the USA, and in 1939 in Britain. This e-text has been scanned from Methuen's eighteenth edition, published in 1949. To the best of my knowledge and belief all European copyright in this work, including editorial copyright in this edition, has now expired.

During the OCR process numerous spelling and grammatical errors were corrected, but some were probably missed. For scholastic purposes you are strongly advised to refer back to the original text.

Marcus L. Rowland, April 2005