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MUSHROOM TOWN
BY OLIVER ONIONS
Author of "Gray Youth," "In Accordance with the Evidence," "Debit
Account," etc., etc.
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
NEW YORK
_Publishers in America for Hodder & Stoughton_
Copyright, 1914,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
DEDICATION
_In the following pages I have permitted myself to take a number of
liberties--geographical, historical, etymological, and even
geological--with a country for which I have conceived a strong
affection; I trust I have taken none with its beauty nor with its
hospitality. It will be useless to search for Llanyglo on any map. It is
neither in North Carnarvonshire, in Merioneth, nor in Lleyn. Of certain
features of existing places I have made a composite, which is the_
"MUSHROOM TOWN" _of this book._
_The kindnesses I have received in Wales during the past six years have
been innumerable; indeed, much of my work has consisted of writing down
(and not always improving) things told me by one of my hosts. For this
and other reasons I should like to render him such acknowledgment as a
Dedication may express._ "MUSHROOM TOWN" _is therefore inscribed, in
gratitude and affection, to_
ARTHUR ASHLEY RUCK
_Hampstead_, 1914
CONTENTS
THE INVITATION 9
PART I
I THE YEAR DOT 17
II ITS NONAGE 31
III THE MINDER 46
IV "_DIM_ SAESNEG" 52
V THE HAFOD UNOS 75
VI THE FOOT IN THE DOOR 86
VII THE MEMBER 98
VIII THELEMA 109