Humorous novel first published in 1893. According to Wikipedia: "John Kendrick Bangs (May 27, 1862 - January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist.
John Kendrick Bangs was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.
Every self-respecting law faculty should include chapter 11 in its curriculum, especially in procedural law, torts and property law: "[I]n instituting a suit at law we cannot get around the fact that in a measure you are both plaintiff and defendant. I believe those are the terms usually employed to designate the two parties to a suit, except in the case of an appeal, when there is an appellant and a repellant if my memory serves me."