PREFACE
PIPEFULS
ON MAKING FRIENDS
THOUGHTS ON CIDER
ONE-NIGHT STANDS
THE OWL TRAIN
SAFETY PINS
CONFESSIONS OF A “COLYUMIST”
MOVING
SURF FISHING
“IDOLATRY”
THE FIRST COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
THE DOWNFALL OF GEORGE SNIPE
MEDITATIONS OF A BOOKSELLER
IF BUYING A MEAL WERE LIKE BUYING A HOUSE
ADVENTURES IN HIGH FINANCE
ON VISITING BOOKSHOPS
A DISCOVERY
SILAS ORRIN HOWES
JOYCE KILMER
I
II
TALES OF TWO CITIES
I. PHILADELPHIA
AN EARLY TRAIN
RIDGE AVENUE
THE UNIVERSITY AND THE URCHIN
PINE STREET
PERSHING IN PHILADELPHIA
FALL FEVER
TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
IN WEST PHILADELPHIA
HORACE TRAUBEL
II. NEW YORK
THE ANATOMY OF MANHATTAN
VESEY STREET
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
THREE HOURS FOR LUNCH
PASSAGE FROM SOME MEMOIRS
FIRST LESSONS IN CLOWNING
HOUSE-HUNTING
LONG ISLAND REVISITED
ON BEING IN A HURRY
CONFESSIONS OF A HUMAN GLOBULE
NOTES ON A FIFTH AVENUE BUS
SUNDAY MORNING
VENISON PASTY
GRAND AVENUE, BROOKLYN
ON WAITING FOR THE CURTAIN TO GO UP
MUSINGS OF JOHN MISTLETOE
THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ORATION
ON LAZINESS
TEACHING THE PRINCE TO TAKE NOTES
A CITY NOTEBOOK
ON GOING TO BED
