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James L. Ford. The Literary Shop, and Other Tales
The Literary Shop, and Other Tales
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. IN AN OLD GARRET
CHAPTER II. THE “LEDGER” PERIOD OF LETTERS
CHAPTER III. SOMETHING ABOUT “GOOD BAD STUFF.”
CHAPTER IV. THE EARLY HOLLAND PERIOD
CHAPTER V. MENDACITY DURING THE HOLLAND PERIOD OF LETTERS
CHAPTER VI. THE DAWN OF THE JOHNSONIAN PERIOD
CHAPTER VII. WOMAN’S INFLUENCE IN THE JOHNSONIAN PERIOD
CHAPTER VIII. LITERATURE—PAWED AND UNPAWED; AND THE CROWN-PRINCE THEREOF
CHAPTER IX. CERTAIN THINGS WHICH A CONSCIENTIOUS LITERARY WORKER MAY FIND IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
CHAPTER X “HE TRUN UP BOTE HANDS!”
CHAPTER XI. THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER
AND OTHER TALES
THE POETS’ STRIKE
ANCIENT FORMS OF AMUSEMENT
THE SOBER, INDUSTRIOUS POET, AND HOW HE FARED AT EASTER-TIME
THE TWO BROTHERS; OR, PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING
THE STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN OF TALENT
THE SOCIETY REPORTER’S CHRISTMAS
THE DYING GAG
“ONLY A TYPE-WRITER.”
THE CULTURE BUBBLE IN OURTOWN
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF JOKES
I.—THE “JOKAL CALENDAR.”
II.—THE IDEA AND ITS EMBELLISHMENT
III.—REVAMPING OLD JOKES
IV.—THE OBVIOUS JOKE
McCLURE’S MODEL VILLAGE FOR LITERARY TOILERS
ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTCH AUTHORS AT McCLURE’S LITERARY COLONY
THE CANNING OF PERISHABLE LITERATURE
LITERARY LEAVES BY MANACLED HANDS
McCLURE’S BIRTHDAY AT SYNDICATE VILLAGE
LITERATURE BY PRISON CONTRACT LABOR
CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE SYNDICATE VILLAGE
