Contents
Ring Lardner
FOREWORD
GOOD-BY BILL
A VISIT FROM YOUNG GLOOM
AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE
DISCIPLINE
INEXPENSIVE GUESTS
HIS SENSE OF HUMOR
SPEECH ECONOMY
WELCOME TO SPRING
TASTE
RIDDLES
HESITATION
HIS WONDERFUL CHOO-CHOOS
GLOSSARY
COUSINLY AFFECTION
MY BABY’S GARDEN
DECISION REVERSED
THE GROCERY MAN AND THE BEAR
COMING HOME
HIS IMAGINATION
HIS MEMORY
CONFESSION
HIS LADY FRIEND
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THE ETERNAL GREETING
GUESS AGAIN
EARLY A SINECURE
THE HECKUSES
HIS FAVORITE ROLE
THE PATHS OF RASHNESS
THE NEW PLAYTHING
