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FOREWORD

TURNS ABOUT TOWN

CHAPTER I THE HOTEL GUEST

CHAPTER II A HUMORIST MISFITS AT A MURDER TRIAL

CHAPTER III QUEER THING, 'BOUT UNDERTAKERS' SHOPS

CHAPTER IV THE HAIR CUT THAT WENT TO MY HEAD

CHAPTER V SEEING MR. CHESTERTON

CHAPTER VI WHEN IS A GREAT CITY A SMALL VILLAGE?

CHAPTER VII THE UNUSUALNESS OF PARISIAN PHILADELPHIA

CHAPTER VIII OUR LAST SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AS A FINE ART

CHAPTER IX WRITING IN ROOMS

CHAPTER X TAKING THE AIR IN SAN FRANCISCO

CHAPTER XI BIDDING MR. CHESTERTON GOOD-BYE

CHAPTER XII NO SYSTEM AT ALL TO THE HUMAN SYSTEM

CHAPTER XIII SEEING THE "SITUATIONS WANTED" SCENE

CHAPTER XIV LITERARY LIVES

CHAPTER XV SO VERY THEATRICAL

CHAPTER XVI OUR STEEPLEJACK OF THE SEVEN ARTS

CHAPTER XVII FORMER TENANT OF HIS ROOM

CHAPTER XVIII ONLY SHE WAS THERE

CHAPTER XIX A HUMORIST'S NOTE-BOOK

CHAPTER XX INCLUDING STUDIES OF TRAFFIC "COPS"

CHAPTER XXI THREE WORDS ABOUT LITERATURE

CHAPTER XXII RECOLLECTIONS OF LANDLADIES

CHAPTER XXIII AN IDIOSYNCRASY

CHAPTER XXIV THE SEXLESS CAMERA

CHAPTER XXV I KNOW AN EDITOR

CHAPTER XXVI A DIP INTO THE UNDERWORLD

CHAPTER XXVII NOSING 'ROUND WASHINGTON

CHAPTER XXVIII FAME: A STORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE