Of All Things

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Robert Benchley. Of All Things

Of All Things

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PREFACE

OF ALL THINGS!

I

THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE NEWT

II

"COFFEE, MEGG AND ILK, PLEASE"

III

WHEN GENIUS REMAINED YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT

IV

THE TORTURES OF WEEK-END VISITING

V

GARDENING NOTES

VI

LESSON NUMBER ONE

VII

THOUGHTS ON FUEL SAVING

VIII

NOT ACCORDING TO HOYLE

IX

FROM NINE TO FIVE

X

TURNING OVER A NEW LEDGER LEAF

XI

A PIECE OF ROAST BEEF

XII

THE COMMUNITY MASQUE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WAR

XIII

CALL FOR MR. KENWORTHY!

XIV

FOOTBALL; COURTESY OF MR. MORSE

XV

A LITTLE DEBIT IN YOUR TONNEAU

XVI

A ROMANCE IN ENCYCLOPÆDIA LAND

XVII

THE PASSING OF THE ORTHODOX PARADOX

XVIII

SHAKESPEARE EXPLAINED

XIX

THE SCIENTIFIC SCENARIO

CAST OF CHARACTERS

XX

THE MOST POPULAR BOOK OF THE MONTH

XXI

CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON

XXII

HAIL, VERNAL EQUINOX!

TABLOID EDITIONS

THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE

What I Have Made Myself Learn About You

HARPER'S MAGAZINE

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST

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Robert Benchley

Published by Good Press, 2019

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P.S.—You haven't got that bunch of sports hanging round the palace still, have you? Tell Telemachus I'll take him out of school if I hear of his playing around with any of them.

But there was a time when letter writing was such a fad, especially among the young girls, that if they had had to choose between eating three meals a day and writing a letter they wouldn't have given the meals even a consideration. In fact, they couldn't do both, for the length of maidenly letters in those days precluded any time out for meals. They may have knocked off for a few minutes during the heat of the day for a whiff at a bottle of salts, but to nibble at anything heartier than lettuce would have cramped their style.

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