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Robert Benchley. Love Conquers All
Love Conquers All
Table of Contents
I.—THE BENCHLEY-WHITTIER CORRESPONDENCE
II—FAMILY LIFE IN AMERICA
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
III—THIS CHILD KNOWS THE ANSWER—DO YOU?
The Well-Informed Children's Hour
IV—RULES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR WATCHING AUCTION BRIDGE
NUMBER WHO MAY WATCH
PRELIMINARIES
PROCEDURE
V—A CHRISTMAS SPECTACLE
For Use in Christmas Eve Entertainments in the Vestry
VI—HOW TO WATCH A CHESS-MATCH
HOW TO FIND A GAME TO WATCH
THE DETAILS OF THE GAME
VII—WATCHING BASEBALL
D.A.C. NEWS
VIII—HOW TO BE A SPECTATOR AT SPRING PLANTING
IX—THE MANHATTADOR
X—WHAT TO DO WHILE THE FAMILY IS AWAY
XI—"ROLL YOUR OWN"
Inside Points on Building and Maintaining a Private Tennis Court
XII—DO INSECTS THINK?
XIII—THE SCORE IN THE STANDS
XIV—MID-WINTER SPORTS
XV—READING THE FUNNIES ALOUD
XVI—OPERA SYNOPSES
Some Sample Outlines of Grand Opera Plots For Home Study
I—DIE MEISTER-GENOSSENSCHAFT
ACT I
ACT 2
ACT 3
II—IL MINNESTRONE
(PEASANT LOVE)
ACT I
ACT 2
ACT 3
III—LUCY DE LIMA
ACT I
ACT 2
ACT 3
XVII—THE YOUNG IDEA'S SHOOTING GALLERY
XVIII—POLYP WITH A PAST
The Story Of An Organism With A Heart
XIX—HOLT! WHO GOES THERE?
BATHING
CLOTHING
WEIGHT
FRESH AIR
DEVELOPMENT
FEEDING
XX—THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE
XXI—NOTING AN INCREASE IN BIGAMY
XXII—THE REAL WIGLAF: MAN AND MONARCH
XXIII—FACING THE BOYS' CAMP PROBLEM
XXIV—ALL ABOUT THE SILESIAN PROBLEM
XXV—"HAPPY THE HOME WHERE BOOKS ARE FOUND"
XXVI—WHEN NOT IN ROME, WHY DO AS THE ROMANS DID?
XXVII—THE TOOTH, THE WHOLE TOOTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH
XXVIII—MALIGNANT MIRRORS
XXIX—THE POWER OF THE PRESS
XXX—HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
XXXI—HOW TO UNDERSTAND INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
XXXII—'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE SUMMER
(An Imaginary Watch-Night with the Weather Man)
XXXIII—WELCOME HOME—AND SHUT UP!
XXXIV—ANIMAL STORIES - I
How Georgie Dog Gets the Rubbers on the Guest Room Bed
ANIMAL STORIES—
How Lillian Mosquito Projects Her Voice
XXXV—THE TARIFF UNMASKED
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
LITERARY DEPARTMENT[pg 187]
XXXVI—"TAKE ALONG A BOOK"
XXXVII—CONFESSIONS OF A CHESS CHAMPION
XXXVIII—"RIP VAN WINKLE"
XXXIX—LITERARY LOST AND FOUND DEPARTMENT
With Scant Apology to the Book Section of the New York Times
"OLD BLACK TILLIE"
"VICTOR HUGO'S DEATH"
"I'M SORRY THAT I SPELT THE WORD"
"GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN"
"SHE DWELT BESIDE"
"THE GOLDEN WEDDING"
ANSWERS
XL—"DARKWATER"
XLI—THE NEW TIME-TABLE
XLII—MR. BOK'S AMERICANIZATION
XLIII—ZANE GREY'S MOVIE
XLIV—SUPPRESSING "JURGEN"
XLV—ANTI-IBÁÑEZ
XLVI—ON BRICKLAYING
XLVII—"AMERICAN ANNIVERSARIES"
XLVIII—A WEEK-END WITH WELLS
XLIX—ABOUT PORTLAND CEMENT
L—OPEN BOOKCASES
LI—TROUT-FISHING
LII—"SCOUTING FOR GIRLS"
MARCHING SONG
LIII—HOW TO SELL GOODS
LIV—"YOU!"
LV—THE CATALOGUE SCHOOL
LVI—"EFFECTIVE HOUSE ORGANS"
LVII—ADVICE TO WRITERS
LVIII—"THE EFFECTIVE SPEAKING VOICE"
LIX—THOSE DANGEROUSLY DYNAMIC BRITISH GIRLS
LX—BOOKS AND OTHER THINGS
LXI—"MEASURE YOUR MIND"
LXII—THE BROW-ELEVATION IN HUMOR
LXIII—BUSINESS LETTERS
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