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Stephen Leacock. Winnowed Wisdom
Winnowed Wisdom
Table of Contents
I
The Outlines of Everything
Volume One--The Outline of Shakespeare
Volume Two--The Outline of Evolution
Volume Three--The Business Outline of Astronomy
Volume Four--Outline of Recent Advances in Science
II
Brotherly Love Among the Nations
The Next War
International Amenities
Can We Wonder That It's Hard To Keep Friends?
French Politics for Beginners
As Explained in a Series of Cables From our Own Special Correspondent in Paris
The Mother of Parliaments
But What has Lately Gone Wrong With Mother?
New Light from New Minds
A Study in International Interviews
An Advance Cable Service
International News a Month Ahead
Back from Europe
The Reaction of Travel on the Human Mind
III
Studies in the Newer Culture
A Little Study in Culture From Below Up
The Crossword Puzzle Craze
Information While You Eat
Some Reflections on the Joys of the Luncheon Clubs
The Children's Column
As Brought Up To Date
Old Proverbs Made New
IV
In the Good Old Summertime
The Merry Month of May
As Treated in the Bye-Gone Almanacs
How We Kept Mother's Birthday
As Related by a Member of the Family
Summer Sorrows of the Super-rich
How My Wife and I Built Our Home for $4.90
Related in the Manner of the Best Models in the Magazines
The Everlasting Angler
Have We Got the Year Backwards? Is Not Autumn Spring?
Our Summer Convention
As Described by One of its Members
V
Travel and Movement
All Aboard for Europe
Some Humble Advice for Travellers
The Gasoline Goodbye
And What Would Have Happened to the Big Moments of History If the Motor Had Taken a Hand in Them
Complete Guide and History of the South
Based on the Best Models of Traveler's Impressions
The Give and Take of Travel
A Study in Petty Larceny, Pro and Con
VI
Great National Problems
The Laundry Problem
A Yearning for the Good Old Days of the Humble Washerwoman
The Questionnaire Nuisance
A Plan to Curb Zealous Investigators in Their Thirst for Knowledge
This Expiring World
Are We Fascinated with Crime?
VII
Round Our City
At the Ladies Culture Club
A Lecture on The Fourth Dimension
Our Own Business Barometer
For Use in Stock Exchanges and Stock Yards
My Pink Suit
A Study in the New Fashions for Men
Why I Left Our Social Workers Guild
VIII
The Christmas Ghost
The Christmas Ghost
Unemployment in One of our Oldest Industries
finis
