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Stephen Leacock. Short Circuits
Short Circuits
Table of Contents
SHORT CIRCUITS IN THE SOCIAL CURRENT
Old Junk and New Money
A LITTLE STUDY IN THE LATEST ANTIQUES
"Speaking of India--"
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR HUSBAND TELLS IN COMPANY HIS SAME OLD STORY
How to Borrow Money
THE PROCESS IS QUITE EASY, PROVIDED YOU BORROW ENOUGH
Life's Minor Contradictions
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THINGS AS THEY ARE AND AS THEY SEEM
A Great Life in Our Midst
JOE BROWN, CHAMPION PIE EATER
The Perfect Gift
A LITTLE STUDY IN THE ART OF TASTEFUL GIVING
Scenery and Signboards
A VISION OF TRAVEL FROM NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON
The Life of John Mutation Smith
HOW A TYPICAL CITIZEN OF TO-DAY MOVES THROUGH HIS EXISTENCE
Inference as an Art
HOW EVEN AN AMATEUR MAY FORGE A CHAIN OF LOGIC
Our Get-Together Movement
THE WAY WE HAVE ORGANIZED TO "GET TOGETHER" IN OUR TOWN
SHORT CIRCUITS IN THE OPEN AIR
A Lesson on the Links
THE APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS TO GOLF
The Family at Football
SHOWING HOW THE GREAT COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE SEASON WAS VARIOUSLY REPORTED
Life in the Open
REFLECTIONS VOUCHSAFED TO ME BY MY HOSTESS IN THE WILDERNESS
Save Me from My Friends
I. FROM MY FRIEND THE DEADBEAT
II. FROM MY FRIEND THE REPORTER
III. FROM MY FRIEND WITH A SPEECH TO MAKE
IV. FROM MY FRIEND THE GUIDE
People We Know
I. THE MAN IN THE PULLMAN CAR
II. THE CRIMINAL BY PROXY
III. THE PEOPLE JUST BACK FROM EUROPE WHO NEVER SHOULD HAVE LEFT HOME
IV. THE MAN WITH THE ADVENTURE STORY
SHORT CIRCUITS IN EDUCATION
A Year at College
AS REVEALED IN THE NEWER COMIC JOURNALISM
The Unintelligence Test
WHAT A WELL-EQUIPPED MAN OUGHT TO KNOW
Easy Ways to Success
A LETTER TO A PARLOR BOLSHEVIK JUST OUT OF COLLEGE
Fun as an Aid to Business
IS A SENSE OF HUMOR A FINANCIAL ASSET?
The Stamp-Album World
THE HABITABLE GLOBE AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE JUVENILE COLLECTOR
SHORT CIRCUITS BY RADIO AND CINEMA
If Only We Had the Radio Sooner
BROADCASTING THE NORMAN CONQUEST
What the Radio Overheard
AN EVENING AT HOME OF THE UPTOWN BROWNS
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One Crowded Quarter Second
HOW THEY MAKE LIFE MOVE IN THE MOVIES
Done into Movies
BUT CAN YOU RECOGNIZE THE GOOD OLD STORIES WHEN THEY GET THEM DONE?
SHORT CIRCUITS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Things I Hardly Dare Whisper
MORE REVELATIONS OF ANOTHER UNKNOWN EUROPEAN DIPLOMAT. BY AN UNDISCLOSED AUTHOR OF EUROPEAN DISREPUTATION. TWO VOLUMES. TEN DOLLARS EACH, OR THE TWO FOR SEVEN-FIFTY
Hands Across the Sea
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN AMERICA HAS REMOVED ALL THE EUROPEAN ART
If They Go on Swimming
A FORECAST OF THE END OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL CRAZE
If Mussolini Comes
WHAT WE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO CONCLUDE WOULD OCCUR
This World Championship Stuff
AND WHY I AM OUT OF IT
Get Off the Earth
NOW THAT THIS GLOBE IS USED UP, LET'S LOOK FOR ANOTHER
BYGONE CURRENTS
The Lost World of Yesterday
A PEN PICTURE OF THE VANISHED PAST--THE HORSE AND BUGGY
Come Back to School
AND LET US SEE WHAT THE DEAR OLD DAYS FELT LIKE
The Fall Fair and the Autumn Exposition
A COMPARISON OF MIDGEVILLE IN 1880 AND MIDGE CITY IN 1928
Extinct Monsters
ALL THAT WILL BE LEFT OF OUR HOUSEHOLD PETS IN 1,000 YEARS
The Passing of the Back Yard
ANOTHER SOCIAL REVOLUTION COMING STRAIGHT AT US
SHORT CIRCUITS IN CURRENT LITERATURE
The Literary Sensations of 1929
A CONFIDENTIAL GUIDE TO THE NEW BOOKS
Children's Poetry Revised
HOW THE DEAR OLD POEMS OF OUR CHILDHOOD NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE
Illustrations I Can Do Without
SOME GENTLE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINES
Our Summer Pets
AS PRESENTED BY OUR ENTHUSIASTIC NATURE WRITERS
The Old Men's Page
A BRAND NEW FEATURE IN JOURNALISM
A Guide to the Underworld
A LITTLE UNSOCIAL REGISTER FOR THE USE OF READERS OF UP-TO-DATE FICTION
Love Me, Love My Letters
THE USE OF INK FOR THE FIRST INKLINGS OF LOVE
With the Authorities
SHOWING HOW EASILY THEY EXCEL AT THEIR OWN GAMES
Literature and the Eighteenth Amendment
The Hunt for a Heroine
HOW THE FICTION WRITER STRUGGLES TO MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
Bed-time Stones for Grown-up People
WITH APOLOGIES TO OUR BEST CHILDREN'S WRITERS
Softening the Stories for the Children
BUT DON'T DO IT: THEY PREFER THEM ROUGH
The Great Detective
THE EPILOGUE OF THIS BOOK:
AN ELEGY NEAR A CITY FREIGHT YARD
The Epilogue of This Book
FINIS
