Short Circuits

Short Circuits
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"Short Circuits" by Stephen Leacock. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

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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

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Stephen Leacock

Published by Good Press, 2022

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What the Radio Overheard

AN EVENING AT HOME OF THE UPTOWN BROWNS

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