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Стивен Ликок. Model Memoirs and Other Sketches from Simple to Serious
Model Memoirs and Other Sketches from Simple to Serious
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PREFACE
I. MODEL MEMOIRS: No. I. MY VICTORIAN GIRLHOOD
by. LADY NEARLEIGH SLOPOVER
MODEL MEMOIRS: No. II. THROUGH ARABIA ON A MULE
By. MAJOR ALLHELL. Late Pindilwani Field Force (Third Base)
MODEL MEMOIRS: No. III. UP AND DOWN DOWNING STREET
or. WHO STARTED THE GREAT WAR?
MEMOIRS OF A WAR DIPLOMAT (The One Hundredth Set of Such)
MODEL MEMOIRS: No. IV. SO THIS IS THE UNITED STATES
A SIX WEEKS' THOROUGH SURVEY. As made by. A LECTURER FROM ENGLAND
MODEL MEMOIRS: No. V. THE CRIMINAL MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
FOREWORD BY SIR HUDSON LOWE
THE MEMOIRS AS GIVEN TO THE DELEGATION
II. MODEL MONOLOGUES: No. I
MRS. UPLIFT BETTERS SOCIETY
MODEL MONOLOGUES: No. II
MRS. NEWRICH BUYS ANTIQUES
MODEL MONOLOGUES: No. III
MRS. EIDERDOWN ROUGHS IT IN THE BUSH* * See Preface
MODEL MONOLOGUES: No. IV
MRS. EASY HAS HER FORTUNE TOLD
III. THE DISSOLUTION OF OUR DINNER CLUB
HOW TEACHERS SWIM
IV. HOW TO LOSE MONEY
(FOR AMATEURS)
V
THE FAMILIAR MAGIC OF FISHING
A PULLMAN CAR TRANSFORMED INTO A TROUT STREAM
VI. OVERWORKING THE ALPHABET
SIGNING OF THE D.O.I. AND THE BIRTH OF THE U.S.A
VII. ON THE NEED FOR A QUIET COLLEGE
REMOVAL PROBLEM SOLVED
VIII. TURN BACK THE CLOCK
OR, AT LEAST, MAKE IT SLOWER
QUALITY DOES IT
IX. COME OUT INTO THE GARDEN
PART ONE: A MEMORY OF SPRING
PART TWO: A MEMORY OF AUTUMN
ALL NICE PEOPLE
X. THE ANATOMY OF GLOOM
A DIP INTO PSYCHOLOGY
XI. THEN AND NOW
WERE WE HAPPIER FIFTY YEARS AGO?
THROWN OUT
XII. WHAT I READ THEN; WHAT YOU READ NOW
AN ESSAY FOR THE YOUNG
FEEDING TIME
XIII. HAND ME DOWN THAT BOOK
XIV. WHO KNOWS IT?
OUR PASSION FOR INFORMATION
XV. HOW MUCH DOES LANGUAGE CHANGE?
XVI. HOW FAR CAN WE PLAN?
AN EXCURSION INTO ECONOMICS
XVII. COLLEGE AS COMIC STUFF
XVIII. ALL IS NOT LOST!
A RECOLLECTION
By the same Author
