Literary Lapses
Publisher: John Lane Co.
Published: 1918
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Description: My financial career.-- Lord Oxhead's secret.-- Boarding-house geometry.-- The awful fate of Melpomenus Jones.-- A Christmas letter.-- How to make a million dollars.-- How to live to be 200.-- How to avoid getting married.-- How to be a doctor.-- The new food.-- A new pathology.-- The poet answered.-- The force of statistics.-- Men who have shaved me.-- Getting the thread of it.-- Telling his faults.-- Winter pastimes.-- Number fifty-six.--Aristocratic education.-- The conjurer's revenge.-- Hints to travellers.-- A manual of education.-- Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas.-- The life of John Smith.--On collecting things.-- Society chit-chat.-- Insurance up to-date.-- Borrowing a match.-- A lesson in fiction.-- Helping the Armenians.-- A study in still life, the country hotel.-- An experiment with Policeman Hogan.-- The passing of the poet.-- Self-made men.-- A model dialogue.-- Bach to the bush.--Reflections on riding.-- Saloonio.-- Half-hours with the poets: Mr. Wordsworth  and the cottage girl; How Tennyson killed the May queen; Old Mr. Longfellow on board the Hesperus. --A, B, and C.
Table of contents: title: My Financial Career
pagenum: 9; title: Lord Oxhead's Secret
pagenum: 15; title: Boarding-house Geometry
pagenum: 26; title: The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones
pagenum: 28; title: A Christmas Letter
pagenum: 33; title: How to Make a Million Dollars
pagenum: 35; title: How to Live to Be 200
pagenum: 42; title: How to Avoid Getting Married
pagenum: 48; title: How to Be a Doctor
pagenum: 54; title: The New Food
pagenum: 62; title: A New Pathology
pagenum: 65; title: The Poet Answered
pagenum: 72; title: The Force of Statistics
pagenum: 74; title: Men Who Have Shaved Me
pagenum: 77; title: Getting the Thread of It
pagenum: 85; title: Telling His Faults
pagenum: 92; title: Winter Pastimes
pagenum: 95; title: Number Fifty-Six
pagenum: 102; title: Aristocratic Education
pagenum: 113; title: The Conjurer's Revenge
pagenum: 117; title: Hints to Travellers
pagenum: 122; title: A Manual of Education
pagenum: 127; title: Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas
pagenum: 132; title: The Life of John Smith
pagenum: 138; title: On Collecting Things
pagenum: 145; title: Society Chit-chat
pagenum: 150; title: Insurance Up to Date
pagenum: 156; title: Borrowing a Match
pagenum: 159; title: A Lesson in Fiction
pagenum: 162; title: Helping the Armenians
pagenum: 169; title: A Study in Still Life: The Country Hotel
pagenum: 172; title: An Experiment with Policeman Hogan
pagenum: 175; title: The Passing of the Poet
pagenum: 185; title: Self-made Men
pagenum: 194; title: A Model Dialogue
pagenum: 200; title: Back to the Bush
pagenum: 203; title: Reflections on Riding
pagenum: 212; title: Saloonio
pagenum: 216; title: Half-Hours with the Poets; label: I
title: Mr. Wordsworth and the Little Cottage Girl
pagenum: 222; label: II
title: How Tennyson Killed the May Queen
pagenum: 227; label: III
title: Old Mr. Longfellow on Board the 'Hesperus'
pagenum: 231; title: A, B, and C
pagenum: 237