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DEDICATION
AN OXFORD SYMBOL
SCAPEGOATS
TO A NEW YORKER A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE
A CALL FOR THE AUTHOR
MR. PEPYS’S CHRISTMASES
CHILDREN AS COPY
HAIL, KINSPRIT!
ROUND MANHATTAN ISLAND
THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN
SIR KENELM DIGBY
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF AN AMIABLE VISITOR
IN HONOREM: MARTHA WASHINGTON
ACCORDING TO HOYLE
L. E. W.
OUR EXTENSION COURSE
SOME RECIPES
ADVENTURES OF A CURRICULAR ENGINEER
SANTAYANA IN THE SUBWAY
MADONNA OF THE TAXIS
MATTHEW ARNOLD AND EXODONTIA
DAME QUICKLY AND THE BOILROASTER
VACATIONING WITH DE QUINCEY
THE SPANISH SULTRY
WHAT KIND OF A DOG?
A LETTER FROM GISSING
JULY 8, 1822
MIDSUMMER IN SALAMIS
THE STORY OF GINGER CUBES
THE EDITOR AT THE BALL GAME
THE DAME EXPLORES WESTCHESTER
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
GISSING JOINS A COUNTRY CLUB
THREE STARS ON THE BACK STOOP
A CHRISTMAS CARD
SYMBOLS AND PARADOXES
THE RETURN TO TOWN
MAXIMS AND MINIMS
TWO REVIEWS
BUDDHA ON THE L
INTELLECTUALS AND ROUGHNECKS
THE FUN OF WRITING
A CHRISTMAS SOLILOQUY