Length5h 36m
About this audiobook
This is a collection of short pieces he wrote for newspapers and magazines. He includes pieces on subjects like taking his son to the zoo, the difficulty of keeping a diary, or how to interpret political rumors (assume the opposite will happen). (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Romance
Length5 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 9, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ON FILLING AN INK-WELL
27TRUTH
2OLD THOUGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS
28THE TRAGEDY OF WASHINGTON SQUARE
3CHRISTMAS CARDS
29IF MR. WILSON WERE THE WEATHER MAN
4ON UNANSWERING LETTERS
30SYNTAX FOR CYNICS
5A LETTER TO FATHER TIME
31THE TRUTH AT LAST
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6WHAT MEN LIVE BY
32FIXED IDEAS
7THE UNNATURAL NATURALIST
33TRIALS OF A PRESIDENT TRAVELING ABROAD
8SITTING IN THE BARBER'S CHAIR
34DIARY OF A PUBLISHER'S OFFICE BOY
9BROWN EYES AND EQUINOXES
35THE DOG'S COMMANDMENTS
10163 INNOCENT OLD MEN
36THE VALUE OF CRITICISM
11A TRAGIC SMELL IN MARATHON
37A MARRIAGE SERVICE FOR COMMUTERS
12BULLIED BY THE BIRDS
38THE SUNNY SIDE OF GRUB STREET
13A MESSAGE FOR BOONVILLE
39BURIAL SERVICE FOR A NEWSPAPER JOKE
14MAKING MARATHON SAFE FOR THE URCHIN
40ADVICE TO THOSE VISITING A BABY
15THE SMELL OF SMELLS
41ABOU BEN WOODROW
16A JAPANESE BACHELOR
42MY MAGNIFICENT SYSTEM
17TWO DAYS WE CELEBRATE
43LETTERS TO CYNTHIA
18THE URCHIN AT THE ZOO
44TO AN UNKNOWN DAMSEL
19FELLOW CRAFTSMEN
45THOUGHTS ON SETTING AN ALARM CLOCK
20THE KEY RING
46SONGS IN A SHOWER BATH
21"OWD BOB"
47ON DEDICATING A NEW TEAPOT
22THE APPLE THAT NO ONE ATE
48THE UNFORGIVABLE SYNTAX
23AS TO RUMORS
49VISITING POETS
24OUR MOTHERS
50A GOOD HOME IN THE SUBURBS
25GREETING TO AMERICAN ANGLERS
51WALT WHITMAN MINIATURES
26MRS. IZAAK WALTON WRITES A LETTER TO HER MOTHER
52ON DOORS
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