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
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (26)
Includes Goodreads
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
2OLD THOUGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS
3CHRISTMAS CARDS
4ON UNANSWERING LETTERS
5A LETTER TO FATHER TIME
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6WHAT MEN LIVE BY
7THE UNNATURAL NATURALIST
8SITTING IN THE BARBER'S CHAIR
9BROWN EYES AND EQUINOXES
10163 INNOCENT OLD MEN
11A TRAGIC SMELL IN MARATHON
12BULLIED BY THE BIRDS
13A MESSAGE FOR BOONVILLE
14MAKING MARATHON SAFE FOR THE URCHIN
15THE SMELL OF SMELLS
16A JAPANESE BACHELOR
17TWO DAYS WE CELEBRATE
18THE URCHIN AT THE ZOO
19FELLOW CRAFTSMEN
20THE KEY RING
21"OWD BOB"
22THE APPLE THAT NO ONE ATE
23AS TO RUMORS
24OUR MOTHERS
25GREETING TO AMERICAN ANGLERS
26MRS. IZAAK WALTON WRITES A LETTER TO HER MOTHER
27TRUTH
28THE TRAGEDY OF WASHINGTON SQUARE
29IF MR. WILSON WERE THE WEATHER MAN
30SYNTAX FOR CYNICS
31THE TRUTH AT LAST
32FIXED IDEAS
33TRIALS OF A PRESIDENT TRAVELING ABROAD
34DIARY OF A PUBLISHER'S OFFICE BOY
35THE DOG'S COMMANDMENTS
36THE VALUE OF CRITICISM
37A MARRIAGE SERVICE FOR COMMUTERS
38THE SUNNY SIDE OF GRUB STREET
39BURIAL SERVICE FOR A NEWSPAPER JOKE
40ADVICE TO THOSE VISITING A BABY
41ABOU BEN WOODROW
42MY MAGNIFICENT SYSTEM
43LETTERS TO CYNTHIA
44TO AN UNKNOWN DAMSEL
45THOUGHTS ON SETTING AN ALARM CLOCK
46SONGS IN A SHOWER BATH
47ON DEDICATING A NEW TEAPOT
48THE UNFORGIVABLE SYNTAX
49VISITING POETS
50A GOOD HOME IN THE SUBURBS
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