Pipefuls. Christopher Morley

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664612779

      Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       PIPEFULS

       PIPEFULS

       ON MAKING FRIENDS

       THOUGHTS ON CIDER

       ONE-NIGHT STANDS

       THE OWL TRAIN

       SAFETY PINS

       CONFESSIONS OF A “COLYUMIST”

       MOVING

       SURF FISHING

       “IDOLATRY”

       THE FIRST COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

       THE DOWNFALL OF GEORGE SNIPE

       MEDITATIONS OF A BOOKSELLER

       IF BUYING A MEAL WERE LIKE BUYING A HOUSE

       ADVENTURES IN HIGH FINANCE

       ON VISITING BOOKSHOPS

       A DISCOVERY

       SILAS ORRIN HOWES

       JOYCE KILMER

       I

       II

       TALES OF TWO CITIES

       I. PHILADELPHIA

       AN EARLY TRAIN

       RIDGE AVENUE

       THE UNIVERSITY AND THE URCHIN

       PINE STREET

       PERSHING IN PHILADELPHIA

       FALL FEVER

       TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

       IN WEST PHILADELPHIA

       HORACE TRAUBEL

       TALES OF TWO CITIES

       II. NEW YORK

       THE ANATOMY OF MANHATTAN

       VESEY STREET

       BROOKLYN BRIDGE

       THREE HOURS FOR LUNCH

       PASSAGE FROM SOME MEMOIRS

       FIRST LESSONS IN CLOWNING

       HOUSE-HUNTING

       LONG ISLAND REVISITED

       ON BEING IN A HURRY

       CONFESSIONS OF A HUMAN GLOBULE

       NOTES ON A FIFTH AVENUE BUS

       SUNDAY MORNING

       VENISON PASTY

       GRAND AVENUE, BROOKLYN

       ON WAITING FOR THE CURTAIN TO GO UP

       MUSINGS OF JOHN MISTLETOE

       THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ORATION

       ON LAZINESS

       TEACHING THE PRINCE TO TAKE