Mince Pie by Christopher Morley

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Author Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957
Title Mince Pie
Contents On filling an ink-well -- Old thoughts for Christmas -- Christmas cards -- On unanswering letters -- A letter to Father Time -- What men live by -- The unnatural naturalist -- Sitting in the barber's chair -- Brown eyes and equinoxes -- 163 innocent old men -- A tragic smell in Marathon -- Bullied by the birds -- A message for Boonville -- Making Marathon safe for the urchin -- The smell of smells -- A Japanese bachelor -- Two days we celebrate -- The urchin at the zoo -- Fellow craftsmen -- The key ring -- "Owd Bob" -- The apple that no one ate -- As to rumors -- Our mothers -- Greeting to American anglers -- Mrs. Izaak Walton writes a letter to her mother -- Truth -- The tragedy of Washington Square -- If Mr. Wilson were the weather man -- Syntax for cynics -- The truth at last -- Fixed ideas -- Trials of a president travelling abroad -- Diary of a publisher's office boy -- The dog's commandments -- The value of criticism -- A marriage service for commuters -- The sunny side of Grub Street -- Burial service for a newspaper joke -- Advice to those visiting a baby -- Abou Ben Woodrow -- My magnificent system -- Letters to Cynthia: In praise of boobs. Simplification -- To an unknown damsel -- Thoughts on setting an alarm clock -- Songs in a shower bath -- On dedicating a new teapot -- The unforgivable syntax -- Visiting poets -- A good home in the suburbs -- Walt Whitman miniatures -- On doors.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject American essays -- 20th century
Category Text
EBook-No. 13694
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Dec 18, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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