Produced by David Widger








INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF

EDNA FERBER



Compiled by David Widger





CONTENTS

##  FANNY HERSELF

##  BUTTERED SIDE DOWN

##  EMMA MCCHESNEY & CO.

##  ONE BASKET

##  DAWN O'HARA, THE GIRL WHO LAUGHED

##  ROAST BEEF, MEDIUM

##  CHEERFUL--BY REQUEST

##  PERSONALITY PLUS

##  HALF PORTIONS

##  GIGOLO







TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES







FANNY HERSELF
By Edna Ferber



CONTENTS


    FANNY HERSELF


    PREFACE


    CHAPTER ONE

    CHAPTER TWO

    CHAPTER THREE

    CHAPTER FOUR

    CHAPTER FIVE

    CHAPTER SIX

    CHAPTER SEVEN

    CHAPTER EIGHT

    CHAPTER NINE

    CHAPTER TEN

    CHAPTER ELEVEN

    CHAPTER TWELVE

    CHAPTER THIRTEEN

    CHAPTER FOURTEEN

    CHAPTER FIFTEEN

    CHAPTER SIXTEEN

    CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

    CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

    CHAPTER NINETEEN





BUTTERED SIDE DOWN
STORIES
By Edna Ferber



CONTENTS

I.   	THE FROG AND THE PUDDLE
II.   	THE MAN WHO CAME BACK
III.   	WHAT SHE WORE
IV.   	A BUSH LEAGUE HERO
V.   	THE KITCHEN SIDE OF THE DOOR
VI.   	ONE OF THE OLD GIRLS
VII.   	MAYMEYS FROM CUBA
VIII.   	THE LEADING LADY
IX.   	THAT HOME-TOWN FEELING
X.   	THE HOMELY HEROINE
XI.   	SUN DRIED
XII.   	WHERE THE CAR TURNS AT 18TH





EMMA McCHESNEY & CO.
By Edna Ferber



CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.   	BROADWAY TO BUENOS AIRES
II.   	THANKS TO MISS MORRISSEY
III.   	A CLOSER CORPORATION
IV.   	BLUE SERGE
V.   	"HOOPS, MY DEAR!"
VI.   	SISTERS UNDER THEIR SKIN
VII.   	AN ETUDE FOR EMMA





ONE BASKET
THIRTY-ONE SHORT STORIES
By Edna Ferber



CONTENTS


THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE GOOD 1

THE GAY OLD DOG 11

THAT'S MARRIAGE 29

FARMER IN THE DELL 49

UN MORSO DOO PANG 68

LONG DISTANCE 89

THE MATERNAL FEMININE 94
.... remainder not included





DAWN O'HARA
THE GIRL WHO LAUGHED
By Edna Ferber



CONTENTS


    DAWN O'HARA


    CHAPTER I.   THE SMASH-UP

    CHAPTER II.   MOSTLY EGGS

    CHAPTER III.   GOOD AS NEW

    CHAPTER IV.   DAWN DEVELOPS A HEIMWEH

    CHAPTER V.   THE ABSURD BECOMES SERIOUS

    CHAPTER VI.   STEEPED IN GERMAN

    CHAPTER VII.   BLACKIE'S PHILOSOPHY

    CHAPTER VIII.   KAFFEE AND KAFFEEKUCHEN

    CHAPTER IX.   THE LADY FROM VIENNA

    CHAPTER X.   A TRAGEDY OF GOWNS

    CHAPTER XI.   VON GERHARD SPEAKS

    CHAPTER XII.   BENNIE THE CONSOLER

    CHAPTER XIII.   THE TEST

    CHAPTER XIV.   BENNIE AND THE CHARMING OLD MAID

    CHAPTER XV.   FAREWELL TO KNAPFS

    CHAPTER XVI.   JUNE MOONLIGHT, AND A NEW BOARDINGHOUSE

    CHAPTER XVII.   THE SHADOW OF TERROR

    CHAPTER XVIII.     PETER ORME

    CHAPTER XIX.   A TURN OF THE WHEEL

    CHAPTER XX.   BLACKIE'S VACATION COMES

    CHAPTER XXI.   HAPPINESS





ROAST BEEF, MEDIUM
THE BUSINESS ADVENTURES OF EMMA McCHESNEY


By Edna Ferber




CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ILLUSTRATIONS (not available in this edition)

I. — ROAST BEEF, MEDIUM

II. — REPRESENTING T. A. BUCK

III. — CHICKENS

IV. — HIS MOTHER'S SON

V. — PINK TIGHTS AND GINGHAMS

VI. — SIMPLY SKIRTS

VII. — UNDERNEATH THE HIGH-CUT VEST

VIII. — CATCHING UP WITH CHRISTMAS

IX. — KNEE-DEEP IN KNICKERS

X. — IN THE ABSENCE OF THE AGENT





CHEERFUL, BY REQUEST
By Edna Ferber
1918



CONTENTS

I. CHEERFUL—BY REQUEST

II. THE GAY OLD DOG

III. THE TOUGH GUY

IV. THE ELDEST

V. THAT'S MARRIAGE

VI. THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE GOOD

VII. THE GIRL WHO WENT RIGHT

VIII. THE HOOKER-UP-THE-BACK

IX. THE GUIDING MISS GOWD

X. SOPHY-AS-SHE-MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN

XI. THE THREE OF THEM

XII. SHORE LEAVE





PERSONALITY PLUS
Some Experiences Of Emma Mcchesney
And Her Son, Jock

By Edna Ferber



CONTENTS

I. MAKING GOOD WITH MOTHER

II. PERSONALITY PLUS

III. DICTATED BUT NOT READ

IV. THE MAN WITHIN HIM

V. THE SELF-STARTER

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'What is this anyway? A George Cohan comedy?'" Frontispiece

"'You're a jealous blond,' he laughed"

"He was the concentrated essence of do-it-now"

"'Hi! Hold that pose!' called Von Herman"

"With a jolt Jock realized she had forgotten all about him"

"'Well, raw-thah!" he drawled"

"... became in some miraculous way a little boy again"

"Jock McChesney began to carry a yellow walking stick down to work"

"'Good Lord, Mother! Of course you don't mean it, but—'"

"'Greetings!'"

"She laid one hand very lightly on his arm and looked up into the sullen, angry young face"

"He made straight for the main desk with its battalion of clerks"

"'Let's not waste any time,' he said"

"He found his mother on the floor ... surrounded by piles of pajamas, socks, shirts and collars"

"'Well, you said you wanted somebody to worry about, didn't you?'"





HALF PORTIONS
By Edna Ferber



CONTENTS
THE MATERNAL FEMININE
APRIL 25TH, AS USUAL
OLD LADY MANDLE
YOU'VE GOT TO BE SELFISH
LONG DISTANCE
UN MORSO DOO PANG
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT
FARMER IN THE DELL
THE DANCING GIRLS





GIGOLO
By Edna Ferber



CONTENTS
Old Man Minick

Gigolo Not a Day Over Twenty-One

Home Girl

Ain't Nature Wonderful!

The Sudden Sixties

If I Should Ever Travel!