Love Conquers All by Robert C. Benchley

About this eBook

Author

Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945

Title

Love Conquers All

Credits

Produced by Afra Ullah, Josephine Paolucci, Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American wit and humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

15851

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15851

Release Date

May 18, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Love Conquers All — Acknowledgment — Contents — Illustrations — I.—THE BENCHLEY-WHITTIER CORRESPONDENCE — II—FAMILY LIFE IN AMERICA
2. 2.PART 1
3. 3.PART 2
4. 4.PART 3 — III—THIS CHILD KNOWS THE ANSWER—DO YOU?
5. 5.The Well-Informed Children's Hour — IV—RULES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR WATCHING AUCTION BRIDGE
6. 6.NUMBER WHO MAY WATCH
7. 7.PRELIMINARIES
8. 8.PROCEDURE — V—A CHRISTMAS SPECTACLE — For Use in Christmas Eve Entertainments in the Vestry — VI—HOW TO WATCH A CHESS-MATCH
9. 9.HOW TO FIND A GAME TO WATCH
10. 10.THE DETAILS OF THE GAME — VII—WATCHING BASEBALL — D.A.C. NEWS — VIII—HOW TO BE A SPECTATOR AT SPRING PLANTING — IX—THE MANHATTADOR — X—WHAT TO DO WHILE THE FAMILY IS AWAY — XI—"ROLL YOUR OWN" — Inside Points on Building and Maintaining a Private Tennis Court — XII—DO INSECTS THINK? — XIII—THE SCORE IN THE STANDS — XIV—MID-WINTER SPORTS — XV—READING THE FUNNIES ALOUD — XVI—OPERA SYNOPSES — Some Sample Outlines of Grand Opera Plots For Home Study.
11. 11.I—DIE MEISTER-GENOSSENSCHAFT — ACT I — ACT 2 — ACT 3
12. 12.(PEASANT LOVE) — ACT I — ACT 2 — ACT 3
13. 13.III—LUCY DE LIMA — ACT I — ACT 2 — ACT 3 — XVII—THE YOUNG IDEA'S SHOOTING GALLERY — XVIII—POLYP WITH A PAST — The Story Of An Organism With A Heart — XIX—HOLT! WHO GOES THERE?
14. 14.BATHING
15. 15.CLOTHING
16. 16.WEIGHT
17. 17.FRESH AIR
18. 18.DEVELOPMENT
19. 19.FEEDING — XX—THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE — XXI—NOTING AN INCREASE IN BIGAMY — XXII—THE REAL WIGLAF: MAN AND MONARCH — XXIII—FACING THE BOYS' CAMP PROBLEM — XXIV—ALL ABOUT THE SILESIAN PROBLEM — XXV—"HAPPY THE HOME WHERE BOOKS ARE FOUND" — XXVI—WHEN NOT IN ROME, WHY DO AS THE ROMANS DID? — XXVII—THE TOOTH, THE WHOLE TOOTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TOOTH — XXVIII—MALIGNANT MIRRORS — XXIX—THE POWER OF THE PRESS — XXX—HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS — XXXI—HOW TO UNDERSTAND INTERNATIONAL FINANCE — XXXII—'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE SUMMER — ( An Imaginary Watch-Night with the Weather Man ) — XXXIII—WELCOME HOME—AND SHUT UP! — XXXIV—ANIMAL STORIES - I — How Georgie Dog Gets the Rubbers on the Guest Room Bed — ANIMAL STORIES— — How Lillian Mosquito Projects Her Voice — XXXV—THE TARIFF UNMASKED
20. 20.Schedule B
21. 21.Schedule C
22. 22.Schedule D — LITERARY DEPARTMENT [pg 187] — XXXVI—"TAKE ALONG A BOOK" — XXXVII—CONFESSIONS OF A CHESS CHAMPION — XXXVIII—"RIP VAN WINKLE" — XXXIX—LITERARY LOST AND FOUND DEPARTMENT — With Scant Apology to the Book Section of the New York Times .
23. 23."OLD BLACK TILLIE"
24. 24."VICTOR HUGO'S DEATH"
25. 25."I'M SORRY THAT I SPELT THE WORD"
26. 26."GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN"
27. 27."SHE DWELT BESIDE"
28. 28."THE GOLDEN WEDDING"
29. 29.ANSWERS — XL—"DARKWATER" — XLI—THE NEW TIME-TABLE — XLII—MR. BOK'S AMERICANIZATION — XLIII—ZANE GREY'S MOVIE — XLIV—SUPPRESSING "JURGEN" — XLV—ANTI-IBÁÑEZ — XLVI—ON BRICKLAYING — XLVII—"AMERICAN ANNIVERSARIES" — XLVIII—A WEEK-END WITH WELLS — XLIX—ABOUT PORTLAND CEMENT — L—OPEN BOOKCASES — LI—TROUT-FISHING — LII—"SCOUTING FOR GIRLS" — MARCHING SONG — LIII—HOW TO SELL GOODS — LIV—"YOU!" — LV—THE CATALOGUE SCHOOL — LVI—"EFFECTIVE HOUSE ORGANS" — LVII—ADVICE TO WRITERS — LVIII—"THE EFFECTIVE SPEAKING VOICE" — LIX—THOSE DANGEROUSLY DYNAMIC BRITISH GIRLS — LX—BOOKS AND OTHER THINGS — LXI—"MEASURE YOUR MIND" — LXII—THE BROW-ELEVATION IN HUMOR — LXIII—BUSINESS LETTERS — Notes

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