Mince Pie

About this eBook

Author

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

Credits

E-text prepared by Gene Smethers and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American essays -- 20th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13694

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13694

Release Date

October 10, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MINCE PIE
2. 2.CHRISTOPHER MORLEY — TO — F.M. AND L.J.M.
3. 3.INSTRUCTIONS — MINCE PIE
4. 4.CONTENTS — MINCE PIE
5. 5.ON FILLING AN INK-WELL — A GRACE BEFORE WRITING
6. 6.OLD THOUGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS
7. 7.CHRISTMAS CARDS
8. 8.ON UNANSWERING LETTERS
9. 9.A LETTER TO FATHER TIME
10. 10.WHAT MEN LIVE BY
11. 11.THE UNNATURAL NATURALIST
12. 12.SITTING IN THE BARBER'S CHAIR
13. 13.BROWN EYES AND EQUINOXES
14. 14.163 INNOCENT OLD MEN
15. 15.A TRAGIC SMELL IN MARATHON
16. 16.BULLIED BY THE BIRDS
17. 17.A MESSAGE FOR BOONVILLE
18. 18.MAKING MARATHON SAFE FOR THE URCHIN
19. 19.THE SMELL OF SMELLS
20. 20.A JAPANESE BACHELOR
21. 21.TWO DAYS WE CELEBRATE
22. 22.THE URCHIN AT THE ZOO
23. 23.FELLOW CRAFTSMEN
24. 24.THE KEY RING
25. 25."OWD BOB" — CHAPTER I — (INTRODUCES OUR HERO) — CHAPTER II — (OUR HERO BEGINS A CAREER) — CHAPTER III — (IN WHICH OUR HERO DARTS OFF AT A TANGENT) — CHAPTER IV — (OUR HERO'S BOOK AND HEART SHALL NEVER PART) — CHAPTER V — (FURTHER OSCILLATIONS OF OUR HERO) — CHAPTER VI — (OUR HERO FINDS A STEADY JOB)
26. 26.THE APPLE THAT NO ONE ATE
27. 27.AS TO RUMORS
28. 28.OUR MOTHERS
29. 29.GREETING TO AMERICAN ANGLERS
30. 30.MRS. IZAAK WALTON WRITES A LETTER TO HER MOTHER
31. 31.TRUTH
32. 32.THE TRAGEDY OF WASHINGTON SQUARE
33. 33.IF MR. WILSON WERE THE WEATHER MAN
34. 34.SYNTAX FOR CYNICS — A GRAMMAR OF THE FEMININE LANGUAGE
35. 35.THE TRUTH AT LAST — AN EXTRACT FROM MARTHA WASHINGTON'S DIARY
36. 36.FIXED IDEAS
37. 37.TRIALS OF A PRESIDENT TRAVELING ABROAD
38. 38.DIARY OF A PUBLISHER'S OFFICE BOY
39. 39.THE DOG'S COMMANDMENTS
40. 40.THE VALUE OF CRITICISM
41. 41.A MARRIAGE SERVICE FOR COMMUTERS — ( Fill in railroad as required )
42. 42.THE SUNNY SIDE OF GRUB STREET
43. 43.BURIAL SERVICE FOR A NEWSPAPER JOKE
44. 44.ADVICE TO THOSE VISITING A BABY
45. 45.ABOU BEN WOODROW — (IN PARIS)
46. 46.MY MAGNIFICENT SYSTEM
47. 47.LETTERS TO CYNTHIA — I. IN PRAISE OF BOOBS — II. SIMPLIFICATION
48. 48.TO AN UNKNOWN DAMSEL
49. 49.THOUGHTS ON SETTING AN ALARM CLOCK
50. 50.SONGS IN A SHOWER BATH — HOT WATER — COLD WATER
51. 51.ON DEDICATING A NEW TEAPOT
52. 52.THE UNFORGIVABLE SYNTAX
53. 53.VISITING POETS
54. 54.A GOOD HOME IN THE SUBURBS
55. 55.WALT WHITMAN MINIATURES — I — II — III
56. 56.ON DOORS

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