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The early worm

The early worm

by Robert Benchley

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Author
Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945
Original Publication
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1927.
Credits
Carla Foust, Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
American wit and humor
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 78352
Release Date
April 3, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE EARLY WORM
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.THE EARLY WORM
  7. 7.A TALK TO YOUNG MEN Graduation Address on “The Decline of Sex”
  8. 8.THE SEED OF REVOLT
  9. 9.PAUL REVERE’S RIDE How a Modest Go-Getter Did His Bit for the Juno Acid Bath Corporation
  10. 10.FASCINATING CRIMES I. The Odd Occurrence in the Life of Dr. Meethas
  11. 11.UPSETS
  12. 12.AN INTERVIEW WITH MUSSOLINI
  13. 13.THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION
  14. 14.THE SAVING-“OLD-IRONSIDES” HABIT
  15. 15.A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS
  16. 16.LIFE IN THE RITZ TENEMENT
  17. 17.OLD PROGRAM FROM THE BENCHLEY COLLECTION A Glance Backward in the Manner of the Authors of Theatrical Reminiscences
  18. 18.WHAT COLLEGE DID TO ME An Outline of Education
  19. 19.AN INTERVIEW WITH THEODORE DREISER
  20. 20.FASCINATING CRIMES II. The Wallack Disappearances
  21. 21.LOUIS DOT DOPE
  22. 22.THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD
  23. 23.THE HENNA DECADE What May Happen to Our Age When Thomas Beer Catches Up to It
  24. 24.A PLAN TO STABILIZE THE FRANC
  25. 25.SEX IS OUT
  26. 26.UNCLE EDITH’S GHOST STORY
  27. 27.FASCINATING CRIMES III. The Missing Floor
  28. 28.THE END OF THE SEASON
  29. 29.EXAM TIME
  30. 30.THROWING BACK THE EUROPEAN OFFENSIVE
  31. 31.AN INTERVIEW WITH VICE-PRESIDENT DAWES
  32. 32.THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION — FOOTNOTES:
  33. 33.A GHOST STORY ( As Sherwood Anderson Would Write It If He Weren’t Prevented )
  34. 34.DISCOVERING WEBER AND FIELDS If There Had Been Erudite Criticism in the Nineties
  35. 35.WATER FOOTBALL Suggestions to the Rules Committee for Making Use of Rain
  36. 36.MORE SONGS FOR MELLER
  37. 37.FASCINATING CRIMES IV. The Lynn Horse-Car Murders
  38. 38.THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION
  39. 39.AN INTERVIEW WITH THE COUNTESS KAROLYI
  40. 40.THE BOYS’ CAMP BUSINESS
  41. 41.AT LAST A SUBSTITUTE FOR SNOW
  42. 42.THE NEW WING ( Or That Sagredo Bed )
  43. 43.UNCLE CALVIN’S NO-WASTE GAMES
  44. 44.THE WORLD OF GRANDPA BENCHLEY Thinking Out Loud in the Manner of Mr. Wells’ Hero
  45. 45.THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION
  46. 46.HOW TO START A SUPPER CLUB
  47. 47.THE NEW VILLAINY
  48. 48.TIME-OFF FROM THE SHOW New York Sights Which the Visitor Should Not Miss
  49. 49.THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION
  50. 50.SPYING ON THE VEHICULAR TUNNEL
  51. 51.COMPILING AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Suggestions as to How Theodore Dreiser Might Write His Next Human Document and Save Five Years’ Work
  52. 52.STORM WARNINGS FOR NEW YORK
  53. 53.THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION
  54. 54.Transcriber’s note

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