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The Literary Shop and Other Tales

The Literary Shop and Other Tales

by James L. Ford

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Author
Ford, James L. (James Lauren), 1854-1928
Title
The Literary Shop, and Other Tales
Credits
Produced by David E. Brown and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
American periodicals
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 57180
Release Date
May 19, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LITERARY SHOP AND OTHER TALES
  2. 2.PREFACE TO NEW EDITION.
  3. 3.AUTHOR’S NOTE.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. IN AN OLD GARRET.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE “LEDGER” PERIOD OF LETTERS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. SOMETHING ABOUT “GOOD BAD STUFF.”
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE EARLY HOLLAND PERIOD.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. MENDACITY DURING THE HOLLAND PERIOD OF LETTERS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE DAWN OF THE JOHNSONIAN PERIOD.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. WOMAN’S INFLUENCE IN THE JOHNSONIAN PERIOD.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. LITERATURE—PAWED AND UNPAWED; AND THE CROWN-PRINCE THEREOF.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. CERTAIN THINGS WHICH A CONSCIENTIOUS LITERARY WORKER MAY FIND IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. “HE TRUN UP BOTE HANDS!”
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
  16. 16.AND OTHER TALES
  17. 17.THE POETS’ STRIKE.
  18. 18.ANCIENT FORMS OF AMUSEMENT.
  19. 19.THE SOBER, INDUSTRIOUS POET, AND HOW HE FARED AT EASTER-TIME.
  20. 20.THE TWO BROTHERS; OR, PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING.
  21. 21.THE STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN OF TALENT.
  22. 22.THE SOCIETY REPORTER’S CHRISTMAS
  23. 23.THE DYING GAG.
  24. 24.“ONLY A TYPE-WRITER.”
  25. 25.THE CULTURE BUBBLE IN OURTOWN.
  26. 26.SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF JOKES. — I.—THE “JOKAL CALENDAR.” — II.—THE IDEA AND ITS EMBELLISHMENT. — III.—REVAMPING OLD JOKES. — IV.—THE OBVIOUS JOKE.
  27. 27.McCLURE’S MODEL VILLAGE FOR LITERARY TOILERS.
  28. 28.ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTCH AUTHORS AT McCLURE’S LITERARY COLONY.
  29. 29.THE CANNING OF PERISHABLE LITERATURE.
  30. 30.LITERARY LEAVES BY MANACLED HANDS.
  31. 31.McCLURE’S BIRTHDAY AT SYNDICATE VILLAGE.
  32. 32.LITERATURE BY PRISON CONTRACT LABOR.
  33. 33.CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE SYNDICATE VILLAGE.

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