The Powder of Sympathy

About this eBook

Author

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

Original Publication

United States: Doubleday, Page & Company,1923.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

American essays -- 20th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67188

Release Date

January 17, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY
2. 2.DEDICATION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY — AN OXFORD SYMBOL
5. 5.SCAPEGOATS
6. 6.TO A NEW YORKER A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE
7. 7.A CALL FOR THE AUTHOR
8. 8.MR. PEPYS’S CHRISTMASES
9. 9.CHILDREN AS COPY
10. 10.HAIL, KINSPRIT!
11. 11.ROUND MANHATTAN ISLAND
12. 12.THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN
13. 13.SIR KENELM DIGBY — TO MAKE ALE DRINK QUICK — ANOTHER CLOUTED CREAM — TO MAKE EXCELLENT MEATHE — TEA WITH EGGS
14. 14.FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF AN AMIABLE VISITOR
15. 15.IN HONOREM: MARTHA WASHINGTON
16. 16.ACCORDING TO HOYLE
17. 17.L. E. W.
18. 18.OUR EXTENSION COURSE
19. 19.SOME RECIPES — I. MULLED CIDER — II. STEWED RHUBARB — III. HAGGIS AND BAGPIPES
20. 20.ADVENTURES OF A CURRICULAR ENGINEER
21. 21.SANTAYANA IN THE SUBWAY
22. 22.MADONNA OF THE TAXIS
23. 23.MATTHEW ARNOLD AND EXODONTIA — I — II
24. 24.DAME QUICKLY AND THE BOILROASTER
25. 25.VACATIONING WITH DE QUINCEY — I — II — III — IV
26. 26.THE SPANISH SULTRY
27. 27.WHAT KIND OF A DOG?
28. 28.A LETTER FROM GISSING
29. 29.JULY 8, 1822
30. 30.MIDSUMMER IN SALAMIS
31. 31.THE STORY OF GINGER CUBES — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII
32. 32.THE EDITOR AT THE BALL GAME
33. 33.THE DAME EXPLORES WESTCHESTER
34. 34.THE POWER AND THE GLORY
35. 35.GISSING JOINS A COUNTRY CLUB
36. 36.THREE STARS ON THE BACK STOOP
37. 37.A CHRISTMAS CARD
38. 38.SYMBOLS AND PARADOXES
39. 39.THE RETURN TO TOWN
40. 40.MAXIMS AND MINIMS — KINSPRITS — JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE — HOBBES — LADIES AT THE PHONE — OF STREET CLEANING — DR. OSLER — THE MOST EXCITING BOOK — A SUGGESTION — ADVICE TO YOUNG WRITERS — A GREAT REPORTER — AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE — CARAWAY SEEDS — BLUNT’S DIARIES — GENIUS — EMBARRASSMENTS — AN IDEA — ALGEBRA FOR URCHINS — A MODEST SCAFFOLD FOR PHILOSOPHERS — ICI ON PARLE — ASTONISHMENT — SPIDERS — PERNICIOUSNESS OF MR. LEAR — THE SEDAN — BAD VERSE
41. 41.TWO REVIEWS — I — II
42. 42.BUDDHA ON THE L
43. 43.INTELLECTUALS AND ROUGHNECKS — I — II
44. 44.THE FUN OF WRITING
45. 45.A CHRISTMAS SOLILOQUY — I — II
46. 46.Transcriber’s Notes

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