title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
The Flag-Raising | Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923 | en | | A difference in hearts — Rebecca's point of view — Wisdom's ways — The saving of the colors — The state o' Maine girl | | Short stories; United States -- Juvenile fiction | 2000-09-01 |
Chimney-Pot Papers | Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen), 1878-1934 | en | | The chimney-pots -- The quest of the lost digamma -- On a rainy morning -- "1917" -- On going afoot -- On livelihoods -- The tread of the friendly giants -- On spending a holiday -- Runaway studies -- On turning into forty -- On the difference between wit and humor -- On going to a party -- On a pair of leather suspenders -- Boots for runaways -- On hanging a stocking at Christmas. | Endell, Fritz August Gottfried, 1873- [Illustrator] | | 2008-07-04 |
The Pleasures of Ignorance | Lynd, Robert, 1879-1949 | en | | The pleasures of ignorance -- The herring fleet -- The betting man -- The hum of insects -- Cats -- May -- New Year prophecies -- On knowing the difference -- The intellectual side of horse-racing -- Why we hate insects -- Virtue -- June -- On feeling gay -- In the train -- The most curious animal -- The old indifference -- Eggs: an Easter homily -- Enter the spring -- The daredevil barber -- Weeds: an appreciation -- A juror in waiting -- The three-halfpenny bit -- The morals of beans -- On seeing a joke -- Going to the derby -- This blasted world. | | | 2004-09-12 |
The Clock that Had no Hands
And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising | Kaufman, Herbert, 1878-1947 | en | | The clock that had no hands -- The cannon that modernized Japan -- The tailor who paid too much -- The man who retreats before his defeat -- The dollar that can't be spent -- The pass of Thermopylae -- The perambulating showcase -- How Alexander untied the knot -- If it fits you, wear this cap -- You must irrigate your neighborhood -- Cato's follow-up system -- How to write retail advertising copy -- The difference between amusing and convincing -- Some don'ts when you do advertise -- The doctor whose patients hang on -- The horse that drew the load -- The cellar hole and the sewer hole -- The neighborhood of your advertising -- The mistake of the big steak -- The omelette soufflé. | | | 2009-08-01 |