The Powder of Sympathy
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Poetry
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THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY
BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
Christopher Morley
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CONTENTS
AN OXFORD SYMBOL
SCAPEGOATS
TO A NEW YORKER A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE
A CALL FOR THE AUTHOR
MR. PEPYS’S CHRISTMASES
CHILDREN AS COPY
HAIL, KINSPRIT!
ROUND MANHATTAN ISLAND
THE UNKNOWN CITIZEN
SIR KENELM DIGBY
TO MAKE ALE DRINK QUICK
ANOTHER CLOUTED CREAM
TO MAKE EXCELLENT MEATHE
TEA WITH EGGS
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF AN AMIABLE VISITOR
IN HONOREM: MARTHA WASHINGTON
ACCORDING TO HOYLE
L. E. W.
OUR EXTENSION COURSE
SOME RECIPES
I. MULLED CIDER
II. STEWED RHUBARB
III. HAGGIS AND BAGPIPES
ADVENTURES OF A CURRICULAR ENGINEER
SANTAYANA IN THE SUBWAY
MADONNA OF THE TAXIS
MATTHEW ARNOLD AND EXODONTIA
I
II
DAME QUICKLY AND THE BOILROASTER
VACATIONING WITH DE QUINCEY
I
II
III
IV
THE SPANISH SULTRY
WHAT KIND OF A DOG?
A LETTER FROM GISSING
JULY 8, 1822
MIDSUMMER IN SALAMIS
THE STORY OF GINGER CUBES
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
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XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
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XXI
XXII
THE EDITOR AT THE BALL GAME
THE DAME EXPLORES WESTCHESTER
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
GISSING JOINS A COUNTRY CLUB
THREE STARS ON THE BACK STOOP
A CHRISTMAS CARD
SYMBOLS AND PARADOXES
THE RETURN TO TOWN
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
TWO REVIEWS
I
II
BUDDHA ON THE L
INTELLECTUALS AND ROUGHNECKS
I
II
THE FUN OF WRITING
A CHRISTMAS SOLILOQUY
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II
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