CONTENTS

[ON FILLING AN INK_WELL]
[OLD THOUGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS]
[CHRISTMAS CARDS]
[ON UNANSWERING LETTERS]
[A LETTER TO FATHER TIME]
[WHAT MEN LIVE BY]
[THE UNNATURAL NATURALIST]
[SITTING IN THE BARBER'S CHAIR]
[BROWN EYES AND EQUINOXES]
[163 INNOCENT OLD MEN]
[A TRAGIC SMELL IN MARATHON]
[BULLIED BY THE BIRDS]
[A MESSAGE FOR BOONVILLE]
[MAKING MARATHON SAFE FOR THE URCHIN]
[THE SMELL OF SMELLS]
[A JAPANESE BACHELOR]
[TWO DAYS WE CELEBRATE]
[THE URCHIN AT THE ZOO]
[FELLOW CRAFTSMEN]
[THE KEY RING]
["OWD BOB"]
[THE APPLE THAT NO ONE ATE]
[AS TO RUMORS]
[OUR MOTHERS]
[GREETING TO AMERICAN ANGLERS]
[MRS. IZAAK WALTON WRITES A LETTER TO HER MOTHER]
[TRUTH]
[THE TRAGEDY OF WASHINGTON SQUARE]
[IF MR. WILSON WERE THE WEATHER MAN]
[SYNTAX FOR CYNICS]
[THE TRUTH AT LAST]
[FIXED IDEAS]
[TRIALS OF A PRESIDENT TRAVELING ABROAD]
[DIARY OF A PUBLISHER'S OFFICE BOY]
[THE DOG'S COMMANDMENTS]
[THE VALUE OF CRITICISM]
[A MARRIAGE SERVICE FOR COMMUTERS]
[THE SUNNY SIDE OF GRUB STREET]
[BURIAL SERVICE FOR A NEWSPAPER JOKE]
[ADVICE TO THOSE VISITING A BABY]
[ABOU BEN WOODROW]
[MY MAGNIFICENT SYSTEM]

LETTERS TO CYNTHIA:
[I. IN PRAISE OF BOOBS]
[II. SIMPLIFICATION]