Many of these papers are new. Others are reprinted by permission from Puck and Truth.
CONTENTS.
THE LITERARY SHOP.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| In an Old Garret | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| The “Ledger” Period of Letters | [11] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Something about “Good Bad Stuff” | [24] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Early Holland Period | [34] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Mendacity during the Holland Period of Letters | [47] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| The Dawn of the Johnsonian Period | [62] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Woman’s Influence in the Johnsonian Period | [78] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Literature—Pawed and Unpawed; and the Crown-Prince Thereof | [99] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Certain Things which a Conscientious Literary Worker may Find in the City of New York | [118] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| “He Trun up Bote Hands!” | [139] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| The Conclusion of the Whole Matter. | [160] |
| AND OTHER TALES. | |
| The Poets’ Strike | [183] |
| Ancient Forms of Amusement | [194] |
| The Sober, Industrious Poet, and How he Fared at Easter-time | [199] |
| The Two Brothers; or, Plucked from the Burning | [208] |
| The Story of the Young Man of Talent | [223] |
| The Society Reporter’s Christmas | [231] |
| The Dying Gag | [245] |
| “Only a Type-writer” | [251] |
| The Culture Bubble in Ourtown | [260] |
| Some Thoughts on the Construction and Preservation of Jokes | [275] |
| McClure’s Model Village for Literary Toilers | [299] |
| Arrival of the Scotch Authors at McClure’s Literary Colony | [307] |
| The Canning of Perishable Literature | [316] |
| Literary Leaves by Manacled Hands | [323] |
| McClure’s Birthday at Syndicate Village | [331] |
| Literature by Prison Contract Labor | [340] |
| Christmas Eve at the Syndicate Village | [351] |
THE LITERARY SHOP