This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted stories & otherwise. John Kendrick Bangs had been known as a jokester & prankster; was also known to be the editor of Puck, perhaps the foremost American humor magazine. Take a peak and see how you end up with a grin on your face and in your heart as well. That is honest Bangsian writing. - Summary by AR
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
A Pessimistic View
01:28 - Chapter 2
The Master’s Pen—A Confession
01:24 - Chapter 3
Bookworm Ballads (a Literary Feast)
02:01 - Chapter 4
Ideas for Sale
02:26 - Chapter 5
The Author’s Boomerang
00:43 - Chapter 6
To an Egotistical Biographer
00:34 - Chapter 7
No Copyright Needed
00:47 - Chapter 8
Ingredients of Greatness
00:48 - Chapter 9
A Common Favorite
01:32 - Chapter 10
Their Pens
00:29 - Chapter 11
An Unsolved Problem
00:28 - Chapter 12
The Bibliophile’s Threat
00:27 - Chapter 13
My Treasures
00:33 - Chapter 14
A Poet’s Fad
00:25 - Chapter 15
The Poet Undone
00:29 - Chapter 16
A Waning Muse
00:31 - Chapter 17
Modesty
00:28 - Chapter 18
My Lord the Book
00:34 - Chapter 19
The Bibliomiser
00:39 - Chapter 20
The ''Collector''
00:47 - Chapter 21
A Reader
00:59 - Chapter 22
Fate!
00:57 - Chapter 23
A Pleasing Thought
00:47 - Chapter 24
Books vs. ''Books,'' by a Bibliomaniac
01:20 - Chapter 25
A Confession
01:32 - Chapter 26
The Edition de Looks
01:54 - Chapter 27
Napolini’s Error
02:41 - Chapter 28
My Color
01:54 - Chapter 29
Contentment in Nature
01:45 - Chapter 30
The Heroic Gunner
01:56 - Chapter 31
The Pathetic Tale of the Caddy Boy
03:14 - Chapter 32
Garrulous Wisdom
01:19 - Chapter 33
The Perjury of a Rejected Lover
00:59 - Chapter 34
Maid of Culture
01:04 - Chapter 35
Not Perfect
01:01 - Chapter 36
A City Dweller’s Wish
01:01 - Chapter 37
Where are They?
01:25 - Chapter 38
Memories
00:36 - Chapter 39
A Sad State
00:30 - Chapter 40
Ad Astra per Otium.
00:46 - Chapter 41
Consolation
00:51 - Chapter 42
Satisfaction on Reading ''Not One Dissatisfied,'' by Walt Whitman
01:55 - Chapter 43
To a Withered Rose
00:53 - Chapter 44
The Worst of Enemies
00:40 - Chapter 45
Jokes of the Night
01:37 - Chapter 46
An Autumnal Romance
00:31 - Chapter 47
The Country in July
01:09 - Chapter 48
May 30, 1893
00:50 - Chapter 49
The Curse of Wealth
02:30 - Chapter 50
The Rhyme of the Ancient Populist
02:28 - Chapter 51
One of the Nameless Great
00:45 - Chapter 52
In February Days
01:05 - Chapter 53
A Change of Ambition
01:28 - Chapter 54
Message from Mahatmas
03:15 - Chapter 55
The Gold-seekers
02:13 - Chapter 56
Ode to a Politician
02:32 - Chapter 57
Some are Amateurs
00:41