This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, such as how to court women successfully, what it feels like to be a god, and why sometimes it would be a good idea to exchange one's own newborn baby for a better one at the hospital. (Summary by Carolin)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
05:22 - Chapter 2
The Not Impossible Sheik
09:37 - Chapter 3
John Roach Straton
05:09 - Chapter 4
Private Ownership of Offspring
06:05 - Chapter 5
G. K. C.
08:11 - Chapter 6
On Being a God
07:20 - Chapter 7
Chivalry is Born
08:22 - Chapter 8
Ruth vs. Roth
06:35 - Chapter 9
The Bigger the Year
09:23 - Chapter 10
For Old Nassau
07:35 - Chapter 11
Mr. Dempsey's Five-Foot Shelf
11:12 - Chapter 12
Sport for Art's Sake
11:43 - Chapter 13
Jack the Giant Killer
10:45 - Chapter 14
Judge Krink
03:54 - Chapter 15
Frankincense and Myrrh
04:25 - Chapter 16
The Excelsior Movement
06:53 - Chapter 17
The Dog Star
07:18 - Chapter 18
Altruistic Poker
03:40 - Chapter 19
The Well Made Review
08:20 - Chapter 20
An Adjective a Day
06:05 - Chapter 21
The Unknown Soldier
02:42 - Chapter 22
A Tortoise Shell Home
07:26 - Chapter 23
I'd Die for Dear Old Rutgers
07:19 - Chapter 24
Are Editors People?
08:10 - Chapter 25
We Have With Us This Evening ----
10:50 - Chapter 26
The Young Pessimists
09:26 - Chapter 27
Glass Slippers by the Gross
07:16 - Chapter 28
A Modern Beanstalk
05:54 - Chapter 29
Volstead and Conversation
08:10 - Chapter 30
Life, the Copy Cat
09:53 - Chapter 31
The Orthodox Champion
06:30 - Chapter 32
With A Stein on the Table
10:23 - Chapter 33
Art for Argument's Sake
11:44 - Chapter 34
No 'Rahs for Ray
06:43 - Chapter 35
"At Aboy!"
08:08 - Chapter 36
How to Win Money at the Races
06:57 - Chapter 37
One Touch of Slapstick
10:32 - Chapter 38
Danger Signals for Readers
08:58 - Chapter 39
Adventure Made Painless
18:21 - Chapter 40
The Tall Villa
08:46 - Chapter 41
Professor George Pierce Baker
08:37 - Chapter 42
What Shakespeare Missed
22:48 - Chapter 43
Censoring the Censor
11:16