This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
00 - Introduction
02:01 - Chapter 2
01 - The Fifty-First Dragon
18:10 - Chapter 3
02 - How to be a Lion Tamer
12:48 - Chapter 4
03 - H.G. Wells of England
07:48 - Chapter 5
04 - Promises and Contracts and Clocks
07:16 - Chapter 6
05 - Alcoholic Liquors
08:12 - Chapter 7
06 - Some of my Best Friends are Yale Men
09:13 - Chapter 8
07 - Bacillus and Circumstance
20:40 - Chapter 9
08 - Death Says It Isn't So
14:58 - Chapter 10
09 - The Library of a Lover
05:39 - Chapter 11
10 - A Bolt from the Blue
06:10 - Chapter 12
11 - Inasmuch
05:48 - Chapter 13
12 - H. 3D-- The Review of a Continuous Performance, Part 1
21:34 - Chapter 14
13 - H. 3D-- The Review of a Continuous Performance, Part 2
27:13 - Chapter 15
14 - H. 3D-- The Review of a Continuous Performance, Part 3
21:26 - Chapter 16
15 - Southpaws
11:47 - Chapter 17
16 - Michael
04:11 - Chapter 18
17 - Buying a Farm
16:18 - Chapter 19
18 - Romance and Reticence
07:01 - Chapter 20
19 - A Robe for the King
15:48 - Chapter 21
20 - Turning Thirty
05:55 - Chapter 22
21 - Margaret Fuller
07:15 - Chapter 23
22 - Holding a Baby
11:30 - Chapter 24
23 - Red Magic
15:04 - Chapter 25
24 - The Last Trump
06:07 - Chapter 26
25 - Spanking Manners
07:53 - Chapter 27
26 - Park Row and Fleet Street
04:28 - Chapter 28
27 - Merrick's Women
05:01 - Chapter 29
28 - Just Around the Corner
05:00 - Chapter 30
29 - Reform Through Reading
07:05 - Chapter 31
30 - Shush!
06:19 - Chapter 32
31 - A Test for Critics
04:20 - Chapter 33
32 - Gray Gods and Green Goddesses
11:15 - Chapter 34
33 - The Cosmic Kid
06:45 - Chapter 35
34 - A Jung Man's Fancy
10:07 - Chapter 36
35 - Deburau
10:17 - Chapter 37
36 - A Reviewer's Notebook, Part 1
22:34 - Chapter 38
37 - A Reviewer's Notebook, Part 2
24:05