The early worm
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1. Front matter2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT3. A TALK TO YOUNG MEN Graduation Address on “The Decline of Sex”4. THE SEED OF REVOLT5. PAUL REVERE’S RIDE How a Modest Go-Getter Did His Bit for the Juno Acid Bath Corporation6. FASCINATING CRIMES I. The Odd Occurrence in the Life of Dr. Meethas7. UPSETS8. AN INTERVIEW WITH MUSSOLINI9. THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION10. THE SAVING-“OLD-IRONSIDES” HABIT11. A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS12. LIFE IN THE RITZ TENEMENT13. OLD PROGRAM FROM THE BENCHLEY COLLECTION A Glance Backward in the Manner of the Authors of Theatrical Reminiscences14. WHAT COLLEGE DID TO ME An Outline of Education15. AN INTERVIEW WITH THEODORE DREISER16. FASCINATING CRIMES II. The Wallack Disappearances17. LOUIS DOT DOPE18. THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD19. THE HENNA DECADE What May Happen to Our Age When Thomas Beer Catches Up to It20. A PLAN TO STABILIZE THE FRANC21. SEX IS OUT22. UNCLE EDITH’S GHOST STORY23. FASCINATING CRIMES III. The Missing Floor24. THE END OF THE SEASON25. EXAM TIME26. THROWING BACK THE EUROPEAN OFFENSIVE27. AN INTERVIEW WITH VICE-PRESIDENT DAWES28. THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION29. A GHOST STORY (As Sherwood Anderson Would Write It If He Weren’t Prevented)30. DISCOVERING WEBER AND FIELDS If There Had Been Erudite Criticism in the Nineties31. WATER FOOTBALL Suggestions to the Rules Committee for Making Use of Rain32. MORE SONGS FOR MELLER33. FASCINATING CRIMES IV. The Lynn Horse-Car Murders34. THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION35. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE COUNTESS KAROLYI36. THE BOYS’ CAMP BUSINESS37. AT LAST A SUBSTITUTE FOR SNOW38. THE NEW WING (Or That Sagredo Bed)39. UNCLE CALVIN’S NO-WASTE GAMES40. THE WORLD OF GRANDPA BENCHLEY Thinking Out Loud in the Manner of Mr. Wells’ Hero41. THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION42. HOW TO START A SUPPER CLUB43. THE NEW VILLAINY44. TIME-OFF FROM THE SHOW New York Sights Which the Visitor Should Not Miss45. THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION46. SPYING ON THE VEHICULAR TUNNEL47. COMPILING AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY Suggestions as to How Theodore Dreiser Might Write His Next Human Document and Save Five Years’ Work48. STORM WARNINGS FOR NEW YORK49. THE LIFE POLAR EXPEDITION