Chapter II: Foreword: vii

I THE HOTEL GUEST 13

II A HUMORIST MISFITS AT A MURDER TRIAL 28

III QUEER THING, 'BOUT UNDERTAKERS' SHOPS 36

IV THE HAIRCUT THAT WENT TO MY HEAD 46

V SEEING MR. CHESTERTON 55

VI WHEN IS A GREAT CITY A SMALL VILLAGE? 72

VII THE UNUSUALNESS OF PARISIAN PHILADELPHIA 81

VIII OUR LAST SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AS A FINE ART 90

IX WRITING IN ROOMS 99

X TAKING THE AIR IN SAN FRANCISCO 115

XI BIDDING MR. CHESTERTON GOOD-BYE 124

XII NO SYSTEM AT ALL TO THE HUMAN SYSTEM 141

XIII SEEING THE "SITUATIONS WANTED" SCENE 151

XIV LITERARY LIVES 162

XV SO VERY THEATRICAL 173

XVI OUR STEEPLEJACK OF THE SEVEN ARTS 182

XVII FORMER TENANT OF HIS ROOM 196

XVIII ONLY SHE WAS THERE 205

XIX A HUMORIST'S NOTE-BOOK 216

XX INCLUDING STUDIES OF TRAFFIC "COPS" 228

XXI THREE WORDS ABOUT LITERATURE 236

XXII RECOLLECTIONS OF LANDLADIES 242

XXIII AN IDIOSYNCRASY 256

XXIV THE SEXLESS CAMERA 271

XXV I KNOW AN EDITOR 276

XXVI A DIP INTO THE UNDERWORLD 281

XXVII NOSING 'ROUND WASHINGTON 290

XXVIII FAME: A STORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE 328

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