HUSKINGS AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. THE OLD FARMER AND HIS ALMANACK 1
5. THE OLD FARMER AND HIS CORRESPONDENTS 25
6. ASTROLOGY 39
7. THE MAN OF THE SIGNS 53
8. ARTISTIC EMBELLISHMENT 62
9. MURDER WILL OUT 71
10. WIT AND WISDOM OF THE FARMER'S CALENDAR 78
11. LAWYERS AND QUACKS 98
12. THE TOAD AND THE SPIDER 104
13. SUGAR AND SALT 121
14. THE FLYING STATIONER 137
15. FIRE! 146
16. “DROWNED! DROWNED!” 158
17. HUSKINGS AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS 168
18. SMALL ECONOMIES 184
19. INDIAN SUMMER AND THE COMET 191
20. ARMY AND NAVY 208
21. THE SCHOOLMASTER 216
22. TITLES OF HONOR 234
23. MUNCHAUSEN 240
24. THE GREAT MOON HOAX 251
25. ENTERTAINMENT FOR MAN AND BEAST 262
26. ON THE ROAD 285
27. HAVE AN EYE TO THE MOON! 305
28. WHAT TO READ 315
29. BARBERRIES AND WHEAT 327
30. INDIAN TALK 333
31. MORE INDIAN TALK 367
32. INDEX 379