Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Sources Cited by Short Title xv
6. Textual Note xvii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 The Victim’s Viewpoint 17
9. 2 On Cryptography (October 1944) 21
10. 3 On Alcoholics Anonymous (November 1944) 27
11. 4 On Fifteen Years of Lent (January 1945) 33
12. 5 On Soldiers and Civilians (February 1945) 39
13. 6 On How to Cook a Wolf (March 1945) 45
14. 7 On How to Be a Spy (April 1945) 51
15. 8 On Psychiatry (May 1945) 59
16. 9 On Balletomania (June 1945) 65
17. 10 On Books from Prison (September 1945) 73
18. 11 On Cemeteries (October– November 1945) 81
19. 12 On a Call to Paris (March 1946) 89
20. 13 On the Importance of Dying Young (April 1946) 97
21. 14 On Chicago (August 1946) 105
22. 15 On Operas and Operating (December 1946) 113
23. 16 On Men and Their Feathers (January 1947) 119
24. 17 On Gertrude Stein (February 1947) 127
25. 18 On Little White Ribbons (March 1947) 135
26. 19 On Being Musclebound (April 1947) 141
27. 20 On Teaching (November 1947) 149
28. 21 On Fabulous, Fabulous Field’s (January 1948) 155
29. 22 On Fair, Fantastic Paris (April 1948) 161
30. 23 On Ulysses, Grown Old (May 1948) 169
31. 24 On the Comic Spirit (June 1948) 175
32. 25 On Keepsakes, Gew-Gaws, and Baubles (September 1948) 181
33. 26 [On Mohammed Zenouhin] (October 1948) 187
34. 27 On the Dream, the Illusion (December 1948) 193
35. 28 On Time- Saving Devices (February 1949) 199
36. 29 On Getting to Be Forty (May 1949) 205
37. 30 A Modest Proposal (July 1949) 211
38. Appendix 1: Essays in the Illinois Dental Journal by Philip Sparrow 217
39. Appendix 2: Book- Review Articles in the Illinois Dental Journal by Samuel Steward 221
40. Notes 223
41. Index 233