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LISTS OF CONTENTS OF ROBERT BENCHLEY BOOKS, PAGE 1 OF 12 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA OR AFTER 1903--WHAT [B1] DAVID COPPERFIELD [B24] Harper and Brothers, 1938 Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1928 Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 1 Ladies’ Wild [N407] 3 Political Parties and Their Growth [E443] 8 Dream Cases [E121] 7 The Low State of Whippet Racing [E325] 12 An Old Subject, Made Older [N491] 16 Add Folk Plays [D008] 15 What Do You Mean, “Gay”? [N602] 23 Meeting the Boats [E337] 18 Anthology [N236] 33 “In this Corner –” [E257] 21 Alterations Going On Inside [N233] 40 ‘Round and ‘Round and ‘Round [E478] 24 Cocktail Hour [N286] 45 The Cooper Cycle in American Folk Songs [E093] 27 Quiet in Ifni [N525] 49 Hockey Tonight! [E496] 30 How To Kill Time [N385] 56 “I am in the Book” [E249] 33 “Psychical Tic” [N521] 66 A Short History of American Politics [E498] 36 Culture [N293] 70 The Bridge of Sans Genre [E057] 39 What of Our Children? [N605] 77 Try-outs [D704] 42 Why Do We Laugh – Or Do We? [E609] 83 African Sculpture [E370] 48 Old Wives’ Tale [N493] 89 Football Sagas [E163] 50 Dress Complexes [N311] 95 Mr. Mencken Reviews Mr. Nathan and Vice Versa 53 Salami Barter [N537] [E301] 55 Forgotten Money [N341] 98 Clinical Notes [E085] 57 The Party Spirit [N505] 101 The New Social Blight [E375] 60 Literary Forum [N417] 108 Passport Dope [E429] 63 From a Car Window [N346] 110 “Island Irish” [E273] 66 Parlor Experts [N504] 116 On the Air [E406] 69 Weather Records [N600] 126 Fascinating Crimes: 5. The Strange Case of the 72 How To Go Insane [N384] Vermont Judiciary [] 74 Our Busy Bodies [N500] 131 The Problems of the Used Car [E458] 77 News From Home [N478] 134 Checking Up [E073] 80 Old Men’s Contest [N488] 138 A Short (What There Is of It) History of American 83 Toning Down the News [N583] Political Problems [E499] 86 Paying By Check [N506] 142 Cease Firing [E071] 88 “G” [N351] 148 The Great American Folly [E191] 90 Gooseboning vs. Science [N360] 156 Junior Drama [D314] 92 Budding Time [N265] 161 The Passing of the Cow [E427] 94 Card Lesson [N274] 166 Back to the Game [E031] 96 Bubble Time [N264] 176 It Seems There Were a Couple of Cells [E274] 98 Home Made Jokes [N377] 178 No Results Whatever in Our Own Straw Vote [E386] 100 Word Torture [N619] 182 Two Editorials for “The Nation” [] 102 Form Letters [N342] 184 Mr. Kellogg’s Dilemma [E361] 104 Americanisms [N234] 185 The Four-in-Hand Outrage [E170] 106 One Legend Less [N497] 190 Significant Results in Second Week of Our Own 109 Clean Sport [N284] Straw Vote [E501] 193 The Packer’s Assistant [E425] 112 Sermonette [N543] 198 The Birth of a College Comic Paper [E047] 114 Exam Time [N322] 202 A Christmas Garland of Books [E081] 116 Voice Culture [N595] 212 The Woolen Mitten Situation [E612] 118 “Don’t Quote Me, Boys” [N310] 220 The Typical New Yorker [E562] 122 The Common Language [N289] 124 Gags From Science [N352] 127 A New Day [N474] The codes that appear within square brackets after the titles of the books and of the essays are codes assigned to the books and essays in ROBERT BENCHLEY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Compiled by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr. LISTS OF CONTENTS OF ROBERT BENCHLEY BOOKS, PAGE 2 OF 12 AFTER 1903--WHAT [B1] AFTER 1903--WHAT [B1] Harper and Brothers, 1938 Harper and Brothers, 1938 Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 129 Cheer-O! [N279] 241 The Old Sea-Rover Speaks [N490] 131 The Job Situation [N397] 243 Insomnia Cure [N393] 133 The Art of Story-Telling [N239] 246 Is There Really a Moon? [N394] 136 Stamp Out Schistosomiasis! [E520] 248 Please Interrupt! [N513] 140 Hyacinths for Pamela [N389] 250 Glass Eye No. 311 [N356] 143 Men of Harlech! [N434] 252 A Protest [N520] 146 Block That Plot! [N254] 255 The Card [N273] 149 Wind Without Sails [N616] 258 Dinner à la Chart [N301] 152 Personal Taxes [N508] 260 Dress Regulations [N312] 155 Send Now! [N542] 262 Two Indians [N588] 158 That Nerve Strain [N570] 264 What’s This? [N609] 161 Why Are You a Failure? [N613] 266 Aye-Aye, Sir [N244] 163 The Mysterious Miss Haniver [N464] 268 My Face [N452] 166 Scientific Salesmanship [N539] BENCHLEY BESIDE HIMSELF [B4] 169 The Secret of True Beauty [N541] Harper and Brothers, 1943 175 Midget Inferiorities [N435] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 175 Summer Shirtings [N560] 1 Polyp With a Past [E445] 178 The Ten Most People [N568] 4 The Young Idea’s Shooting Gallery [E624] 180 Blue Again [N255] 10 Open Bookcases [N064] 182 “Okey Doke” [N486] 15 How to Sell Goods [N087] 184 S.V.P. [N561] 21 When Not in Rome, Why Do as the Romans Do? 186 Sheep Dipping [N545] [N047] 189 Special Haircut [N553] 21 One Set of French Dishes [N222] 192 Tally-Ho [N566] 26 African Sculpture [E370] 194 Chips From an Old Philosopher [N283] 33 “In this Corner –” [E257] 196 Gypsy Lore [N364] 40 “I am in the Book” [E249] 198 Honor for Cheeses [N379] 50 Hockey Tonight! [E496] 200 The Lost Joke [N423] 57 A Good Old-Fashioned Christmas [E188] 202 “There She Goes” [N572] 70 The New Wing [E378] 204 The Thinkers [N574] 75 When Genius Remained Your Humble Servant 208 My Squeak [N457] [N046] 208 “I Know Of It” [N389] 87 Shakespeare Explained [E494] 211 What Does It Mean? [N603] 91 Gardening Notes [E116] 213 What’s In a Name, Anyway? [N608] 98 The Passing of the Orthodox Paradox [E428] 215 Too Many Harmonicas [N584] 103 The Church Supper [E084] 217 How Long Can You Live? [N381] 110 Horse-Sense Editorial [E226] 219 Easy Tests [N316] 112 Chemists’ Sporting Extra [E078] 221 The Seasoned Traveler [N540] 116 How Much Does the Sun Jump? [E233] 223 Dangerous Age [N296] 119 Looking Shakespeare Over [E495] 225 Question and Answer Dept. [N523] 124 Evolution Sidelights [E138] 227 Facts [N328] 127 Teaching the Old Idea to Skate [E533] 229 Field Communication No. 1 [N333] 131 Cleaning Out the Desk [N206] 232 Three Men in the Dog House [N577] 138 Carnival Week in Sunny Las Los [E070] 234 Shattered Illusions [N544] 146 Another Uncle Edith Christmas Story [E018] 236 One Clean Slate [N495] 153 Community Singing [N202] 239 Nature Lesson [N467] 161 “Go Down, Sweet Jordan” [E185] The codes that appear within square brackets after the titles of the books and of the essays are codes assigned to the books and essays in ROBERT BENCHLEY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Compiled by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr. LISTS OF CONTENTS OF ROBERT BENCHLEY BOOKS, PAGE 3 OF 12 BENCHLEY BESIDE HIMSELF [B4] BENCHLEY LOST AND FOUND [B5] Harper and Brothers, 1943 Dover Publications, 1972 Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 166 “One Minute, Please!” [N498] 112 Yarns of an Insurance Man [E621] 173 The Mystery of Bridge Building [N219] 116 More Work Ahead [E351] 180 “They’re Off!” [E535] 121 Ill Will Toward Men [E254] 187 Bringing Back the Morris Dance [E062] 125 A Trip to Spirit Land [E558] 193 The Treasurer's Report [E557] 130 Announcing a New Vitamin [E016] 200 The Homelike Hotel [N203] 135 Hiccoughing Makes Us Fat [E214] 209 The Sunday Menace [N226] 140 A Little Sermon on Success [E318] 223 A Dark Horse in British Sports Sports [E101] 145 Yesterday’s Sweetmeats [E622] 230 The Stranger Within Our Gates [E522] 150 Defying the Conventions [E104] 237 One-Two-Three-Four! [N223] 155 What of Europe [] 245 The King’s English: Not Murder But Suicide [E288] 160 What Are Little Boys Made Of? [E591] 245 Ask Me a Question [N225] 164 The Big Coal Problem [E044] 259 Eight O’Clock Sharp [E130] 168 Tell-Tale Clues [E534] 264 Penguin Psychology [N224] 172 What Does Your Boy Read? [E593] 271 Now That You’re Tanned – What? [E396] 176 When the State Plays Papa [E603] 277 Sporting Life in America--Dozing [E513] 180 Is the Sea Serpent a Myth or a Myther? [E271] 285 The Bathroom Revolution [N214] BENCHLEY ROUND-UP [B7] 294 “What Shall We Say?” [E595] Harper and Brothers, 1954 298 A Vanishing Art [N227] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] BENCHLEY LOST AND FOUND [B5] 1 “Take the Witness!” [E530] Dover Publications, 1972 5 How to Get Things Done [N211] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 11 The Social Life of the Newt [E506] 1 “They’re Off!” [E535] 16 Football Rules or Whatever They Are [E162] 7 Sporting Life in America [] 20 The Tortures of Week-end Visiting [E552] 12 The Return of the Bicycle [E470] 26 From Nine to Five [E175] 17 Ding-Dong, School Bells [E110] 33 Shakespeare Explained [E494] 21 Sand Trouble [E483] 41 Family Life in America Part I [E145] 26 The Truth About Thunderstorms [E559] 42 Family Life in America Part II [E145] 31 “Abandon Ship” [E002] 43 Family Life in America Part III [E145] 37 The Tourist Rush to America [E554] 44 Do Insects Think? [E115] 42 Our News-Reel Life [E419] 46 The Stranger Within Our Gates [E522] 48 Little Noise Abatement [E317] 51 Opera Synopses [E413] 52 “Accustomed as I Am –” [E003] 57 Malignant Mirrors [E330] 57 Back in Line [E032] 59 How to Understand International Finance [E242] 62 A Brief Course in World Politics [E059] 61 Kiddie-Kar Travel [E285] 67 “Here You Are – Taxi!” [E212] 67 Uncle Edith’s Ghost Story [E565] 72 Inherent Vice: Express Paid [E261] 71 French for Americans [E172] 76 The Helping Hand [E208] 76 Is This the Missing Link? [E272] 80 Atom Boy! [E028] 79 The Mystery of the Poisoned Kipper [E367] 84 What About Business? [E590] 83 “Ask That Man” [E026] 89 Laughter and Applause [E294] 87 Editha’s Christmas Burglar [E126] 94 How Doggie Goes [E236] 92 What Does It Mean? [N603] 99 The Railroad Problem [E462] 94 A Talk to Young Men [E531] 103 The History of Playing Cards [E216] 98 Paul Revere’s Ride [E430] 108 My Five- (or Maybe Six-) Year Plan [E157] 103 Throwing Back the European Offensive [E546]

The codes that appear within square brackets after the titles of the books and of the essays are codes assigned to the books and essays in ROBERT BENCHLEY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Compiled by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr. LISTS OF CONTENTS OF ROBERT BENCHLEY BOOKS, PAGE 4 OF 12 BENCHLEY ROUND-UP [B7] BENCHLEY ROUND-UP [B7] Harper and Brothers, 1954 Harper and Brothers, 1954 Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 108 More Songs for Meller [E350] 283 Home Made Jokes [N377] 111 Compiling an American Tragedy [E089] 285 Men of Harlech! [N434] 114 Inter-Office Memo [E264] 289 Summer Shirtings [N560] 124 Back to the Game [E031] 292 Word Torture [N619] 130 The Typical New Yorker [E562] 294 “I Know Of It” [N389] 138 Carnival Week in Sunny Las Los [E070] 296 The Card [N273] 143 Another Uncle Edith Christmas Story [E018] 299 How Long Can You Live? [N381] 149 If These Old Walls Could Talk! [E253] 301 My Face [N452] 152 Happy Childhood Tales [E197] 305 Easy Tests [N316] 155 The Sunday Menace [N226] 307 Encore [N319] 160 Can We Believe Our Eyes? [E069] 309 Hey, Waiter! [N210] 164 The King’s English: Not Murder But Suicide [E288] 314 Sporting Life in America--Turkish Bathing [E515] 169 “One Minute, Please!” [N498] 319 "Why I am Pale" [N614] 174 Looking Shakespeare Over [E495] 322 Whoa! [E606] 178 How I Create [E229] 323 The Menace of Buttered Toast [E339] 183 First—Catch Your Criminal [E156] 326 Do I Hear Twenty Thousand? [E114] 187 The Noon Telephone Operator [E388] BENCHLEY--OR ELSE! [B6] 190 Fall In! [E144] Harper and Brothers, 1947 194 “Could You Tell Me . . .?” [E095] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 198 The Wreck of the Sunday Paper [E618] 1 Down With Pigeons [E119] 201 What—No Budapest? [N604] 8 "Awake! Awake!" [N243] 204 Mind’s Eye Trouble [E345] 12 The Helping Hand [E208] 210 How to Understand Music [E243] 17 Stop Those Hiccoughs! [N558] 214 The King and the Old Man [E286] 21 J’Accuse [N396] 217 The Real Public Enemies [E465] 24 Inherent Vice: Express Paid [E261] 222 Matinees--Wednesdays and Saturdays [E335] 29 Botany Exam [E052] 227 The Chinese Situation [E079] 33 End of the Chanticleer! [N320] 230 Saturday’s Smells [N538] 36 Ladies’ Wild [N407] 233 Route Nationale 14 [E479] 42 Sporting Life in America--Following the Porter 239 Naming Our Flowers [N466] [E514] 241 Johnny-on-the-Spot [N475] 49 The Lost Locomotive [N424] 244 Down With Pigeons [E119] 51 “Take the Witness!” [E530] 249 Contributors to This Issue [N291] 56 The New Strokes [N477] 251 No Pullmans, Please! [N483] 59 Fun With Animals [N348] 253 Mysteries from the Sky [N463] 61 The Truth About Thunderstorms [E559] 255 Isn’t It Remarkable? [N395] 67 Rapping the Wrapper! [N528] 257 Do Dreams Go By Opposites? [N304] 70 Good Bison News [N358] 259 News From Home [N478] 73 Back in Line [E032] 262 The Children’s Hour [N281] 79 The Chinese Situation [E079] 264 Back to Mozart [N247] 84 Nature’s Prizes [N469] 266 Spy Scares [N556] 86 “One Minute, Please!” [N498] 268 Artist’s Model Succumbs [N240] 89 Filling That Hiatus [E154] 270 Ladies’ Wild [N407] 93 What Are Little Boys Made Of? [E591] 275 Cocktail Hour [N286] 98 Elevator Weather [E133] 277 Why Do We Laugh – Or Do We? [E609] 103 Garbled Favorites [N353] 281 Weather Records [N600] The codes that appear within square brackets after the titles of the books and of the essays are codes assigned to the books and essays in ROBERT BENCHLEY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Compiled by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr. LISTS OF CONTENTS OF ROBERT BENCHLEY BOOKS, PAGE 5 OF 12 BENCHLEY--OR ELSE! [B6] CHIPS OFF THE OLD BENCHLEY [B9] Harper and Brothers, 1947 Harper and Brothers, 1949 Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 106 How I Create [E229] 1 The New Bone-Dust Theory of Behavior [E372] 111 Toddling Along [N580] 4 Bayeux Christmas Presents Early [E037] 114 Those Dicta [N575] 7 The Last of the Heath Hens [E292] 117 My Face [N452] 10 On or Before March 15 [N221] 121 The Soothsayer [N456] 17 The Menace of Buttered Toast [E339] 125 What of Our Children? [N605] 22 A Belated Tribute [E040] 127 Why Do We Laugh – Or Do We? [E609] 26 Art Revolution No. 4861 [E024] 132 Dress Complexes [N311] 30 Ding-Dong, School Bells [E110] 135 “East, West, Home’s Best!” [N315] 35 My Five- (or Maybe Six-) Year Plan [E157] 139 How to Understand Music [E243] 39 Boost New York! [E051] 144 Truffle Poisoning [N587] 42 Advice to Gangsters [E004] 146 Word Torture [N619] 47 “He Travels Fastest --” [E203] 148 Can We Believe Our Eyes? [E069] 52 “Greetings From –” [E192] 153 The Wreck of the Sunday Paper [E618] 58 So You're Going to New York [E504] 157 Mistaken Notions [N436] 62 Future Man: Tree or Mammal? [E178] 160 The Calf in the Closet [N269] 67 Encore [N319] 164 How to Avoid Colds [N382] 69 Sporting Life in America--Watching [E516] 167 How To Kill Time [N385] 75 Sporting Life in America--Turkish Bathing [E515] 171 The Ten Most People [N568] 81 Take a Letter, Please [E528] 173 Toning Down the News [N583] 87 The Mysteries of Radio [N218] 176 The Railroad Problem [E462] 94 Your Boy and His Dog [E625] 182 Route Nationale 14 [E479] 99 “Good Luck” [N359] 189 Little Noise Abatement [E317] 101 “Safety Second” [E482] 194 Culture [N293] 106 Tiptoeing Down Memory Lane [E548] 197 The Real Public Enemies [E465] 112 What Time Is It? [E597] 203 Love in Hollywood [N426] 118 Do I Hear Twenty Thousand? [E114] 206 Rule of Thumb [N535] 128 Imagination in the Bathroom [E255] 209 Old Suits For New [N492] 134 Music Heavenly Music [N448] 213 Taking Up the Cudgels [N563] 138 Perrine’s Return [E433] 215 The Party Spirit [N505] 141 Books and Other Things [N153] 218 Literary Forum [N417] 145 Browsing Through the Passport [E064] 220 Sluggards, Ahoy! [N548] 152 Memoirs [N433] 222 Who Killed Alfred Robin? [N612] 154 Looking at Picture Books [N422] 225 Maxims from the Chinese [N430] 158 Old Days in New Bottles [E402] 227 Forgotten Money [N341] 165 The Lure of the Rod [E326] 230 How to Eat [N383] 171 Good Luck, and Try and Get It [E186/N359] 233 Phobias [N511] 176 The Letter Box [N414] 235 Fiction Stranger Than Truth [N332] 179 How To Travel in Peace [E241] 238 Love Among the Thinkers [E322] 185 Down in Front [E118] 245 Voice Culture [N595] 190 Confession [N290] 248 Dogs and Public Service [N308] 193 On Saying Little at Great Length [E405] 252 Stamp Out Schistosomiasis! [E520] 199 The Dying Thesaurus [E124] 255 Cocktail Hour [N286] 202 Brain-Fag [N259] 257 Our Busy Bodies [N500] 205 Plans for Eclipse Day [E437] 259 My Personal Beaver [N455] 211 In the Beginning [E256] 262 My Untold Story [N460/N461] 216 Are You an Old Master? [N237] The codes that appear within square brackets after the titles of the books and of the essays are codes assigned to the books and essays in ROBERT BENCHLEY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Compiled by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr. LISTS OF CONTENTS OF ROBERT BENCHLEY BOOKS, PAGE 6 OF 12 CHIPS OFF THE OLD BENCHLEY [B9] FROM BED TO WORSE, OR COMFORTING Harper and Brothers, 1949 THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BISON [B11] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] Harper and Brothers, 1934 219 Bird Lore [N251] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 222 The United States Senate Chamber [E566] 46 Rapping the Wrapper! [N528] 232 The First Pigeon of Spring [N336] 50 Good Bison News [N358] 234 Vox Populi [E581] 54 Off to the City for the Week-End [E400] 236 "Why I am Pale" [N614] 63 An Old Problem Revived [N489] 240 My Own Arrangement [N454] 67 Bright Sayings of Parents [N260] 244 Hey, Waiter! [N210] 70 Elevator Weather [E133] 251 How to Get Things Done [N211] 76 Garbled Favorites [N353] 259 Morale in Banking [N438] 80 The Curse of Efficiency [N484] 262 The Questionnaire Craze [N225] 86 What Are Little Boys Made Of? [E591] 270 Home Sweet Home [N378] 92 Facing Facsimiles [N327] 273 Literary Notes [N419] 95 One of Three [E409] 276 The Correspondent –School Linguist [E094] 100 Music for Children [N447] 279 Learn to Write [N412] 105 The Chinese Situation [E079] 281 Knowing the Flowers [N406] 111 The Vanishing Father [N592] 286 A Warning in the Matter of Preparedness [E583] 114 My Achilles Heel [N450] 292 My Subconscious [N458] 118 Divorce in the US [N303] 295 Professional Pride [N519] 122 Black Magic [N252] 298 A Writer’s Code [N620] 125 Wind [N615] 301 Doing Your Bit in the Garden [E116] 129 The Drift to One Eye [N496] 307 Picking French Pastry; a Harder Game Than Chess 133 Pleasures of the Senses [N514] [N032] 138 Route Nationale 14 [E479] 310 The Perfect Audience [E432] 147 My Personal Beaver [N455] 314 “Writers--Right or Wrong!” [N621] 151 Who Killed Alfred Robin? [N612] 317 Your Change [N624] 154 The Care of Fish [N275] 321 Inter-Office Memo [E264] 158 "Awake! Awake!" [N243] 329 The Dear Dead Table d’Hôte Days [E103] 163 Bargains [N249] 334 Mea Culpa [E336] 170 How to Eat [N383] 336 “One Hundred Years Ago Today—” [E408] 170 Naming Our Flowers [N466] 343 A Word About Hay Fever [E613] 174 Fusillade Near Toulon [N350] 349 À Bas the Military Censor [E001] 177 Fatigue Without Work [N331] 354 Why Does Nobody Collect Me? [E607] 181 Calory Spending [N270] FROM BED TO WORSE, OR COMFORTING 184 Fiction Stranger Than Truth [N332] THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BISON [B11] 188 Love Among the Thinkers [E322] Harper and Brothers, 1934 197 How to Avoid Colds [N382] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 201 Two Loves [N589] 1 J’Accuse [N396] 205 How I Learned Tennis [E230] 5 This Week’s Horoscope [E542] 210 Old Suits For New [N492] 9 A Brief Study of Dendrophilism [E060] 215 Bobbing For Words [E049] 15 Saturday’s Smells [N538] 220 A Few Figures for Unproductive Labor [E153] 19 The Devil’s Diamond [E107] 226 Those Frescos [N576] 26 How to Break 90 in Croquet [E239] 230 The Soothsayer [N456] 32 What Would Happen? [N607] 235 Life Begins at (fill in space) [N415] 36 Filling That Hiatus [E154] 238 Yesterday’s Sweetmeats [E622] 41 How Sheamus Met the Banshee [E235] 246 Ghosts [D006] 251 Dogs and Public Service [N308] The codes that appear within square brackets after the titles of the books and of the essays are codes assigned to the books and essays in ROBERT BENCHLEY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Compiled by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr. LISTS OF CONTENTS OF ROBERT BENCHLEY BOOKS, PAGE 7 OF 12 FROM BED TO WORSE, OR COMFORTING INSIDE BENCHLEY [B13] THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BISON [B11] Harper and Brothers, 1942 Harper and Brothers, 1934 Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 202 Shakespeare Explained [E494] 255 Johnny-on-the-Spot [N475] 207 Fascinating Crimes: 4. The Lynn Horse-Car 260 Tell-Tale Clues [E534] Murders [E151] 267 The Calf in the Closet [N269] 212 What College Did To Me [E592] 272 More Fauna [N439] 220 Uncle Edith’s Ghost Story [E565] 275 Down With Pigeons [E119] 225 More Songs for Meller [E350] 283 Love in Hollywood [N426] 228 The Boys’ Camp Business [E053] INSIDE BENCHLEY [B13] 238 Goethe’s Love Life [E348] 241 Old Program from the Benchley Collection [E404] Harper and Brothers, 1942 249 The Low State of Whippet Racing [E325] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 258 The Cooper Cycle in American Folk Songs [E093] 1 The Social Life of the Newt [E506] 262 Fascinating Crimes: 5. The Strange Case of the 7 “Coffee, Megg and Ilk, Please” [N007] Vermont Judiciary [] 15 Political Parties and Their Growth [E443] 267 The Passing of the Cow [E427] 18 Call for Mr. Kenilworthy! [N003] 271 A Short (What There Is of It) History of American 29 A Romance in Encyclopaedia Land [E476] Political Problems [E499] 37 Fascinating Crimes: 1. The Odd Occurance in the 274 Back to the Game [E031] Life of Dr. Meethas [E148] 284 The Four-in-Hand Outrage [E170] 43 Christmas Afternoon [E080] 290 A Christmas Garland of Books [E081] 51 The Benchley-Whittier Correspondence [E041] 298 The Woolen Mitten Situation [E612] 55 A Christmas Spectacle [E083] 305 The World of Grandpa Benchley [E616] 60 “Roll Your Own” [E475] 313 Glossary of Terms [] 65 Opera Synopses [E413] 314 Abbreviations [] 73 The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing But the 315 Bibliography [] Tooth [E551] 316 Special Index for Research Students [] 84 Literary Lost and Found Department [N200] LOVE CONQUERS ALL [B14] 89 Trout Fishing [N133] 93 Fascinating Crimes: 2. The Wallack Disapearances Henry Holt & Co., 1922 [E149] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 97 Kiddie-Kar Travel [E285] 3 The Benchley-Whittier Correspondence [E041] 105 The Last Day [E291] 8 Family Life in America Part I [E145] 114 Family Life in America Part I [E145] 10 Family Life in America Part II [E145] 118 The Romance of Digestion [E477] 11 Family Life in America Part III [E145] 122 “Ask That Man” [E026] 13 This Child Knows the Answer -- Do You? [E541] 128 Cell-Formations and Their Work [E072] 16 Rules and Suggestions For Watching Auction 132 Editha’s Christmas Burglar [E126] Bridge [E480] 138 A Short History of American Politics [E498] 23 A Christmas Spectacle [E083] 142 The Lost Language [E320] 29 How to Watch a Chess Match [E245] 146 Museum Feet [E364] 35 Watching Baseball [E584] 155 Traveling in Peace [E241] 41 How to Be a Spectator at Spring Planting [E238] 162 The Future of the Class of 1926—North Central 47 The Manhattador [E334] Grammar School [E179] 50 What to Do While the Family is Away [E599] 165 Fascinating Crimes: 3. The Missing Floor [E150] 56 “Roll Your Own” [E475] 171 “Howdy, Neighbor!” [E247] 62 Do Insects Think? [E115] 180 A Talk to Young Men [E531] 65 The Score in the Stands [E487] 185 Biography by Inches [E046] 70 Mid-Winter Sports [E344] 195 Paul Revere’s Ride [E430] 74 Reading the Funnies Aloud [E463] The codes that appear within square brackets after the titles of the books and of the essays are codes assigned to the books and essays in ROBERT BENCHLEY, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Compiled by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr. LISTS OF CONTENTS OF ROBERT BENCHLEY BOOKS, PAGE 8 OF 12 LOVE CONQUERS ALL [B14] LOVE CONQUERS ALL [B14] Henry Holt & Co., 1922 Henry Holt & Co., 1922 Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 78 Opera Synopses [E413] 291 Those Dangerously Dynamic British Girls [N021] 87 The Young Idea’s Shooting Gallery [E624] 294 Books and Other Things [N153] 92 Polyp With a Past [E445] 298 “Measure Your Mind” [N096] 96 Holt! Who Goes There? [E221] 303 The Brow-Elevation in Humor [N076] 100 The Committee on the Whole [E086] 307 Business Letters [N158] 104 Noting an Increase in Bigamy [E393] MY TEN YEARS IN A QUANDARY AND 108 The Real Wiglaf: Man and Monarch [E466] HOW THEY GREW [B15] 113 Facing the Boys’ Camp Problem [E143] Harper and Brothers, 1936 116 All About the Silesian Problem [E012] Page Essay Title [and Ernst Code*] 120 Happy the Home Where Books Are Found [E198] 1 The Lost Locomotive [N424] 124 When Not in Rome, Why Do as the Romans Do? 4 “Take the Witness!” [E530] [N047] 131 The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing But the 10 The New Strokes [N477] Tooth [E551] 13 Contributors to This Issue [N291] 144 Malignant Mirrors [E330] 16 Dog Libel [N307] 148 The Power of the Press [E449] 20 The Rope Trick Explained [N531] 150 Home for the Holidays [E225] 24 Toddling Along [N580] 157 How to Understand International Finance [E242] 27 No Pullmans, Please! [N483] 160 ‘Twas the Night Before Summer [N039] 31 Mysteries from the Sky [N463] 168 Welcome Home – and Shut Up [E589] 34 The Evil Eye [N321] 174 Animal Stories: Georgie Dog [] 38 Stop Those Hiccoughs! [N558] 178 Animal Stories: Lillian Mosquito [E007] 43 Bad News [N248] 182 The Tariff Unmasked [E532] 46 Isn’t It Remarkable? [N395] 187 “Take Along a Book” [E529] 49 Do Dreams Go By Opposites? [N304] 190 Confessions of a Chess Champion [N079] 53 My White Suit [N462] 195 “Rip Van Winkle” [N112] 56 Wear-Out-a-Shoe Week [N599] 200 Literary Lost and Found Department [N200] 60 Nature’s Noises [N468] 206 “Darkwater” [N077] 63 Owl Data [N502] 211 The New Time-Table [N071] 66 As They Say in French: Other Times, Other 216 Mr. Bok’s Americanization [N148] Customs [N241] 221 Zane Grey’s Movie [N190] 69 Help! [N372] 227 Suppressing “Jurgen” [] 72 Nature’s Prizes [N469] 231 Anti-Ibanez [N109] 75 Our Noisy Ghosts [N501] 236 On Bricklaying [N072] 80 Movie Boners [N442] 241 “American Anniversaries” [N122] 83 Let’s Not Dance This! [N413] 245 A Week-end With Wells [N195] 88 The French, They Are – [N344] 249 About Portland Cement [N116] 91 Duck, Brothers! [N313] 253 Open Bookcases [N064] 95 What—No Budapest? [N604] 257 Trout Fishing [N133] 99 MacGregor for Ataman! [N428] 261 “Scouting For Girls” [N125] 101 Do We Get Enough Sleep? [N305] 265 How to Sell Goods [N087] 105 High Life Among the Birds [N375] 270 “You!” [N128] 109 Do You Make These Mistakes? [N306] 274 The Catalogue School [N167] 112 The Word “Three” [N618] 277 “Effective House Organs” [N129] 116 Read and Eat [N529] 282 Advice to Writers [N075] 120 Talking Dogs [N565] 286 “The Effective Speaking Voice” [N186] 123 My Trouble [N459]