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ADVENTURES OF ISABEL

CELERY

COLUMBUS

INTROSPECTIVE REFLECTION

MARRIAGE: A WORD TO HUSBANDS

OLD MEN

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A PREMATURELY OLD MAN

REFLECTIONS ON ICE-BREAKING

SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD

THE COW

THE DOG

THE DUCK

THE EEL

THE FLY

THE HUNTER

THE KITTEN

THE OCTOPUS

THE PANTHER

THE PARENT

THE TERMITE

THE TURTLE

VERY LIKE A WHALE

HOW MANY MILES TO BABYLON?

I DIDN'T GO TO CHURCH TODAY

NOW ANOTHER DAY IS BREAKING

SOLITARY HUNTSMAN

WENDIGO

WHEN DEATH TOMORROW, OR THE MORROW AFTER

MY CHILD IS PHLEGMATIC ... ' - ANXIOUS PARENT

BAS BEN ADHEM

CAROL FOR CHILDREN

CAUTION TO EVERYBODY

CLEAN CONSCIENCE NEVER RELAXES

DAY ON A CRUISE

DOG'S BEST FRIEND IS HIS ILLITERACY

DREAM OF INNOCENT ORGIES

DRINK WITH SOMETHING IN IT

LADY THINKS SHE IS THIRTY

LEARNED SONG

MAN CAN'T COMPLAIN, CAN'T HE ( A LAMENT FOR THOSE ... )

MINT OF PHRASES

NECESSARY DIRGE

POSY FOR EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY

POTTED WATCH NEVER BOILS

STITCH TOO LATE IS MY FATE

STRANGE CASEMENT OF THE POETIC APOTHECARY

WATCHED EXAMPLE NEVER BOILS

WORD ABOUT WINTER

WORD ON WIND

ADMIRAL BYRD

ADVENTURES OF ISABEL

AFTER THE CHRISTENING

ALIAS AND MELISANDE

ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC, EXCEPT THE LETTER G

ALL'S NOEL THAT ENDS NOEL

ALL, ALL ARE GONE, THE OLD FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS

ALLERGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD

ALWAYS MARRY AN APRIL GIRL

AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, AND THE HAGUE

INTRODUCTION TO DOGS

AND DON'T FORGET WEIGHT-LIFTING, SHOT-PUTTING

AND HOW KEEN WAS THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL?

AND SO MANHATTAN BECAME AN ISLE OF JOY

AND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX IN LEAP YEAR

ANY MILLENIUMS TODAY, LADY?

ARE YOU A SNODGRASS?

ARTHUR

AS GAUGUIN SAID TO SADIE THOMPSON, YOU PRONOUCE IT

AS I WAS SAYING TO ST. PAUL JUST THE OTHER DAY

ASIDE TO HUSBANDS

ASK DADDY, HE WON'T KNOW

ASPIC

AT CHRISTMAS ONLY

AT RANDOM: LATHER AS YOU GO

AVANTI, GOURMETTI!

BANKERS ARE JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE, EXCEPT RICHER

BARMAIDS ARE DIVINER THAN MERMAIDS

BENJAMIN

BEWARE OF EASTER MONDAY

BILLY RAY SMITH

BIRDIES, DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH

BIRTHDAY ON THE BEACH

BOOP-BOOP-ADIEUP, LITTLE GROUP

BRIEF LIVES IN NOT SO BRIEF - I

BRIEF LIVES IN NOT SO BRIEF - II

BRIEF LIVES IN NOT SO BRIEF - III

BUT I COULD NOT LOVE THEE, ANN, SO MUCH, LOVED I NOT HONORE

CAPERCAILLIE, AVE ATQUE VAILLIE

CARLOTTA

CATCH OLD ST. VALENTINE BY THE TOE

CELERY

CHACUN A SON BERLITZ

CHAMPIONS AND CHIMPIONS

CHANT AT THE END OF A BEGINNINGLESS SUMMER

CHILDREN'S PARTY

CHRISTMAS, 1940

CITY GREENERY

COEFFICIENTS OF EXPANSION (A GUIDE TO THE INFANT SEASON)

COLUMBUS

COME, COME KEROUAC! MY GENERATION IS BEATER THAN YOURS

COMMON SENSE

COMPLAINT TO FOUR ANGELS

COMPLIMENTS OF A FRIEND

CONFESSION TO BE TRACED ON A BIRTHDAY CAKE

CORRECTION 1

COUSIN EUPHEMIA KNOWS BEST, OR PHYSICIAN, HEAL SOMEBODY ELSE

CREEPS AND CRAWLS

CROSSING THE BORDER

CURL UP AND DIET

DADDY'S HOME, SEE YOU TOMORROW

DECLINE AND FALL OF A ROMAN UMPIRE

DID SOMEONE SAY 'BABIES?'

DO YOU SPEAK BANTU?, OR ABBREVIATION IS THE THIEF OF SANITY

DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT PUTS ITS FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH

DON'T CRY, DARLING, IT'S BLOOD ALL RIGHT

DON'T EVEN TELL YOUR WIFE, PARTICULARLY

DON'T GRIN, OR YOU'LL HAVE TO BEAR IT

DON'T GUESS, LET ME TELL YOU

DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING BEHIND THE CURTAIN

DON'T SIT UNDER THE FAMILY TREE

DR. FELL AND POINTS WEST

DRAGONS ARE TOO SELDOM

DRUSILLA

EDOUARD

EH

EHEU! FUGACES, OR WHAT A DIFFERENCE A LOT OF DAYS MAKE

ELECTION DAY IS A HOLIDAY

ENGLAND EXPECTS

EPILOGUE TO MOTHER'S DAY

EPISTLE TO THE OLYMPIANS

EVERYBODY EATS TOO MUCH ANYHOW

EVERYBODY'S MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS

EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR

EXPERIENCE TO LET

EXPERIMENT DEGUSTATORY

FAMILY COURT

FEE, FI HO HUM, NO WONDER BABY SUCKS HER THUMB

FIRST CHILD - SECOND CHILD

FIRST LIMICK

FIRST PAYMENT DEFERRED

FOR A GOOD DOG

FOR ANY IMPROBABLE SHE

FRAGONARD

FROM AN ANTIQUE ISLAND: 1

FROM AN ANTIQUE ISLAND: 2

FURTHER REFLECTION ON PARSLEY

GENEALOGICAL REFLECTION

GEOGRAPHICAL REFLECTION

GLOSSINA MORSITANS, OR THE TSETSE

GOD BLESS THE GIDEONS, OR THERE'S ALWAYS KING JAMES VERSION

GOLLY, HOW TRUTH WILL OUT!

GOOD RIDDANCE, BUT NOW WHAT?

GOODY FOR OUR SIDE AND YOUR SIDE TOO

GRANDPA IS ASHAMED

GRASSHOPPERS ARE VERY INTELLIGENT

GRIN AND BEAR LEFT

HA! ORIGINAL SIN

HARD LINES, SELS.

HARK, HARK, THE LARKS DO BITE

HAVE YOU READ ANY GOOD BOOKS TOMMORROW

HE DIDN'T DARE LOOK

HEARTS OF GOLD, OR A GOOD EXCUSE IS WORSE THAN NONE

HEIL, HEILIGE NACHT, SELS.

HIGH, LOW THE COMEDY: A WINTER'S TALE

HOLLANDAISE

HOME, 99 44/100 PERCENT SWEET HOME

HOW CAN ECHO ANSWER WHAT ECHO CANNOT HEAR

HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? OH, QUITE LONG

HOW NOW, SIRRAH? OH, ANYHOW

HOW PLEASANT TO APE MR. LEAR

HOW TO GET ALONG WITH YOURSELF

HOW TO TELL A QUAIL FROM A PARTRIDGE

HUSH, HERE THEY COME

HYMN TO THE SUN AND MYSELF

I ALWAYS SAY THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE NEW YORK IN THE SUMMER

I CAN'T STOP UNLESS YOU STOP

I COULD HARDLY WAIT FOR THE SANDMAN

I DIDN'T SAY A WORD, OR WHO CALLED THAT PICCOLO PLAYER ...

I DO, I WILL, I HAVE

I HAPPEN TO KNOW

I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY

I NEVER EVEN SUGGESTED IT

I SPY, OR THE DEPRAVITY OF PRIVACY

I SUPPOSE THE GREEKS HAD A COMMERCIAL FOR IT

I WANT NEW YORK

I WANT TO SIT NEXT TO EMILY

I WILL ARISE AND GO NOW

I WONDER WHAT THEY BROUGHT FROM GHENT TO AIX

I YIELD TO MY LEARNED BROTHER

I'LL TAKE THE HIGH ROAD COMMISSION

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU

I'M SURE SHE SAID SIX-THIRTY

I'M TERRIBLY SORRY FOR YOU, BUT I CAN'T HELP LAUGHING

ICEBERG LETTUCE

IF A BODER MEET A BODER, NEED A BODER CRY? YES

IF FUN IS FUN, ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?

IF HE WERE ALIVE TODAY, MAYHAP, MR. MORGAN WOULD SIT

ILL MET BY ZENITH

IMPRESSIONS OF SUBURBIA BY ONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN THERE

INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM

INTRODUCTION

INTROSPECTIVE REFLECTION

INVOCATION

IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT DIXIE

IS THERE AN OCULIST IN THE HOUSE?

IT IS INDEED SPINACH

IT MUST BE THE MILK

IT'S A GRAND PARADE IT WILL BE, MODERN DESIGN

IT'S SNUG TO BE SMUG

JACK DO-GOOD-FOR-NOTHING

JUDGMENT DAY

JUST HOLMES AND ME, AND MNEMOSYNE MAKES THREE

JUST HOW LOW CAN A HIGHBROW GO WHEN A HIGHBROW LOWERS

JUST KEEP QUIET AND NOBODY WILL NOTICE

KIND OF AN ODE TO DUTY

KINDLY UNHITCH THAT STAR, BUDDY

KIPLING'S VERMONT

LAMENTS FOR A DYING LANGUAGE

LEDA'S FORTUNATE GAFFE

LET ME BUY THIS ONE

LET'S NOT CLIMB THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT TONIGHT

LINES FRAUGHT WITH NAUGHT BUT THOUGHT

LINES INDITED WITH ALL THE DEPRAVITY OF POVERTY

LINES TO A WORLD-FAMOUS POET WHO FAILED TO COMPLETE ... POEM

LINES TO BE EMBROIDERED ON A BIB, OR, THE CHILD IS FATHER

LINES TO BE MUTTERED THROUGH CLENCHED TEETH ...

LISTEN ...

LITTLE FEET

LITTLE PRETTY PENNY, LET'S SQUANDER THEE

LOCUST-LOVERS, ATTENTION!

LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING

LOVE UNDER THE REPUBLICANS (OR DEMOCRACTS) (1)

LOVE UNDER THE REPUBLICANS (OR DEMOCRATS) (2)

MA, WHAT'S A BANKER? OR HUSH, MY CHILD

MADEIRA

MALICE DOMESTIC

MARRIAGE: A WORD TO HUSBANDS

MAX SCHLING, MAX SCHLING, LEND ME YOUR GREEN THUMB

MAY I DRIVE YOU HOME, MRS. MURGATROYD?

MENI MACABRE

MINI-JABBERWOCKY

MONEY IS EVERYTHING

MORE ABOUT PEOPLE

MOROCCO

MOTHER ISN'T WELL

MR. ARTESIAN'S CONSCIENTIOUSNESS

MR. BARCALOW'S BREAKDOWN

MR. BURGESS, MEET MR. BARMECIDE

MR. JUDD AND HIS SNAIL, A SORRY TALE

MS. FOUND UNDER A SERVIETTE IN A LOVELY HOME

MUSTARD

MY DADDY

MY DEAR, HOWEVER DID YOU THINK UP THIS DELICIOUS SALAD?

MY TRIP DAORBA

NATURE KNOWS BEST

NEVER MIND THE OVERCOAT, BUTTON UP THAT LIP

NEVER WAS I BORN TO SET THEM RIGHT

NEXT!

NO CONFORMITY TO ENORMITY

NO DOCTORS TODAY, THANK YOU

NO SHAMPOO TODAY, LOUIS

NO TROUBLE AT ALL, IT'S EASY AS FALLING OFF A PORTABLE BAR

NO WONDER OUR FATHERS DIED

NO, YOU BE A LONE EAGLE

NOT EVEN FOR BRUNCH

NOT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S, NOT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S, BUT MINE

NOTES FOR THE CHART IN 306

NOTHING BUT NATURE

OAFISHNESS SELLS GOOD, LIKE AN ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD

OH TO BE ODD!

OLD DR. VALENTINE TO HIS SON

OLD MEN

ON TOMATO KETCHUP

ONE FROM ONE LEAVES TWO

ONE MAN'S OPIATE

ONE THIRD OF A CALENDAR

ONE TIMES ONE IS EIGHT

ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE

OUR CHILD DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING, OR THANK GOD!

OUR CITY, OUR CITIZENS, SELS.

PARADISE FOR SALE

PATSORAL

PAVANE FOR A DEAD DOLL

PEDIATRIC REFLECTION

PEEKABOO, I ALMOST SEE YOU

PEOPLE

PERIOD PERIOD

PHILOLOGY, ETYMOLOGY, YOU OWE ME AN APOLOGY

PIANO TUNER, UNTUNE ME THAT TUNE

PIPE DREAMS

PLEASE PASS THE BISCUIT

POLITICAL REFLECTION

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A PREMATURELY OLD MAN

PRAYER AT THE END OF A ROPE

PREFACE TO THE PAST

PRETTY HALCYON DAYS

PUT BACK THOSE WHISKERS, I KNOW YOU

RAINY DAY

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS: ARCHITECTURAL

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS: BIOLOGICAL

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS: FUNEREAL

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS: LITERARY

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS: MONSTROUS

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS: REMINISCENT

RANDOM OBSERVATIONS: THEATRICAL REFLECTION

RAVEN, DON'T STAY AWAY FROM MY DOOR - CHANT FOR APRIL FIRST

REDCAP

REFLECTION ON A WICKED WORLD

REFLECTION ON BABIES

REFLECTION ON CAUTION

REFLECTION ON INGENUITY

REFLECTION ON THE FALLIBILITY OF NEMESIS

REFLECTIONS ON ICE-BREAKING

REQUIEM

RIDING ON A RAILROAD TRAIN

ROADBLOCK

ROULETTE US BE GAY

RUSSIAN DANCE

SAMSON AGONISTES

SEASIDE SERENADE

SECOND LIMICK

SHALL WE DANCE

SHALL WE DANCE: 2

SHRINKING SONG

SING A SONG OF TASTE BUDS

SO DOES EVERYBODY ELSE, ONLY NOT SO MUCH

SO THAT'S WHO I REMIND ME OF

SOLILOQUY IN CIRCLES

SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE CHILDREN

SOME ON IN, THE SENILITY IS FINE

SONG FOR DITHERERS

SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD

SONG; SUNG BY FATHERS OF SIX-MONTHS-OLD FEMALE CHILDREN

SPALSH!

SPECULATIVE REFLECTION

SPRING COMES TO MURRAY HILL

STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES, BUT NAMES

SUMMER SERENADE

SUPPOSE I DARKEN YOUR DOOR

TABLEAU AT TWILIGHT

TABOO TO BOOT

TALLYHO-HUM

TARKINGTON, THOU SHOULD'ST BE LIVING IN THIS HOUR

TARRAGON

TASTE BUDS, EN GARDE!

THAT REMINDS ME

ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN

ANATOMY OF HAPPINESS

ANT

ARMADILLO

ARMCHAIR GOLFER, OR WHIMPERS OF A SHORTCHANGED VIEWER

AXOLOTL

AZORES

BACK OF MINE HAND TO MINE HOST

BARGAIN

BEEFBURGER

BIG TENT UNDER THE ROOF

BIRDS

BUSES HEADED FOR SCRANTON

CAMEL

CANARY

CARCAJOU AND THE KINCAJOU

CASE OF IDENTITY

CAT

CATERPILLAR

CENTIPEDE

CHIPMUNK

CITY

CLAM

CLEAN PLATTER

COBRA

CODFISH

COELACANTH

COLLECTOR

COMMON COLD

COW

CUCKOO

DARKEST HALF-HOUR

DOG

DOG PARADE

DUCK

EEL

ELK

EMMET

ENTRAPMENT OF JOHN ALDEN

EVENING OUT

FACTS OF LIFE

FIREFLY

FLY

GANDER

GENTLEMAN LADY'S MAID

GERM

GIRAFFE

GOSSIP THAT NEVER SHOULD BE UNLOOSED IS GOSSIP

GRACKLE

GUPPY

HAMSTER

HIPPOPOTAMUS

HUNTER

INVITATION SAYS FROM FIVE TO SEVEN

JAPANESE

JELLYFISH

JOYOUS MALINGERER

KANGAROO

KIPPER

KITTEN

LAMA

LION

MANATEE

MERMAID

MIDDLE

MIRACULOUS COUNTDOWN

MULES

NEW NUTCRACKER SUITE

NONBIOGRAPHY OF A NOBODY

OCTOPUS

OSTRICH

OYSTER

PANDA

PANDIT

PANTHER

PARENT

PARSNIP

PARTY

PARTY NEXT DOOR

PASSIONATE PILGRIM AND THE DISPASSIONATE PUBLIC

PEOPLE UPSTAIRS

PERFECT HUSBAND

PHOENIX

PIG

PIZZA

PLATYPUS

POMEGRANATE

PORCUPINE

PORPOISE

PRIVATE DINING ROOM

PURIST

PYTHON

QUACK FROWN SOX LUMPS OVEN THE

RETURN

REWARD

RHINOCEROS

ROMANTIC AGE

ROOSTER

SCREEN WITH THE FACE AND THE VOICE

SEA-GULL

SECOND MONTH IT'S NOT ITEMIZED

SENDING OF THE PENS

SEVEN SPIRITUAL AGES OF MRS. MARMADUKE MOORE

SHARK

SHREW

SHRIMP

SKINK

SLIPSHOD SCHOLAR GETS AROUND TO GREECE

SMELT

SNARK WAS A BOOJUM WAS A PRAWN

SNIFFLE

SPARROW HAWK

SPOON RAN AWAY WITH THE DISH

STILLY NIGHT: A SOPORIFIC REFLECTION

STRANGE CASE OF CLASHING CULTURES

STRANGE CASE OF MR. PALLISER'S PALATE

STRANGE CASE OF PROFESSOR PRIMROSE

STRANGE CASE OF THE AMBITIOUS CADDY

STRANGE CASE OF THE LOVERLORN LETTER WRITER

SUNSET YEARS OF SAMUEL SHY

SWEETBREAD

TALE OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON

TERMITE

TERRIBLE PEOPLE

THIRD JUNGLE BOOK

THREE LITTLE CHRISTMAS CAROLS

TOUCAN

TROUBLE WITH WOMEN IS MEN

TURKEY

TURTLE

VERY UNCLUBBABLE MAN

VOLUBLE WHEELCHAIR

WAPITI

WASP

WOMBAT

WRONGS OF SPRING, OR NO ALL FOOLS' DAY LIKE ...

THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A WAR BETWEEN THE SEXES

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE INSTINCT, FORTUNATELY

THEY DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH IN PARIS

THEY WON'T BELIEVE, ON NEW YEAR'S EVE ...

THIS IS GOING TO HURT JUST A LITTLE BIT

THIS IS MY OWN, MY NATIVE TONGUE

THIS WAS TOLD TO ME IN CONFIDENCE

THOUGHTS THOUGH ON AN AVENUE

THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL

THUNDER OVER THE NURSERY

TIME MARCHES ON

TIN WEDDING WHISTLE

TO A SMALL BOY STANDING ON MY SHOES WHILE I AM WEARING THEM

TO MY VALENTINE

TO THE CHILD WHO'S FARTHER FROM THE MANNERS

TRANSATLANTIC TRANSPORTS, SELS.

TRAVELER'S REST

TRICK OR TREK

TUNE FOR AN ILL-TEMPERED CLAVICHORD

TURNS IN A WORM'S LANE

TWEEDLEDEE AND TWEEDLEDOM

TWO AND ONE ARE A PROBLEM

TWO DOGS HAVE I

TWO GOES INTO TWO ONCE, IF YOU CAN GET IT THERE

UNCALLED FOR EPITAPH; G. MC N.

UNDER THE FLOOR

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN

UP FROM THE EGG: THE CONFESSIONS OF A NUTHATCH AVOIDER

VERY LIKE A WHALE

VISITORS LAUGH AT LOCKSMITHS, OR HOSPITAL DOORS ...

VIVA VAMP, VALE VAMP

WAITING FOR THE BIRDIE

WATER FOR THE GANDER

WE DON'T NEED TO LEAVE YET, DO WE? OR, YES WE DO

WE HAVE MET THE SASSENACHS AND THEY ARE OURS

WHAT ALMOST EVERY WOMAN KNOWS SOONER OR LATER

WHAT DO YOU WANT, MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE, OR SATISFACTORY TALK?

WHAT IS BIBBIDI-BOBNBIDI-BOO IN SANSKRIT?

WHAT TO DO UNTIL THE DOCTOR GOES

WHAT'S HECUBA TO HIM? A ONE-MINUTE CLOSE-UP

WHAT'S IN A NAME? SOME LETTER I ALWAYS FORGET

WHAT'S THE MATTER, HAVEN'T YOU GOT ANY SENSE OF HUMOR?

WHAT'S THE USE?

WHAT, NO SHEEP!

WHEN THE DEVIL WAS SICK COULD HE PROVE IT?

WHEN YOU SAY THAT, SMILE

WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S VELLEITY

WHICH CAME FIRST, OBEISANCE OR OBESITY

WHICH THE CHICKEN, WHICH THE EGG?

WHILE HOMER NODDED: A FOOTNOTE TO THE ILIAD

WHO CALLED THAT ROBIN A PICCOLO PLAYER?

WHO DID WHICH? OR, WHO INDEED?

WHO TAUGHT CADDIES HOW TO COUNT?

WHO'LL BUY MY LINGUAL? OR, YOU PRONOUNCE PLUIE, LOUIE

WHOSE BABY? - A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO GRANDPARENTS

WHY THE POSTMAN HAS TO RING TWICE

WILL CONSIDER SITUATION

WILL YOU HAVE YOUR TEDIUM RARE OR MEDIUM?

WINTER COMPLAINT

WINTER MORNING

WITHOUT ALL DUE RESPECT

YES AND NO

YOU AND ME AND P.B. SHELLEY

YOU CAN BE A REPULICAN, I'M A GERONTOCRAT

YOU'LL DRINK YOU'RE ORANGE JUICE AND LIKE IT, COMRADE

YOU'VE GOT TO BE MR. PICKWICK IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY A PICNIC



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