Desert Island Decameron ed. H. Allen Smith (Doubleday, Doran, June 21, 1945, ix+406pp, hc, oa)
Collection of short stories and sketches which the author deems suitable literature for a desert island retreat.
- 1 · I. Anthology, n. The Study of Ants · H. Allen Smith · in
- · II. Women
- 19 · A Pair of Sexes · F. P. A. (by Franklin P. Adams) · ss
- 22 · The Bedchamber Mystery · C. S. Forester · ss Cosmopolitan October 1943
- 26 · Entrance Fee · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker March 1 1930, as “Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee”
- 30 · Daughters of Joy · Barry Benefield · ss The Smart Set May 1913
- · III. Wielding the Bludgeon
- 51 · Willy Wally to Wed · William Cowper Brann · ar Brann the Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann, Herz Brothers, 1898
- 54 · The Curse of Kissing · William Cowper Brann · ar Brann the Iconoclast by William Cowper Brann, Herz Brothers, 1898
- 59 · The Devil’s Dictionary · Ambrose Bierce · ex Neale Publishing Co., 1911
- 64 · Myriad-Minded Us · Westbrook Pegler · ar
- 67 · Clarion Call to Poets · H. L. Mencken · ar Prejudices: Sixth Series by H. L. Mencken, Knopf, 1927
- 73 · Chiropractic · H. L. Mencken · ar The Baltimore Evening Sun December 1924
- 80 · The Innocents Abroad · Mark Twain · ex American Publishing Company, 1869
- 83 · A Tramp Abroad · Mark Twain · ex American Publishing Company, 1880
- · IV. The Sporting Life
- 91 · Mr. Frisbie · Ring W. Lardner · ss Cosmopolitan June 1928
- 103 · Colloquy at Second · Westbrook Pegler · ar
- 105 · Six-Day Race · Westbrook Pegler · ar
- 108 · Love Makes the Filly Go · Frank Sullivan · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 24 1937
- 123 · The Sawing Off of Manhattan Island · Herbert Asbury · ar from All Around the Town, Knopf, 1934
- 130 · The Golden Key · James Street · ss Good Housekeeping November 1944
- · V. Life’s Little Problems
- 152 · The Mystery of Bridge Building · Robert Benchley · ar Benchley Beside Himself by Robert Benchley, Harper, 1943
- 158 · The Crack · Erskine Caldwell · ss
- 164 · A Model Dialogue · Stephen Leacock · vi Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910
- 166 · The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth · Robert Benchley · ss Inside Benchley by Robert Benchley, Harper and Brothers, 1942
- · VI. Domestic Science
- 176 · There Ought to Be a Law · Nunnally Johnson · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 26 1930
- 200 · A Harlem Tragedy · O. Henry · ss The (New York) Sunday World May 1 1904
- 207 · Dogs · Ring Lardner · ar First and Last by Ring Lardner, Charles Scribner's, 1934
- 215 · Birthday Present · Thorne Smith · ss Redbook Magazine October 1934
- · VII. The Cocktail Hour
- 239 · A Man May Be Down · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker September 23 1933
- 243 · You Were Perfectly Fine · Dorothy Parker · ss The New Yorker February 23 1929
- 247 · God Rest You Merry · Cornelia Otis Skinner · ss The New Yorker December 16 1939
- 254 · I Drink American · Donald Hough · ar Esquire June 1938
- · VIII. Nopalera
- 266 · Gavin O’Leary · John Collier · ss
- 274 · The Missing Idol · Ben Hecht · nv A Book of Miracles by Ben Hecht, Viking Press, 1939
- · IX. Dialogues in Dialect
- 326 · Mr. Kaplan’s Dark Logic [Hyman Kaplan] · Leonard Q. Ross · ss The New Yorker April 17 1937
- 332 · Steamboat Days · Roark Bradford · ss Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun by Roark Bradford, Harper, 1928
- 336 · Sin · Roark Bradford · ss Ol’ Man Adam an’ His Chillun by Roark Bradford, Harper, 1928
- 341 · Mountain Justice · Fred Allen · ss
- · X. Five Characters
- 353 · Blood Pressure · Damon Runyon · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 5 1930
- 368 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939
- 374 · Our Mrs. Parker · Alexander Woollcott · ar Cosmopolitan August 1933
- 384 · The Retroactive Existence of Mr. Juggins · Stephen Leacock · vi The Popular Magazine August 15 1913
- 388 · Professor Sea Gull · Joseph Mitchell · ar The New Yorker December 12 1942
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