The Literary Shop, and Other Tales
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THE LITERARY SHOP AND OTHER TALES
PREFACE TO NEW EDITION.
AUTHOR’S NOTE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. IN AN OLD GARRET.
CHAPTER II. THE “LEDGER” PERIOD OF LETTERS.
CHAPTER III. SOMETHING ABOUT “GOOD BAD STUFF.”
CHAPTER IV. THE EARLY HOLLAND PERIOD.
CHAPTER V. MENDACITY DURING THE HOLLAND PERIOD OF LETTERS.
CHAPTER VI. THE DAWN OF THE JOHNSONIAN PERIOD.
CHAPTER VII. WOMAN’S INFLUENCE IN THE JOHNSONIAN PERIOD.
CHAPTER VIII. LITERATURE—PAWED AND UNPAWED; AND THE CROWN-PRINCE THEREOF.
CHAPTER IX. CERTAIN THINGS WHICH A CONSCIENTIOUS LITERARY WORKER MAY FIND IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
CHAPTER X. “HE TRUN UP BOTE HANDS!”
CHAPTER XI. THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER.
AND OTHER TALES
THE POETS’ STRIKE.
ANCIENT FORMS OF AMUSEMENT.
THE SOBER, INDUSTRIOUS POET, AND HOW HE FARED AT EASTER-TIME.
THE TWO BROTHERS; OR, PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING.
THE STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN OF TALENT.
THE SOCIETY REPORTER’S CHRISTMAS
THE DYING GAG.
“ONLY A TYPE-WRITER.”
THE CULTURE BUBBLE IN OURTOWN.
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF JOKES.
I.—THE “JOKAL CALENDAR.”
II.—THE IDEA AND ITS EMBELLISHMENT.
III.—REVAMPING OLD JOKES.
IV.—THE OBVIOUS JOKE.
McCLURE’S MODEL VILLAGE FOR LITERARY TOILERS.
ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTCH AUTHORS AT McCLURE’S LITERARY COLONY.
THE CANNING OF PERISHABLE LITERATURE.
LITERARY LEAVES BY MANACLED HANDS.
McCLURE’S BIRTHDAY AT SYNDICATE VILLAGE.
LITERATURE BY PRISON CONTRACT LABOR.
CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE SYNDICATE VILLAGE.
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