Lanterns & Lances
by Thurber, James frey50
, Lanterns and lances Published by : Harper & Brothers Publishers (New York) , 1961 Physical details: 215 p.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 - 899 | 817 Thu (Browse shelf) | Available | 28539 |
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Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- How to get through the day -- Midnight at Tim's place -- The darlings at the top of the stairs -- The porcupines in the artichokes -- The spreading "you know" -- Magical lady -- Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ear muffs -- The last clock -- Such a phrase as drifts through dreams -- A moment with Mandy -- The tyranny of trivia -- The wings of Henry James -- Hark the Herald Tribune, Times and all the other angels sing -- The new vocabularianism -- The saving grace -- Come across with the facts -- The case for comedy -- Here come the dolphins -- Conversation piece: Connecticut -- How the kooks crumble -- The watchers of the night -- My senegalese birds and siamese cats -- The trouble with man is man -- The duchess and the bugs.
Contains 24 pieces in which the well-known humorist is largely concerned with the survival of our English language, currently being subjected to much erroneous use.