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Irvin Cobb

Europe RevisedIrvin S. Cobb Europe Revised Chapter I. We Are Going Away From Here ForewordIt has always seemed to me that the principal drawback about the average guidebook is that it is over-freighted with facts. Guidebooks heretofore have made a specialty of facts—have abounded in them; facts t...

Roughing it De LuxeIrvin S. Cobb Roughing it De Luxe A PILGRIM CANONIZED It is generally conceded that the Grand Cañon of Arizona beggars description. I shall therefore endeavor to refrain from doing so. I realize that this is going to be a considerable contract. Nearly everybody, on taking a fir...

The Abandoned Farmers. His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the FarmCobb Irvin S. Irvin Shrewsbury The Abandoned Farmers His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the Farm THE ABANDONED FARMERS CHAPTER I. WHICH REALLY IS A PREFACE IN DISGUISE It is the inclination of the av...

Sundry AccountsIrvin S. Cobb Sundry Accounts CHAPTER I DARKNESS There was a house in this town where always by night lights burned. In one of its rooms many lights burned; in each of the other rooms at least one light. It stood on Clay Street, on a treeless plot among flower beds, a small dull-lo...

Speaking of Prussians–Irvin S. Cobb «Speaking of Prussians–» I I believe it to be my patriotic duty as an American citizen to write what I am writing, and after it is written to endeavour to give to it as wide a circulation in the United States as it is possible to find. In making this statement,...

Ladies and GentlemenLadies and Gentlemen A Lady and A Gentleman There were the hotel lobbies; they roared and spun like whirlpools with the crowds that were in them. But the streets outside were more like mill-races, and the exits from the railroad stations became flumes down which all morning an...

"Speaking of Operations--" Irvin S. Cobb «Speaking of Operations--» Respectfully dedicated to two classes: Those who have already been operated on Those who have not yet been operated on Now that the last belated bill for services professionally rendered has been properly paid and properly receip...

One Third OffIrvin S. Cobb One Third Off CHAPTER I Extra! Extra! All About The Great Reduction! The way I look at this thing is this way: If something happens to you and by writing about it you can make a bit of money and at the same time be a benefactor to the race, then why not? Does not the ph...

The Spruce Street Tragedy; or, Old Spicer Handles a Double MysteryIrvin S. Cobb The Spruce Street Tragedy / or, Old Spicer Handles a Double Mystery CHAPTER I. THE SPRUCE STREET MURDER "Hark! I thought I heard the outside door open and shut.""No, it was nothing.""Are you sure?""Quite sure, Seth.""...

Cobb's AnatomyIrvin S. Cobb Cobb's Anatomy Preface This Space To-Let to Any Reputable Party Desiring a Good PrefaceTUMMIES Dr. Woods Hutchinson says that fat people are happier than other people. How does Dr. Woods Hutchinson know? Did he ever have to leave the two top buttons of his vest unfaste...