Neither Here nor There

by Oliver Herford

31 chapters2h 37mEnglish1922

About this book

Oliver Herford, and American humorist, writer, and illustrator here gives us short vignettes from topics as seemingly insignificant things as the creases in trouser, several pieces on cats, and societal mores and foibles. Each piece is filled with humorous barbs and insights into the human condition. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Chapters (31)

1The Secret

262

2Our Leisure Class

195

3Concerning Revolving Doors

240

4Bolshevism for Babies

222

5The Tutti-Frutti Tree

162

6Those Bill Boards

370

7The Lure of the “Ad”

246

8Look Before She Leaps

288

9The Low Cost of Cabbing

193

10The Great Match Box Mystery

347

11Are Cats People?

376

12Mlle. Fauteuil

227

13Money and Fireflies

175

14Concerning the Trouser-Crease

269

15An Old-Fashioned Heaven

187

16Another Lost Art

156

17Mr. Chesterton and the Soliloquy

160

18Bunk

324

19The Cost of a Pyramid

393

20Waltzing Mice and Dancing Men

303

21The Hobgoblin

250

22The Voice of the Pussy-Willow

136

23Pernicious Peaches

311

24Second Childhood’s Happy Hour

218

25Pity the Poor Guest of Honour

338

26A New Monroe Doctrine

184

27Do Cats Come Back?

196

28The Ruthlessness of Mr. Cobb

188

29My Lake

630

30The Hundredth Amendment

544

31Say It with Asterisks

1375

Neither Here nor There

About this book

Chapters (31)

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