Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The List

1. On Discovering Oneself 2. On Deceiving Oneself 3. Epidemic Education 4. The Pleasures of Loafing 5. Favorite Antipathies 6. On Wearing New Shoes 7. The Penalty of Violating Convention 8. First Impressions 9. On Acquiring an Artistic Temperament 10. A Model Obituary

11. Uses of Disagreeable People 12. Keeping up Appearances 13. The Psychology of Bargains 14. People Who Make-Believe 15. Conceited People 16. Our Nervous Age 17. Sophomore Apathy 18. The Enchantment of Distance 19. On Being Worth Knowing 20. The Glory of the Commonplace


21. Mental Laziness 22. On Thinking for Oneself 23. The Necessity of Being Amused 24. Man's Opinion of Himself 25. On Giving Advice 26. Silent Talkers 27. My Ailments 28. The Valor of Ignorance 29. An Apology for Bores 30. College Libraries as Social Centers


31. Judging by Appearances 32. On Making Excuses 33. The Pleasure of Escape 34. A Word for Mediocrity 35. On Attending to Other People's Business 36. The Heritage of the Youngest Child 37. Academic Snobbishness 38. On Being Small 39. A Defense of Day-Dreaming 40. Leaders and Led


41. The Excitement of Having a Bank Account 42. By-Products of Church Attendance 43. Fashionable Tardiness 44. The Penalties of Success 45. On Looking One's Best 46. Cultural Immunity 47. Personality in Apparel 48. The Responsibility of Greatness 49. On Recovering from Love Affairs 50. The Passing of the Country Road


51. Mute Eloquence 52. On Choosing One's Ancestors 53. The Psychology of Patent Medicines 54. Helpful Enemies 55. The Tyranny of Trifles 56. Intellectual Alarm Clocks 57. The Monotony of Student Life 58. Table Manners 59. On Holding One's Tongue 60. Dangers of Narrowmindedness


61. The Tendency to Exaggerate Misfortune 62. Outgrown Opinions 63. On Making Apologies for Oneself 64. My Taskmaster--Duty 65. Talkers 66. The Character of Horses 67. Why the Dessert Course Last? 68. On Being Introduced 69. Running on Low Gear 70. Etiquette for Ancestors


71. On Going Barefooted 72. Cast-off Enthusiasms 73. The Joys of the Country Cottager 74. On Answering Advertisements 75. Reflections While Shaving 76. Shams 77. Intellectual Inheritances 78. The Imperious "They" 79. On Knowing When to Stop 80. Personality in the Handshake


81. Hairpins 82. On Taking Oneself Too Seriously 83. A Curse of Cleverness 84. Living Caricatures 85. On Repenting at Leisure 86. Imitations 87. The Joys of Procrastination 88. Popular Fallacies 89. "Men Say" 90. Human Parasites


91. On Looking Wise 92. Mechanical Pleasures 93. Sponges 94. On Waiting for the Postman 95. Intellectual Pioneers 96. Animal Resemblances in People 97. The Pleasures of Quarreling 98. Bird Music 99. Victims of Charity 100. On Being Misunderstood


101. Some False Impressions of Childhood 102. Rivalry in Gift-Giving 103. Faces and Masks 104. On Posing for My Friends 105. Seasonal Joys 106. The Value of Disagreement 107. The Pleasures of Living 108. Garden Friends 109. Animal Facial Expressions 110. Automobile Society


111. On Outgrowing One's Family 112. The Abuse of the Imagination 113. Humorous Blunders 114. Getters and Receivers 115. On Praying in Public 116. Pleasures of Memory 117. My Selves 118. A Plea for Ghosts 119. On Keeping a Secret 120. Color Antipathies


121. The Art of Eating Spaghetti 122. Pins or Angels? 123. On Going to Sleep 124. Human Blindness 125. Dream Adventures 126. Behind the Teeth 127. On Riding Pegasus with Spurs 128. Butterfly Fancies 129. "Present" 130. The Glamour of the Past


131. Chameleons 132. On Being Good Company for Oneself 133. Face Value 134. The Monotony of Being Good 135. Safety Valves in Student Life 136. On Being Mentally Alert 137. Company Manners 138. Nature's Spring Song 139. Mountains and Molehills 140. Old-fashioned Remedies


141. On Wearing Overshoes 142. The Influence of Proximity 143. Bristles 144. Working Over-Time 145. On Nursing a Grievance 146. Family Expectations 147. Mental Perspective 148. Subway Scenery 149. The Futility of the Practical 150. On Making Up One's Mind


151. The Responsibility of a "Perfect" Baby 152. Domineering Ideals 153. On Living in the Present (Future) 154. Social Misfits 155. Interesting By-Paths 156. Temporal Halos 157. Face Forward! 158. Mental Vagrancy 159. On Hugging a Conclusion 160. An Apology for Polite Lying


161. Preparedness 162. Gasoline and Onions 163. On Stepping Aside 164. Voices 165. Late Arrivals 166. "Next!" 167. Mental Detours 168. Watch Your Step! 169. On Telling Jokes 170. Epitaph Humor


171. The Winged Circle 172. Spring Styles in Freshmen 173. American Aggressiveness 174. Nature's Languages 175. Earthbound 176. On Advising the Almighty 177. Mental Lapses 178. Fashion Bondage 179. Haunted Libraries 180. The Humor of Cartoons


181. Wasting Time 182. On Growing Up 183. Beyond My Horizon 184. Mental Shock-Absorbers 185. After He Was Dead 186. Successful Failures 187. The Dilettante 188. Humorous Dyspepsia 189. On Becoming One's Own Financier 190. Conservation of Social Resources


191. Perfume and the Lady 192. On Being Eye-Minded 193. The Satisfaction of Being Well-Dressed 194. Earth Odors 195. The Life Urge in Nature 196. The Shrinking Earth 197. College Ethics 198. The Triumph of the Machine 199. Human Gadflies 200. The Failure of Success


201. Social Eclipses 202. Adventures While Pursuing an Idea 203. Our Ragtime Age 204. On Boasting of Weakness 205. Discords 206. Suspended Judgments 207. Second Thoughts 208. On Keeping Step 209. Understudies 210. The Vogue of Boredom


211. Smoke Wreaths 212. Traveling and Arriving 213. Echoes 214. Screens, Past and Present 215. Illusions We Live By 216. On Losing One's Grip 217. Poppies 218. Anvil Choruses 219. Interesting Pathetic Fallacies 220. Evidences of Humor and Joy in Animals


221. On Card-Indexing One's Friends 222. Gigglers and Growlers 223. Too Much Momentum 224. Mental Indigestion 225. Diddling 226. Female Orators 227. Laughter as a Social Asset 228. Personal Reactions 229. Grooves and Graves 230. On Taking Thought for the World


231. Blind Optimism 232. Church Theatricals 233. The Skimmed Milk of Human Kindness 234. On Asking Why 235. Canine Expressions 236. On Seeing One's Name in Print 237. Backyard Gardens 238. Curiosity in Chickens 239. The Passing of Modesty 240. On Going to War


241. Telephone Manners 242. Nodding 243. Social Protective Coloring 244. On Arising to the Occasion 245. Human Registers 246. The Responsibility of Being Sane 247. Acid Tests 248. The Pleasures of Eating 249. On Losing One's Freckles 250. Mental Precipitates


This list originally appeared as an appendix to "Essays and Essay-writing," an anthology edited by Wm. M. Tanner, in 1917.