The Book of This and That
Robert Lynd
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From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as stupidity, Christmas, spring fashions, and the beauty of statistics. - Summary by Larry Wilson (5 hr 45 min)
Chapters
Suspicion | 11:00 | Read by Tom Penn |
On Good Resolutions | 11:08 | Read by Tom Penn |
The Sin of Dancing | 10:09 | Read by CoMo290 |
Thoughts at a Tango Tea | 14:17 | Read by drandall |
The Humours of Murder | 14:58 | Read by Skip Corris |
The Decline and Fall of Hell | 9:05 | Read by CoMo290 |
On Cheerful Readers | 10:55 | Read by Dietrich Weber |
St G. B. S. and the Bishop | 10:44 | Read by DrPGould |
Stupidity | 14:37 | Read by realisticspeakers |
Waste | 12:56 | Read by realisticspeakers |
On Christmas | 12:04 | Read by Larry Wilson |
On Demagogues | 12:03 | Read by Skip Corris |
On Coincidences | 13:42 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
On Indignation | 12:22 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
The Heart of Mr Galsworthy | 13:11 | Read by Kathleen Moore |
Spring Fashions | 13:31 | Read by drandall |
On Black Cats | 9:52 | Read by Devorah Allen |
On Being Shocked | 14:06 | Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker |
Confessions | 11:27 | Read by Skip Corris |
The Terrors of Politics | 11:33 | Read by Greg Giordano |
On Disasters | 13:55 | Read by Greg Giordano |
The Rights of Murder | 12:34 | Read by Skip Corris |
The Humour of Hoaxes | 12:37 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Anatole France | 11:50 | Read by Skip Corris |
The Sea | 13:21 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Futurists | 14:05 | Read by realisticspeakers |
A Defence of Critics | 11:12 | Read by Tom Penn |
On the Beauty of Statistics | 12:18 | Read by Tom Penn |