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Mince Pie

Name: Mince Pie
Author: Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley

Read by Lucretia B., Daryl Wor, Ann Boulais, Mike Pelton, Libby Gohn, Phillip J Mather, Patti Cunningham, Lynne T, Verity Kendall and Naomi Park · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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00 - Instructions (3:31)
01 - On Filling an Ink-Well (9:51)
02 - Old Thoughts for Christmas (9:28)
03 - Christmas Cards (5:41)
04 - On Unanswering Letters (7:27)
05 - A Letter to Father Time (8:29)
06 - What Men Live By (7:45)
07 - The Unnatural Naturalist (8:05)
08 - Sitting in the Barber's Chair (5:28)
09 - Brown Eyes and Equinoxes (5:02)
10 - 163 Innocent Old Men (7:04)
11 - A Tragic Smell in Marathon (7:00)
12 - Bullied by the Birds (6:50)
13 - A Message for Boonville (6:45)
14 - Making Marathon Safe for the Urchin (8:31)
15 - The Smell of Smells (4:55)
16 - A Japanese Bachelor (19:36)
17 - Two Days We Celebrate (21:24)
18 - The Urchin at the Zoo (9:12)
19 - Fellow Craftsmen (6:40)
20 - The Key Ring (7:18)
21 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 1 - Introduces Our Hero (3:00)
22 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 2 - Our Hero Begins a Career (3:22)
23 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 3 - In Which Our Hero Darts Off at a Tangent (4:25)
24 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 4 - Our Hero's Book and Heart Shall Never Part (4:37)
25 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 5 - Further Oscillations of Our Hero (5:22)
26 - 'Owd Bob' - Chapter 6 - Our Hero Finds a Steady Job (2:43)
27 - The Apple That No One Ate (9:29)
28 - As To Rumors (9:44)
29 - Our Mothers (6:45)
30 - Greeting to American Anglers (4:42)
31 - Mrs. Izaak Walton Writes a Letter to Her Mother (3:07)
32 - Truth (3:03)
33 - The Tragedy of Washington Square (9:18)
34 - If Mr. Wilson Were the Weather Man (3:38)
35 - Syntax for Cynics: A Grammar of the Feminine Language (5:03)
36 - The Truth at Last: An Extract From Martha Washington's Diary (2:17)
37 - Fixed Ideas (3:11)
38 - Trials of a President Traveling Abroad (2:53)
39 - Diary of a Publisher's Office Boy (2:10)
40 - The Dog's Commandments (2:19)
41 - The Value of Criticism (4:32)
42 - A Marriage Service for Commuters (1:36)
43 - The Sunny Side of Grub Street (13:01)
44 - Burial Service for a Newspaper Joke (1:28)
45 - Advice to Those Visiting a Baby (1:47)
46 - Abou Ben Woodrow (2:22)
47 - My Magnificent System (3:40)
48 - Letters to Cynthia 1: In Praise of Boobs (6:40)
49 - Letters to Cynthia 2: Simplification (6:33)
50 - To An Unknown Damsel (2:08)
51 - Thoughts on Setting an Alarm Clock (1:04)
52 - Songs in a Shower Bath: Hot Water and Cold Water (1:35)
53 - On Dedicating a New Teapot (1:34)
54 - The Unforgivable Syntax (1:25)
55 - Visiting Poets (6:54)
56 - A Good Home in the Suburbs (2:02)
57 - Walt Whitman Miniatures, Part 1 (10:56)
58 - Walt Whitman Miniatures, Part 2 (10:08)
59 - Walt Whitman Miniatures, Part 3 (7:51)
60 - On Doors (5:55)