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Chrisopher Morley was an American literary luminary whose prolific writings included novels, essays, poetry, plays and great journalistic output. This collection of essays is wide ranging in topics, many with his characteristic wit. - Summary by Larry Wilson (6 hr 49 min)

Chapters

The Perfect Reader 5:11 Read by Larry Wilson
The Autogenesis of a Poet 21:45 Read by Jim Gallagher
The Old Reliable 5:33 Read by Tom Parker
In Memoriam, Francis Barton Gummere 13:11 Read by Greg Giordano
Adventures at Lunch Time 9:48 Read by Greg Giordano
Secret Transactions of the Three Hours for Lunch Club 10:54 Read by Greg Giordano
Initiation 8:00 Read by Kathleen Moore
Creed of the Three Hours for Lunch Club 6:32 Read by Kathleen Moore
A Preface to the Profession of Journalism 10:19 Read by Kathleen Moore
Fulton Street, and Walt Whitman 11:06 Read by Kathleen Moore
McSorley's 9:54 Read by Nan Dodge
A Portrait 7:25 Read by Greg Giordano
Going to Philadelphia 23:51 Read by Aleacia Messiah
Our Tricolour Tie 16:57 Read by Aleacia Messiah
The Club of Abandoned Husbands 8:31 Read by Greg Giordano
West Broadway 10:12 Read by Aleacia Messiah
The Rudeness of Poets 6:06 Read by Larry Wilson
1100 Words 7:15 Read by Craig Munns
Some Inns 13:24 Read by Aidan Williamson
The Club in Hoboken 8:51 Read by Greg Giordano
The Club at Its Worst 6:03 Read by Greg Giordano
A Suburban Sentimentalist 9:29 Read by Greg Giordano
Gissing 7:33 Read by Matt Braymiller
A Dialogue 6:14 Read by Matt Braymiller
A Dialogue at the Gasthof zum Ochsene 7:46 Read by Ron Altman
Mr. Conrad's New Preface 6:49 Read by Tom Parker
The Little House 4:41 Read by April6090
Tadpoles 6:46 Read by Amelia Chesley
Magic in Salamis 8:42 Read by Tom Parker
Consider the Commuter 23:43 Read by Ron Altman
The Permanence of Poetry 5:19 Read by Larry Wilson
Books of the Sea 17:38 Read by Kathleen Moore
Fallacious Meditations on Criticism 17:32 Read by Tom Parker
Letting Out the Furnace 5:34 Read by April6090
By the Fireplace 6:26 Read by April6090
A City Note-Book 32:26 Read by Greg Giordano
Thoughts in the Subway 8:05 Read by Amelia Chesley
Dempsey vs. Carpentier 8:03 Read by Joseph Tabler
A Letter to a Sea Captain 6:05 Read by Larry Wilson