Knocking the Neighbors

"One never can tell from the sidewalk just what the view is to some one on the inside, looking out." "When Wealth walks in the door, the Press Agent comes in through the window." Infinitely quotable, here is a classic collection of humorous and pithy observations in the form of essays that address every day life; simple old time wisdom with a healthy dash of humor sprinkled in for living a happy and enjoyable life. The Roystering Blades, The Flat-Dweller, The Advantage of a Good Thing, The Common Carrier, The Heir and the Heiress, The Undecided Bachelors, The Wonderful Meal of Vittles, The Galloping Pilgrim, The Progressive Maniac, Cognizant of our Shortcomings, The Divine Spark, Two Philanthropic Sons, The Juvenile and Mankind, The Honeymoon That Tried to Come Back, The Local Pierpont, The Life of the Party, The Galumptious Girl, Everybody's Friend and the Line-Bucker, The Through Train, The Long and Lonesome Ride, Out of Class B into the King Row, The Boy Who Was Told, The Night Given over to Revelry, He Should Have Overslept, The Dancing Man, The Collision, How Albert Sat In, The Treasure in the Strong Box, The Old-Fashioned Prosecutor, The Unruffled Wife and the Gallus Husband, Books Made to Balance, The Two Unfettered Birds, The Telltale Tintype (cover image courtesy of Alek von Felkerzam)