More interesting people. [Comes the dawn, such as it is -- Carson's commandos -- Press conference -- Send no money -- The rise of th e asterisk -- Daring young man on a telephone wire -- The long-distance ghost of the Morro Castle -- Tell the truth or trump -- Old stories never die -- Wealth bites newspaperman -- Some johnsons and a haircut -- Every man has his cut-rate price -- Rebounding bacchanal -- The so-called national pastime -- Message in code -- I'll have a fine funeral -- Tuberoses and immortelles -- Blithe spirits -- Battle piece -- Hush! Hush! The press -- African interlude -- It's all done with kindness -- Embarrassing predicament of a horse -- Odd uses of hydroponics -- The hats and golden hearts]

Indianapolis, New York, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1947, 1947. Good. 349 p. 23 cm. ; LCCN: 47-30899 ; OCLC: 1870779 ; LC: PN4874.C28; Dewey: 920.5 ; ex-lib, stamps, labels, date due ; no dustjacket ; red cloth ; Contents: Comes the dawn, such as it is -- Carson's commandos -- Press conference -- Send no money -- The rise of th e asterisk -- Daring young man on a telephone wire -- The long-distance ghost of the Morro Castle -- Tell the truth or trump -- Old stories never die -- Wealth bites newspaperman -- Some Johnsons and a haircut -- Every man has his cut-rate price -- Rebounding bacchanal -- The so-called national pastime -- Message in code -- I'll have a fine funeral -- Tuberoses and immortelles -- Blithe spirits -- Battle piece -- Hush! Hush! The press -- African interlude -- It's all done with kindness -- Embarrassing predicament of a horse -- Odd uses of hydroponics -- The hats and golden hearts -- Five-cent course in journalism -- The laughing sea gull -- Mr. Horiguchi and the mosquito fleet -- Rendezvous before Paris -- Hegira of a hansom cab -- Merit is its own reward -- Little dogs anad human hearts -- Not a drum was heard -- The pix pixies -- Variations on a theme -- The show goes on ; G