Thurber Country

alternate cover for ISBN 0140017690

‘It was a Sunday when I got back to my house in the country. I turned on the Magnavox, keeping herlow, and pressed a station button at random. “Today,” said a voice, “is the birthday of Bob Hope, Beatrice Lillie, Patrick Henry, and King Charles II of England.” Yes, I was back home all right.’

Back home in the Thurber Country there are Thurberisms galore. Who but Thurber could describe ‘Miss Menta, the disturbingly nude Chilean transcendentalist’, or ‘the Curious Adventure of the Oral Surgeon’s Mouse’, or ‘some dogs other than the carnivorous mammal’? As for the drawings, they throw more light on that peculiar creature, Homo Americansis. What more need — or could — be said?

Contents:
1. What's so Funny?
2. The Figgerin' of Aunt Wilma
S. The White Rabbit Caper
4. Back Home Again
S. My Own Ten Rules for a Happy Marriage
6. What a Lovely Generalization!
1. The Interview
2. Lady in a Trap
9. File and Forget
10. The Case Book of James Thurber
11. The Case of Dimity Ann
12. Look at That Darling Thing!
13. Want to Make Something Out
14. Take Her up Tenderly
1s. The Girls in the Closet
16. A Final Note on Chanda Bell
17. There's a Time for Flags
18. A Friend of the Earth
19. The American Literary Scene
20. Teacher’s Pet
21. Shake Hands with Birdey Doggett
22. What Cocktail Party?
23. Joyeux Noël Mr Durning
24. See No Weevil
25. The Pleasure Cruise, and How to Survive It