Chapters (36)
- BIB BALLADS
- RING W. LARDNER
- ILLUSTRATED BY
- FONTAINE FOX
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- BIB BALLADS
- GOOD-BY BILL
- A VISIT FROM YOUNG GLOOM
- AN APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE
- DISCIPLINE
- INEXPENSIVE GUESTS
- HIS SENSE OF HUMOR
- SPEECH ECONOMY
- WELCOME TO SPRING
- TASTE
- RIDDLES
- HESITATION
- HIS WONDERFUL CHOO-CHOOS
- COUSINLY AFFECTION
- MY BABY'S GARDEN
- DECISION REVERSED
- THE GROCERY MAN AND THE BEAR
- COMING HOME
- HIS IMAGINATION
- HIS MEMORY
- CONFESSION
- HIS LADY FRIEND
- DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- THE ETERNAL GREETING
- GUESS AGAIN
- NEARLY A SINECURE
- THE HECKUSES
- HIS FAVORITE ROLE
- THE PATHS OF RASHNESS
- THE NEW PLAYTHING
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