Winnowed Wisdom

Stephen Leacock

Play

Length

5 h 11 min

Chapters

9

Language

English

Genre

Essays & Short Works, Humor

First published

1926

Chapters

1. 1 Preface: An Appeal To The Average ManRead by David Wales 7:30
2. 2 Book 2, Brotherly Love Among The Nations: The Next War; International Amenities - Can We Wonder That It's Hard To Keep Friends; The Mother Of Parliaments - But What Has Lately Gone Wrong With Mother?; An Advance Cable Service - International News A Month Ahead; Back From Europe - Does Travel Derange The Mind?Read by David Wales 46:51
3. 3 Book 3, Studies In The Newer Culture The New Attaboy Language - A Little Study In Culture From Below Up; The Cross-Word Puzzle Craze; Information While You Eat - Some Reflections On The Joys Of The Luncheon Clubs; The Children's Column As Brought Up-To-Date; Old Proverbs Made NewRead by David Wales 42:53
4. 4 Book 4, In The Good Old Summer Time The Merry Month Of May As Treated In The Bygone Almanac; How We Kept Mother's Day - As Related By A Member Of The Family; Summer Sorrows Of The Super-Rich Or Does This Happen Only In America?; How My Wife And I Built Our Home For L1 2s, 6d. - Related After The Manner Of The Best Models In The Magazines;Read by David Wales 37:33
5. 5 Book 4, In The Good Old Summertime The Everlasting Angler; Have We Got The Year Backwards: Or Is Not Autumn Spring?; Our Summer Convention As Described By One Of Its MembersRead by David Wales 30:44
6. 6 Book 5, Travel And Movement: All Aboard For Europe - Some Humble Advice For Travellers; The Gasolene Good-bye - And What Would Have Happened To The Big Moments Of History If The Motor Had Taken A Hand In Them; Complete Guide And History Of The South - Based On The Best Models Of 'Travellers' Impressions'; The Give-And-Take Of Travel - A Study In Petty LarcenyRead by David Wales 35:22
7. 7 Book 6, Great National Problems The Laundry Problem - A Yearning For The Vanished Washerwoman; The Questionnaire Nuisance - A Plan To Curb Zealous Investigators In Their Thirst For Knowledge; This Expiring World; Are We Fascinated With Crime?Read by David Wales 33:19
8. 8 Book 7, Round Our City At The Ladies' Culture Club - A Lecture On The Fourth Dimension; Our Business Barometer - For Use In The Stock Exchanges And Stock Yards; My Pink Suit - A Study In The New Fashions For Men; Why I Left Our Social Workers' GuildRead by David Wales 36:40
9. 9 Book 8, The Christmas Ghost - Unemployment In One Of Our Oldest IndustriesRead by David Wales 9:25

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