Lanterns and Lances Author:James Thurber James Thurber (1894-1961) created some thirty volumes of humor, fiction, children's books, cartoons, and essays in just about as many years. A founding member of The New Yorker staff, Thurber wrote and illustrated such enduring books as The Thurber Carnival and My Life and Hard Times, which have appeared in countless editions and dozens of l... more »anguages throughout the world.
Contents:
How to get through the day --
Midnight at Tim's place --
The darlings at the top of the stairs --
The porcupines in the artichokes --
The spreading "you know" --
Magical lady --
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ear muffs --
The last clock --
Such a phrase as drifts through dreams --
A moment with Mandy --
The tyranny of trivia --
The wings of Henry James --
Hark the "Herald Tribune", "Times" and all the other angels sing --
A collection of James Thurber's insightful, witty, unusual stories and his inimitable sketches. James Thurber is one of the master's of American writing. First copyrighted in 1954, this copy was published in the 60s.