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Around the Tea-Table

by T. De Witt Talmage

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Table-Cloth Is Spread
  3. 3Chapter II — Mr. Givemfits and Dr. Butterfield
  4. 4Chapter III — A Growler Soothed
  5. 5Chapter IV — Carlo and the Freezer
  6. 6Chapter V — Old Games Repeated
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Full-Blooded Cow
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Dregs in Leatherbacks’ Tea-Cup
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The Hot Axle
  10. 10Chapter IX — Beefsteak for Ministers
  11. 11Chapter X — Autobiography of an Old Pair of Scissors
  12. 12Chapter XI — A Lie, Zoologically Considered
  13. 13Chapter XII — A Breath of English Air
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Midnight Lecture
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Sexton
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Old Cradle
  17. 17Chapter XVI — A Horse’s Letter
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Kings of the Kennel
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The Massacre of Church Music
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Battle of Pew and Pulpit
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Devil’s Grist-Mill
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Conductor’s Dream
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Push & Pull
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Bostonians
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Jonah Versus the Whale
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Something Under the Sofa
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — The Way to Keep Fresh
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Christmas Bells
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — Poor Preaching
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Shelves a Man’s Index
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Behavior at Church
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Masculine and Feminine
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — Literary Felony
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Literary Abstinence
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Short or Long Pastorates
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — An Editor’s Chip-Basket
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — The Manhood of Service
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — Balky People
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — Anonymous Letters
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — Brawn or Brain
  41. 41Chapter XL — Warm-Weather Religion
  42. 42Chapter XLI — Hiding Eggs for Easter
  43. 43Chapter XLII — Sink or Swim
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — Shells From the Beach
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — Catching the Bay Mare
  46. 46Chapter XLV — Our First and Last Cigar
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — Move, Moving, Moved
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — Advantage of Small Libraries
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — Reformation in Letter-Writing
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — Royal Marriages
  51. 51Chapter L — Three Visits
  52. 52Chapter LI — Manahachtanienks
  53. 53Chapter LII — A Dip in the Sea
  54. 54Chapter LIII — Hard Shell Considerations
  55. 55Chapter LIV — Wiseman, Heavyasbricks and Quizzle
  56. 56Chapter LV — A Layer of Waffles
  57. 57Chapter LVI — Friday Evening
  58. 58Sabbath Evening Tea-Table
  59. 59Chapter LVIII — The Warm Heart of Christ
  60. 60Chapter LIX — Sacrificing Everything
  61. 61Chapter LX — The Youngsters Have Left
  62. 62Chapter LXI — Family Prayers
  63. 63Chapter LXII — Call to Sailors
  64. 64Chapter LXIII — Jehoshaphat’s Shipping
  65. 65Chapter LXIV — All About Mercy
  66. 66Chapter LXV — Under the Camel’s Saddle
  67. 67Chapter LXVI — Half-and-Half Churches
  68. 68Chapter LXVII — Thorns
  69. 69Chapter LXVIII — Who Touched Me?

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