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A collection of fifty-five essays, written mostly in the mid-twenties but with some later examples as well, Christopher Morleys New York presents in rich, evocative detail New York at the end of World War I - that heady time after the doughboys returned, the Twenties got roaring, the Volstead Act found itself thwarted, and a lot of progressive life got on with its business before running into the wall of the Great Depression. In the first section of the book, East Side, West Side, All Around the Town, we experience New York just as Morley did: through its bookstores, restaurants, taverns, waterfronts, and other locales that lent the city its unique, rough-and-tumble character. But were also treated to a vivid picture of Christopher Morley himself, particularly in the next section, The Three Hours for Lunch Club, in which Morleys gusto in food, drink, companionship, conversation, and general bonhomie is plainly evident. Finally, in the last section, we experience another, suburban New York: Roslyn, Long Island, where for years Morley lived with his wife and family. Contrasted with the vulgar beauty of the city, the natural splendor Morley encountered on Long Island is particularly affecting. This attractive volume is enhanced by the evocative period illustrations of Walter Jack Duncan, who illustrated so many Morley first editions.

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title Christopher Morleys New York author Morley Christopher - photo 1

title:Christopher Morley's New York
author:Morley, Christopher.; Duncan, Walter Jack.
publisher:Fordham University Press
isbn10 | asin:0823212149
print isbn13:9780823212149
ebook isbn13:9780585195490
language:English
subjectNew York (N.Y.)--Description and travel, New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
publication date:1988
lcc:F128.5.M85 1988eb
ddc:974.7/1
subject:New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel, New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
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Christopher Morley's New York
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I had a queer thought the other day, that the two subjects most worth thinking about, for me, are Shakespeare and New York City.
Internal Revenue
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Christopher Morley's New York
Illustrated by Walter Jack Duncan
Christopher Morleys New York - image 3
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS
NEW YORK
Page iv
Copyright 1988 by the Estate of Christopher Morley
The special contents of this edition are
Copyright 1988 by Fordham University
All rights reserved
LC 88-81015
ISBN 0-8232-1214-9
Printed in the United States of America
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Picture 4
But who will write me the book about New York that I desire? The more I think about it, the more astonished I am that no one attempts it. I don't mean a novel. I would not admit any plot or woven tissue of story to come between the reader and my royal heroine, the City herself. Not to be a coward, should I try to write it myself? It is my secret dream; but, better, it should be written by some sturdy rogue of a bachelor, footfree, living in the very heart of the uproar. Some fellow with a taste and nuance for the vulgar and vivid; a consort of both parsons and bootleggers; a Beggar's Opera kind of rascal.... Who is the man who will write me the book I crave that vulgar, jocund, carnal, beautiful, rueful book!
"A Call for the Author,"
The Powder of Sympathy
Page vi
A NOTE ON SOURCES
Each of the essays concludes with a bracketed code, showing the book from which the essay has been taken. These codes are as follows:
CMB
Christopher Morley's Briefcase (1936)
IB
The Ironing Board (1949)
IR
Internal Revenue (1933)
ODE
Off the Deep End (1928)
P
Pipefuls (1921)
PP
Plum Pudding (1923)
PS
The Powder of Sympathy (1923)
RS
The Romany Stain (1926)
Sg
Shandygaff (1921)
Sl
Streamlines (1936)

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CONTENTS
O Rare Chris Morley
WILLIAM S. HALL
xi
Publisher's Foreword
xv
EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE, ALL AROUND THE TOWN
Unhealthy
3
The Anatomy of Manhattan
11
Vesey Street
15
Brooklyn Bridge
21
Passage from Some Memoirs
27
Round Columbus Circle
33
On Being in a Hurry
39
Confessions of a Human Globule
45
Notes on a Fifth Avenue Bus
47
Sunday Morning
49
Upper Broadway
54
A Bibliophile in a Big House
59
West End Avenue
63
Venison Pasty
70
West Broadway
74
1100 Words
80
A City Note-Book
85
Thoughtmarks
106
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