Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work - A Memoir by H L Mencken

Introduction ix Note on the Manuscript and Editorial Method xxiii Chronology xxvii Dramatis Personae xxxiii Preface 1(186) 1. Young Editor Out of a Job, 1906-1910 7(19) 2. Prime Minister Without Portfolio, 1910-1914 26(49) 3. Minority of One, 1914-1919 52. 4. My Ex-Best Girl Has Designs on You, 1919-1920 75(25) 5. Fruits of Versailles, 1920-1922 100(17) 6. That Man in Baltimore, 1922-1924 117(19) 7. Make Tennessee Forever Infamous, 1925 136(14) 8. Grand Tour of the South, 1925-1926 150(13) 9. The Knavish Dishonesty of Politicians, 1928 163(24) 10. No Desire to Be Admired by Morons, 1929-1931 187(26) 11. Prohibition Was on the Rocks, 1932-1934 213(25) 12. Battle in the Grand Manner, 1934 238(27) 13. Snake Charmers, 1933-1937 265(35) 14. A Chapter Had Ended, 1937-1939 300(24) 15. Leaving the Stage, 1939-1941 324(31) APPENDIX A. An Editorial Memorandum (1919) 355(13) APPENDIX B. Gridiron Club Speech, December 8, 1934 368(5) Epilogue 373(4) Acknowledgments 377(2) Index 379