A Table of Contents

Forty Modern Fables, by George Ade, [1901], at sacred-texts.com

A Table of Contents

1. The Fable of the Undecided Brunette and the Two Candidates

2. The Fable of the Boston Biologist and the Native with the Blue Hardware

3. The Fable of the Knowing Friend Who Tipped off Her Star Recipe

4. The Fable of the People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer

5. The Fable of the Girl with a Handicap Who Had to Lock Up Her Parents

6. The Fable of the Good Fellow Who Got the Short End of It

7. The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did the Best He Knew How

8. The Fable of the Bureau of Public Comfort and the Man in Charge

9. The Fable of Uncle Silas and the Matrimonial Game

10. The Fable of the Old Merchant, the Sleuth and the Tapioca

11. The Fable of Springfield's Fairest Flower and Lonesome Agnes Who Was Crafty

12. The Fable of the Wise Piker Who Had the Kind of Talk That Went

13. The Fable of the Two Wives Who Talked about Their Husbands

14. The Fable of the Open Champion, the Veranda Fixture and the Once-a-Weeker from Town

15. The Fable of the Cousin from Down East Who Had His Pick of the Village Lilacs

16. The Fable of the Horse Maniac and What Caused the Filing of the Suit

17. The Fable of the Household Comedian and the Lady Shopper's Unexpected Come Back

18. The Fable of the Hungry Man from Bird Center and the Trans-Atlantic Touch

19. The Fable of the Brotherhood of States and the Wife Who Was Responsible for the Jubilee

20. The Fable of the Good Fairy of the Eighth Ward and the Dollar Excursion of the Steam-Fitters

21. The Fable of the All-Night Seance and the Limit That Ceased to Be

22. The Fable of the Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church

23. The Fable of How Grandma Shattered an Idol and Made It Easy for the Children

24. The Fable of the Last Day at School and the Tough Trustee's Farewell to the Young Voyagers

25. The Fable of Woman's True Friend and the Hopeful Antique

26. The Fable of This Year's St. George and the 800 Microscopic Dragons

27. The Fable of Alexander from up the Road Whose Wifè Took Him over the Jumps

28. The Fable of the General Manager of the Love Affair Who Demanded a Furlough

29. The Fable of the Day's Work and the Morning After

30. The Fable of the Sure-Thing Crook and the Town of Nubbinville

31. The Fable of the Foozie and the Successful Approach

32. The Fable of the Old-Time Pedagogue Who Came Down from the Shelf and Was Sufficiently Bumped

33. The Fable of the Man Who Was Going to Retire

34. The Fable of the Bookworm and the Butterfly Who Went into the Law

35. The Fable of the Third and Last Call

36. The Fable of the Crustacean Who Tried to Find Out by Reading a Book

37. The Fable of the Low-Down Expert on the Subject of Babies

38. The Fable of the Girl Who Could Compromise in a Pinch

39. The Fable of the Satiated Globe-Trotter Who Found a New Kind of Nerve Twister Waiting for Him at Home

40. The Fable of the Skittish Widower Who Tried to Set Himself Back Some Thirty Years