Forty Modern Fables IndexForty Modern Fables by George Ade [1901] Contents Start Reading This is a set of 'fractured fables' written on the cusp of the 20th century. Written in breezy vernacular style, these tales are timeless, even if some of the slang and cultural references have passed into obscurity in the intervening century. Title Page A Table of Contents The Fable of The Undecided Brunette and The Two Candidates The Fable of The Boston Biologist and The Native with the Blue Hardware The Fable of The Knowing Friend Who Tipped off Her Star Recipe The Fable of The People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer The Fable of The Girl with a Handicap Who Had to Lock Up Her Parents The Fable of The Good Fellow Who Got the Short End of it The Fable of The Husband Who Showed Up and Did the Best He Knew How The Fable of The Bureau of Public Comfort and The Man in Charge The Fable of Uncle Silas and The Matrimonial Game The Fable of The Old Merchant, the Sleuth and The Tapioca The Fable of Springfield's Fairest Flower and Lonesome Agnes Who Was Crafty The Fable of The Wise Piker Who Had the Kind of Talk That Went The Fable of The Two Wives Who Talked about Their Husbands The Fable of The Open Champion, The Veranda Fixture and the Once-a-Weeker from Town The Fable of The Cousin from Down East Who Had His Pick of the Village Lilacs The Fable of The Horse Maniac and What Caused the Filing of the Suit The Fable of The Household Comedian and The Lady Shopper's Unexpected Come Back The Fable of The Hungry Man from Bird Center And the Trans-Atlantic Touch The Fable of The Brotherhood of States and The Wife Who Was Responsible for the Jubilee The Fable of The Good Fairy of the Eighth Ward and the Dollar Excursion of the Steam-Fitters The Fable of The All-Night Seance and The Limit That Ceased to Be The Fable of The Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church The Fable of How Grandma Shattered an Idol and Made It Easy for the Children The Fable of The Last Day at School and The Tough Trustee's Farewell to the Young Voyagers The Fable of Woman's True Friend and The Hopeful Antique The Fable of This Year's St. George and The 800 Microscopic Dragons The Fable of Alexander from up the Road Whose Wife Took Him over the Jumps The Fable of The General Manager of the Love Affair Who Demanded a Furlough The Fable of The Day's Work and The Morning After The Fable of The Sure-Thing Crook and The Town of Nubbinville The Fable of The Foozie and The Successful Approach The Fable of The Old-Time Pedagogue Who Came Down from the Shelf and Was Sufficiently Bumped The Fable of The Man Who Was Going to Retire The Fable of The Bookworm and The Butterfly Who Went into the Law The Fable of The Third and Last Call The Fable of The Crustacean Who Tried to Find Out by Reading a Book The Fable of The Low-Down Expert on the Subject of Babies The Fable of The Girl Who Could Compromise in a Pinch The Fable of The Satiated Globe-Trotter Who Found a New Kind of Nerve Twister Waiting for Him at Home The Fable of The Skittish Widower Who Tried to Set Himself Back Some Thirty Tears