Selected essays. Jokes and their relation to the conscious -- A man of letters -- Balls-up -- But I generalize -- Work and its contents -- This sporting life -- A former good guy and his friends -- A fat man struggles to get out -- Tea and antipathy -- An older dude -- You probably don't know me -- Short subject -- Smoke gets in your eyes -- The man in the green hat -- A few kind words for envy -- Waiter, there's a paragraph in my soup! -- Livestock -- A bonfire of my vanities -- Hair piece -- Nicely out of it -- New essays. The bookish life -- Learning Latin -- Living in a cathouse -- Good grief -- Taste: What is it? Who needs it? How do you acquire it?