Books with author Ada George

“When Wealth walks in at the Door, the Press Agent comes in through the Window. “ “If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable. “ “Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry. “ “A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative. “ “If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable. “ “Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant. “ “Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people. “ “After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. “ “Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense. “ "One never can tell from the sidewalk just what the view is to some one on the inside, looking out.” Infinitely quotable, here is a classic collection of humorous and pithy observations in the form of essays that address every day life; simple old time wisdom with a healthy dash of humor sprinkled in for living a happy and enjoyable life. Thirty-three little stories of simple old time wisdom with a healthy dash of humor. The Roystering Blades, The Flat-Dweller, The Advantage of a Good Thing, The Common Carrier, The Heir and the Heiress, The Undecided Bachelors, The Wonderful Meal of Vittles, The Galloping Pilgrim, The Progressive Maniac, Cognizant of our Shortcomings, The Divine Spark, Two Philanthropic Sons, The Juvenile and Mankind, The Honeymoon That Tried to Come Back, The Local Pierpont, The Life of the Party, The Galumptious Girl, Everybody's Friend and the Line-Bucker, The Through Train, The Long and Lonesome Ride, Out of Class B into the King Row, The Boy Who Was Told, The Night Given over to Revelry, He Should Have Overslept, The Dancing Man, The Collision, How Albert Sat In, The Treasure in the Strong Box, The Old-Fashioned Prosecutor, The Unruffled Wife and the Gallus Husband, Books Made to Balance, The Two Unfettered Birds, The Telltale Tintype (cover image courtesy of Alek von Felkerzam)

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Morovenia is a country where beauty counts by figures, not by face, and where she who weights 300 lb. is exactly one-third more beautiful than she who weighs 200 lb. to be under 150 lb. is to be on the shelf. Now, our Princess weighs 118 lb. What is to be done? She is growing old, being twenty-one years of age, and in Morovenia the females are usually auctioned off at sixteen. There is also a younger sister, a model of adipose tissue, to be considered, for social law forbids her marriage until first the elder sister has been mated. "A thoroughly amusing book." -Birmingham Post "One of the most amusing books published since Mark Twain's 'Innocents Abroad.'....It is a book to be read and at once." -Dublin Daily Express "Very airy and bright, there are many who will rejoice in this trifle." -Morning Post "In 'The Slim Princess' the heroine is a beautiful Oriental with a soul above fat, and the hero is a reckless young Yankee millionaire with a 'line of talk' and a plan to take the princess to 'some of the red spots on the map.' Kalora goes, and Alexander H. Pike solves the tremendous puzzle: 'Is she a real ingenue, or a kidder?'" -Saturday Evening Post "Quite suitable for anyone who desires complete mental rest." -Scotsman "'The Slim Princess' is breezy, humorous, and provocative of good will." -Philadelphia Record "'The Slim Princess' is an unalloyed delight from beginning to end, sparking with genuine fun." -New York Commercial "Extremely amusing, and put together with much artistic skill." -New York Sun "Lively, diverting, and amazing up-to-date." -New York Times "Every now and then, when we are treated to a thoroughly spontaneous and refreshing bit of humor, our surprise and satisfaction are so great that we are in danger of an almost Latin extravagance of acknowledgment. Take, for instance, the tickle-some nonsense of George Ade's story of 'The Slim Princess,' a Turkish lady to whom fate had denied the creased and overlapping charms that wait upon fig-paste and a cloistered life....An easy victory over our susceptibilities and our risibles." -Life magazine

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