Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
EDNA FERBER
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## FANNY HERSELF
## BUTTERED SIDE DOWN
## EMMA MCCHESNEY & CO.
## ONE BASKET
## DAWN O'HARA, THE GIRL WHO LAUGHED
## ROAST BEEF, MEDIUM
## CHEERFUL--BY REQUEST
## PERSONALITY PLUS
## HALF PORTIONS
## GIGOLO
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
FANNY HERSELF
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
FANNY HERSELF
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
BUTTERED SIDE DOWN
STORIES
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
I. THE FROG AND THE PUDDLE
II. THE MAN WHO CAME BACK
III. WHAT SHE WORE
IV. A BUSH LEAGUE HERO
V. THE KITCHEN SIDE OF THE DOOR
VI. ONE OF THE OLD GIRLS
VII. MAYMEYS FROM CUBA
VIII. THE LEADING LADY
IX. THAT HOME-TOWN FEELING
X. THE HOMELY HEROINE
XI. SUN DRIED
XII. WHERE THE CAR TURNS AT 18TH
EMMA McCHESNEY & CO.
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. BROADWAY TO BUENOS AIRES
II. THANKS TO MISS MORRISSEY
III. A CLOSER CORPORATION
IV. BLUE SERGE
V. "HOOPS, MY DEAR!"
VI. SISTERS UNDER THEIR SKIN
VII. AN ETUDE FOR EMMA
ONE BASKET
THIRTY-ONE SHORT STORIES
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE GOOD 1
THE GAY OLD DOG 11
THAT'S MARRIAGE 29
FARMER IN THE DELL 49
UN MORSO DOO PANG 68
LONG DISTANCE 89
THE MATERNAL FEMININE 94
.... remainder not included
DAWN O'HARA
THE GIRL WHO LAUGHED
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
DAWN O'HARA
CHAPTER I. THE SMASH-UP
CHAPTER II. MOSTLY EGGS
CHAPTER III. GOOD AS NEW
CHAPTER IV. DAWN DEVELOPS A HEIMWEH
CHAPTER V. THE ABSURD BECOMES SERIOUS
CHAPTER VI. STEEPED IN GERMAN
CHAPTER VII. BLACKIE'S PHILOSOPHY
CHAPTER VIII. KAFFEE AND KAFFEEKUCHEN
CHAPTER IX. THE LADY FROM VIENNA
CHAPTER X. A TRAGEDY OF GOWNS
CHAPTER XI. VON GERHARD SPEAKS
CHAPTER XII. BENNIE THE CONSOLER
CHAPTER XIII. THE TEST
CHAPTER XIV. BENNIE AND THE CHARMING OLD MAID
CHAPTER XV. FAREWELL TO KNAPFS
CHAPTER XVI. JUNE MOONLIGHT, AND A NEW BOARDINGHOUSE
CHAPTER XVII. THE SHADOW OF TERROR
CHAPTER XVIII. PETER ORME
CHAPTER XIX. A TURN OF THE WHEEL
CHAPTER XX. BLACKIE'S VACATION COMES
CHAPTER XXI. HAPPINESS
ROAST BEEF, MEDIUM
THE BUSINESS ADVENTURES OF EMMA McCHESNEY
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ILLUSTRATIONS (not available in this edition)
I. — ROAST BEEF, MEDIUM
II. — REPRESENTING T. A. BUCK
III. — CHICKENS
IV. — HIS MOTHER'S SON
V. — PINK TIGHTS AND GINGHAMS
VI. — SIMPLY SKIRTS
VII. — UNDERNEATH THE HIGH-CUT VEST
VIII. — CATCHING UP WITH CHRISTMAS
IX. — KNEE-DEEP IN KNICKERS
X. — IN THE ABSENCE OF THE AGENT
CHEERFUL, BY REQUEST
By Edna Ferber
1918
CONTENTS
I. CHEERFUL—BY REQUEST
II. THE GAY OLD DOG
III. THE TOUGH GUY
IV. THE ELDEST
V. THAT'S MARRIAGE
VI. THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE GOOD
VII. THE GIRL WHO WENT RIGHT
VIII. THE HOOKER-UP-THE-BACK
IX. THE GUIDING MISS GOWD
X. SOPHY-AS-SHE-MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN
XI. THE THREE OF THEM
XII. SHORE LEAVE
PERSONALITY PLUS
Some Experiences Of Emma Mcchesney
And Her Son, Jock
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
I. MAKING GOOD WITH MOTHER
II. PERSONALITY PLUS
III. DICTATED BUT NOT READ
IV. THE MAN WITHIN HIM
V. THE SELF-STARTER
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'What is this anyway? A George Cohan comedy?'" Frontispiece
"'You're a jealous blond,' he laughed"
"He was the concentrated essence of do-it-now"
"'Hi! Hold that pose!' called Von Herman"
"With a jolt Jock realized she had forgotten all about him"
"'Well, raw-thah!" he drawled"
"... became in some miraculous way a little boy again"
"Jock McChesney began to carry a yellow walking stick down to work"
"'Good Lord, Mother! Of course you don't mean it, but—'"
"'Greetings!'"
"She laid one hand very lightly on his arm and looked up into the sullen, angry young face"
"He made straight for the main desk with its battalion of clerks"
"'Let's not waste any time,' he said"
"He found his mother on the floor ... surrounded by piles of pajamas, socks, shirts and collars"
"'Well, you said you wanted somebody to worry about, didn't you?'"
HALF PORTIONS
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
THE MATERNAL FEMININE
APRIL 25TH, AS USUAL
OLD LADY MANDLE
YOU'VE GOT TO BE SELFISH
LONG DISTANCE
UN MORSO DOO PANG
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT
FARMER IN THE DELL
THE DANCING GIRLS
GIGOLO
By Edna Ferber
CONTENTS
Old Man Minick
Gigolo Not a Day Over Twenty-One
Home Girl
Ain't Nature Wonderful!
The Sudden Sixties
If I Should Ever Travel!
