Neither Here nor There

Oliver Herford (1860 - 1935)

Oliver Herford, and American humorist, writer, and illustrator here gives us short vignettes from topics as seemingly insignificant things as the creases in trouser, several pieces on cats, and societal mores and foibles. Each piece is filled with humorous barbs and insights into the human condition. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Secret Nemo
00:04:22
Play 02 Our Leisure Class DrPGould
00:03:15
Play 03 Concerning Revolving Doors Elanor
00:04:00
Play 04 Bolshevism for Babies DrPGould
00:03:42
Play 05 The Tutti-Frutti Tree Ed Fenton
00:02:42
Play 06 Those Bill Boards Nemo
00:06:10
Play 07 The Lure of the “Ad” Elanor
00:04:06
Play 08 Look Before She Leaps Adir S.
00:04:48
Play 09 The Low Cost of Cabbing Adir S.
00:03:13
Play 10 The Great Match Box Mystery DrPGould
00:05:47
Play 11 Are Cats People? Nemo
00:06:16
Play 12 Mlle. Fauteuil Mindle Hastings
00:03:47
Play 13 Money and Fireflies Mindle Hastings
00:02:55
Play 14 Concerning the Trouser-Crease DrPGould
00:04:29
Play 15 An Old-Fashioned Heaven Larry Wilson
00:03:07
Play 16 Another Lost Art Ed Fenton
00:02:36
Play 17 Mr. Chesterton and the Soliloquy Larry Wilson
00:02:40
Play 18 Bunk Adir S.
00:05:24
Play 19 The Cost of a Pyramid Steve C
00:06:33
Play 20 Waltzing Mice and Dancing Men Adir S.
00:05:03
Play 21 The Hobgoblin Sean McElrath
00:04:10
Play 22 The Voice of the Pussy-Willow DrPGould
00:02:16
Play 23 Pernicious Peaches Larry Wilson
00:05:11
Play 24 Second Childhood’s Happy Hour Mindle Hastings
00:03:38
Play 25 Pity the Poor Guest of Honour Deon Gines
00:05:38
Play 26 A New Monroe Doctrine DrPGould
00:03:04
Play 27 Do Cats Come Back? Nemo
00:03:16
Play 28 The Ruthlessness of Mr. Cobb Adir S.
00:03:08
Play 29 My Lake DrPGould
00:10:30
Play 30 The Hundredth Amendment DrPGould
00:09:04
Play 31 Say It with Asterisks Mindle Hastings
00:22:55