Forty Modern Fables, by George Ade, [1901]
1. The Fable of the Undecided Brunette and the Two Candidates
2. The Fable of the Boston Biologist and the Native with the Blue Hardware
3. The Fable of the Knowing Friend Who Tipped off Her Star Recipe
4. The Fable of the People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer
5. The Fable of the Girl with a Handicap Who Had to Lock Up Her Parents
6. The Fable of the Good Fellow Who Got the Short End of It
7. The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did the Best He Knew How
8. The Fable of the Bureau of Public Comfort and the Man in Charge
9. The Fable of Uncle Silas and the Matrimonial Game
10. The Fable of the Old Merchant, the Sleuth and the Tapioca
11. The Fable of Springfield's Fairest Flower and Lonesome Agnes Who Was Crafty
12. The Fable of the Wise Piker Who Had the Kind of Talk That Went
13. The Fable of the Two Wives Who Talked about Their Husbands
14. The Fable of the Open Champion, the Veranda Fixture and the Once-a-Weeker from Town
15. The Fable of the Cousin from Down East Who Had His Pick of the Village Lilacs
16. The Fable of the Horse Maniac and What Caused the Filing of the Suit
17. The Fable of the Household Comedian and the Lady Shopper's Unexpected Come Back
18. The Fable of the Hungry Man from Bird Center and the Trans-Atlantic Touch
19. The Fable of the Brotherhood of States and the Wife Who Was Responsible for the Jubilee
20. The Fable of the Good Fairy of the Eighth Ward and the Dollar Excursion of the Steam-Fitters
21. The Fable of the All-Night Seance and the Limit That Ceased to Be
22. The Fable of the Good People Who Rallied to the Support of the Church
23. The Fable of How Grandma Shattered an Idol and Made It Easy for the Children
24. The Fable of the Last Day at School and the Tough Trustee's Farewell to the Young Voyagers
25. The Fable of Woman's True Friend and the Hopeful Antique
26. The Fable of This Year's St. George and the 800 Microscopic Dragons
27. The Fable of Alexander from up the Road Whose Wifè Took Him over the Jumps
28. The Fable of the General Manager of the Love Affair Who Demanded a Furlough
29. The Fable of the Day's Work and the Morning After
30. The Fable of the Sure-Thing Crook and the Town of Nubbinville
31. The Fable of the Foozie and the Successful Approach
32. The Fable of the Old-Time Pedagogue Who Came Down from the Shelf and Was Sufficiently Bumped
33. The Fable of the Man Who Was Going to Retire
34. The Fable of the Bookworm and the Butterfly Who Went into the Law
35. The Fable of the Third and Last Call
36. The Fable of the Crustacean Who Tried to Find Out by Reading a Book
37. The Fable of the Low-Down Expert on the Subject of Babies
38. The Fable of the Girl Who Could Compromise in a Pinch
39. The Fable of the Satiated Globe-Trotter Who Found a New Kind of Nerve Twister Waiting for Him at Home
40. The Fable of the Skittish Widower Who Tried to Set Himself Back Some Thirty Years