Of All Things

《Of All Things》是美國作家羅伯特·本奇利創作於20世紀初的一部幽默散文集。該書收錄了多篇隨筆，主題涵蓋社會怪癖、自然現象與日常生活的荒謬之處，開篇即以研究蠑螈的社會生活為例，展現了作者詼諧的觀察視角。

基本介紹

• 外文名：Of All Things 
• 作者：Benchley, Robert
• 題材：隨筆
  美國幽默
• 語言：英文
• ISBN：9781290300940
• 類別：散文集
• 出版時間：2012年
• 頁數：262頁
• 定價：27.06美元

作品信息

《Of All Things》是羅伯特·本奇利創作於20世紀初的幽默隨筆集。本書收錄了多篇以其獨特視角觀察社會、自然與日常生活荒謬性的幽默文章。

本書收錄的篇目包括：《序言》（Preface）、《蠑螈的社會生活》（The social life of the newt）、《“請來點咖啡、megg和ilk”》（"Coffee, megg and ilk, please"）、《當天才還是你謙卑的僕人時》（When genius remained your humble servant）、《周末做客的折磨》（The tortures of weekend visiting）、《園藝筆記》（Gardening notes）、《第一課》（Lesson number one）、《關於節約燃料的思考》（Thoughts on fuel saving）、《不按胡伊爾的規矩》（Not according to Hoyle）、《朝九晚五》（From nine to five）、《翻開新賬頁》（Turning over a new ledger leaf）、《一塊烤牛肉》（A piece of roast beef）、《作為戰爭替代品的社區假面舞劇》（The community masque as a substitute for war）、《請肯沃西先生接電話！》（Call for Mr. Kenworthy!）、《美式足球；承蒙莫爾斯先生提供》（Football; courtesy of Mr. Morse）、《您車上的一個小故障》（A little debit in your tonneau）、《百科全書之地的浪漫》（A romance in encyclopædia land）、《正統悖論的消逝》（The passing of the orthodox paradox）、《莎士比亞詳解》（Shakespeare explained）、《科學劇本》（The scientific scenario）、《本月最受歡迎的書》（The most popular book of the month）、《聖誕節下午》（Christmas afternoon）、《萬歲，春分！》（Hail, vernal equinox!）。

本書作者為羅伯特·本奇利（1889-1945），插圖者為格盧亞斯·威廉士（1888-1982）。其電子版本於2011年10月7日首次發布，近期於2024年4月3日更新。在美國屬於公有領域作品。該書語言為英文，閱讀易讀性指數為67.9（相當於美國8-9年級水平），歸類於“美國與加拿大文學”（LoC Class PS），主題包括“隨筆”和“美國幽默”。此外，本書曾有2012年出版的紙質版本（ISBN 9781290300940，共262頁）。

內容簡介

《Of All Things》是羅伯特·本奇利在20世紀初出版的幽默隨筆集，以詼諧筆觸探討社會怪癖、自然現象和日常生活的荒謬性。開篇之作《蠑螈的社會生活》以科學考察口吻描述蠑螈的求偶儀式與社會等級，映射人類行為，展現作者將平凡主題轉化為喜劇的獨特風格。全書收錄多篇隨筆，如《咖啡、麥格和伊爾克，請》、《天才仍是你恭順的僕人》、《周末做客之苦》、《莎士比亞新解》等，文風輕鬆機智，提供對人類經驗的幽默反思。

目錄

本書包含的篇目有Preface、The social life of the newt、"Coffee, megg and ilk, please"、When genius remained your humble servant、The tortures of weekend visiting、Gardening notes、Lesson number one、Thoughts on fuel saving、Not according to Hoyle、From nine to five、Turning over a new ledger leaf、A piece of roast beef、The community masque as a substitute for war、Call for Mr. Kenworthy!、Football; courtesy of Mr. Morse、A little debit in your tonneau、A romance in encyclopædia land、The passing of the orthodox paradox、Shakespeare explained、The scientific scenario、The most popular book of the month、Christmas afternoon以及Hail, vernal equinox!

出版信息

該書存在電子版本，於2011年10月7日發布。此外，該書在2012年曾出版印刷版，頁數為262頁，定價為27.06美元，ISBN為9781290300940。

內容簡介

OF ALL THINGS - 1921 - Without whose tireless patience, unswerving industry and inexhaustible zeal the Bessemer steel converter would never have become a reality, this book is affectionately dedicated by These sketches appeared originally in Vanity Fair, The New York Tribune Sunday Magazine, Colliers Weekly, Life, and Motor Print, all but two of these magazines immediately afte...(展開全部) OF ALL THINGS - 1921 - Without whose tireless patience, unswerving industry and inexhaustible zeal the Bessemer steel converter would never have become a reality, this book is affectionately dedicated by These sketches appeared originally in Vanity Fair, The New York Tribune Sunday Magazine, Colliers Weekly, Life, and Motor Print, all but two of these magazines immediately afterward having either discontinued pub- lication or changed hands. To those which are old enough to remember, and to the new managements of the others, the author offers grateful acknowledgment for permission to reprint the material in this book. As a matter of fact, permission was never asked, but they probably wont mind anyway. - PREFACE - WHEN, in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Natures God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, -that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -That whenever any Form of Government be- comes destructiv of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, asto them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are suf- ferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their own future security. Such has been the patient suf- ferance of these Colonies and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an abso- lute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. R. C. B. The Rookery Breerning Downs Wippet-cum-Twyne New York City August 24 1921 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGP I THE SOCIAL LIFE OF THE NEWT . . 3 I1 COFFEE, MEGG AND ILK, PLEASE 10 I11 WHEN GENIUS REMAINED YOUB HUMBLE SERVANT . . . . . 18 IV THE TORTURES OF WEEK-END VISIT- I N G . . . . . ., . . . 32 V GARDENING NOTES . . ., . V1 LESSONNUMBERONE .. L 43 . . . . 5. V11 THOUGHTS ON FUEL SAVING . . . 65 V111 NOT ACCORDING TO HOE . . . 77 IX FROM NINE TO FIVE . ., . . . 89 X TURNING OVER A NEW LEDGER LEAP 102 XI A PIECE OF ROAST BEEF . . . . 110 XI1 THE COMMUNITY MASQUE AS A SUB- STITUTE FOR WAR . . . . 121 XI11 CALL FOR MR. KENWORTHY . . X30 XIV FOOTBALL COURTESY OFMR. MORSE 142 XV A LITTLE DEBIT IN YOUR TONNEAU 153 XVI A ROMANCE IN ENCYCLOPBDIA LAND 161 XVII THE PASSING OF THE ORTHODOX PARADOX . . .. . . 168 ix X CONTENTS CHAPTEE PAGE EXPLAINED . . . 175 XVIII SHAKESPEARE XIX Tm SCIENTIFIC SCENARIO . . . 180 XX Tm MOST POPUL BOOK OF TBE MONTH ., . . . . . 187 AFTERNOON . . . . 193 XXI CHRISTMAS XXII m, VERNAL EQUINOX . . . 200 TABLOID EDITIONS