title: 101 Poems to Keep You Sane: Emergency Rations for the Seriously Stressed
author: Daisy Goodwin
description: "This is a sometimes witty!always thought-provoking guide!a portable gathering of wise advice for every readership." Time Out
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  # Stories Worth Rereading
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  This page copyright © 2003 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE
  
  
  THEIR WORD OF HONOR
  
  
  MURIEL'S BRIGHT IDEA
  
  
  THE STRENGTH OF CLINTON
  
  
  THE DOCTOR'S COW
  
  
  HONEY AT THE PHONE
  
  
  ONE OF FATHER'S STORIES
  
  
  WHAT RUM DOES
  
  
  THE BRIDAL WINE-CUP
  
  
  A MOTHER'S SORROW
  
  
  AN EXAMPLE
  
  
  FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT
  
  
  TIGHTENING THE SADDLE-GIRTH
  
  
  “HERRINGS FOR NOTHING”
  
  
  THE POWER OF SONG
  
  
  JACK'S FIDELITY
  
  
  HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER
  
  
  THE SLEIGH-RIDE
  
  
  SAMUEL SMILES, THE AUTHOR OF “SELF-HELP”
  
  
  DAVID LIVINGSTONE
  
  
  A TRUE INCIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
  
  
  
  
  
  LITTLE CORNERS
  
  
  IN THE HOME
  
  
  SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE
  
  
  GIANTS AND GRASSHOPPERS
  
  
  AS GOOD AS HIS BOND
  
  
  PLAIN BERNICE
  
  
  HOW THE BOY WITHOUT A REFERENCE FOUND ONE
  
  
  AN HOUR A DAY FOR A YEAR
  
  
  “PLEASE, SIR, I WOULD RATHER NOT”
  
  
  THE RIGHT WORD
  
  
  THE SADDEST OF INDIA'S PICTURES (1912)
  
  
  ONE LITTLE WIDOW
  
  
  WHY THE MITE BOXES W