21 previously uncollected pieces, including 3 short stories and 7 profiles of fellow-craftsmen. Contents: The notebooks of James Thurber—Menaces in May—Six for the road—Mary Petty and her drawings—Afternoon of a playwright—The other room—The lady from the land—Return of the native—The danger in the house—Look out for the thing—The future, if any, of comedy, or, Where do we non-go from here—Foreword to the fifth New Yorker album—Carpe noctem, if you can—Brother Endicott—The manic in the moon—E.B.W. — The real man, Nugent—In incomparable Mr. Benchley — "Scott in thorns" — The man who was comedy—My friend McNulty —