Index to The Exchange: A Through K

Compiled by Charles R. Anderson

The following index is complete, covering volumes 1–38. The first number listed in the index is the RQ/RUSQ volume number. The number after the colon is the page number of that issue. Users should note that sometimes a question was posed but an answer was never found. An online database of questions and answers from the Exchange is accessible via this link.

In February of 2003, a book based on the Exchange column was published by Charles Anderson. This would provide full bibliographic information about the reference questions found in this index and the database.

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A

"About a year ago I was invited," 30:25"

Above far off in a lofty gloom / the words of a long dead people loom," 16:238

Absent- a Man a. is soon forgotten, 26:294

"Absent friends," 27:23, 315

"Academic politics are so bitter because the stakes are so small," 30:26, 330

Accident- To be born free is an a., to live in freedom a responsibility, to die free -- an obligation, 6:3:126

Action- Think like a man of a. and act like a man of thought, 18:185;19:13

A.D., 24:387

"Adlai Stevenson and the Independent Cat, 25:303; 26:9

Adoptees, 17:44

Advance- He who does not a. loses a count, 21:126

Advantage- The man who does not read good books has no a. over the man who can't read them, 17:340

Affliction- far from a., toil, and care, the happy soul has fled, 19:111

Aggry (gry word), 15:249;21:19

"Ain't We Crazy," 33:13

Air pollution, 30:23-24

Alarums and excursions, 23:393;24:15

"Albert and the Lion," 26:11, 292, 415-16

"Allah does not subtract from the alloted span of man's life the time he spends fishing," 12:298;13:57

"All the world's a bit odd," 32:462; 33:173,

"All things are determined / The beginning and the end / We dance to an immutable tune," 17:248

"Almond Tree, The," 22:126

Alphabet, using all letters in sentence, 27:315, 28:13-14

"Ambiguous Library, The" (Anderson), 35:458-59

American Dream, 28:306, 29:13

Anarchy, 15:56

Ancestors- we have not inherited the earth from our a., 30:26, 474; 32:9; 38:342

"And all you folks will die," 14:336

"And I thought of a mound in sweet

autumn [Auburn]," 15:333;16:162

"And old time friends and twilight plays... ," 35:459

"And so I offer Melpomene this modest mead of praise," 17:45

"And the light was for all time / And the love was for all men," 19:12

"And the Lion shall lie down with the Lamb," 1:1:1

Angry (gry word), 15:250

Anhungry (gry word), 15:250; 21:19

Animal characteristics, attributed to inanimate objects, 17:45; 18:286

Animalize, 18:286

Animals, famous, 16:162

Animals, official, of countries, 26:416

Animals, state, 28:459, 29:174

Anniversaries

"Anno Domini," 24:387

"Another life perhaps," 25:177

Anthropomorphism, 18:286

Ants, killer, 30:475

"Any man who is not a socialist at [20/25] has no heart," 16:310; 17:146; 24:261

"Any man who thinks he understands women is a fool," 32:463

Apache Prayer, 34:145

Apartments- Smallhausen Complex (or the Erotic Nature of Odd Shaped A.), The, 21:20, 335

Apocrypha, 28:4, 29:333

Apollo, 10:53, 251

Apple, Big, 24:261, 302, 387; 25:176

Apple family, 29:14, 333

apponatz, des, 24:387; 25:174

Aristocracy-

Ascites of the fish, 6:4:194-95; 7:3:136

Ashbless, William, 31:148

Ashes- I would rather be a. than dust, 15:154, 332

Asimov, Isaac, 32:165

Asses- Remain as uninhibited as the wild a. of the desert, 14:149

At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 27:314

Athens- See that dog -- he runs A., 17:248

Athletic letter awards, 13:331; 14:241; 19:13

Athletic sweaters, 22:239

Atlantic- The Mediterranean is the ocean of the past, A. is the ocean of the present, and Pacific is the ocean of the future, 13:152; 15:250

"A touch of vulgarity adds charm to a woman," 27:177

At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 26:416

At sign, name for, 27:473; 28:306

Auburn- I thought of a mound in sweet A. / Where a little headstone stood, 15:333; 16:162

Auckland, origin of name, 26:293, 415-16

Auden, W. H., 18:185

Augusta- Maine, A. on the Kennebec, 21:125

"Aunt Hettie Tarbox was as cheerful a person as you could find in a Sabbath day's journey," 15:154, 332

Authors (game), 26:416, 27:176,314

Automobile driving rules, 23:12; 24:269, 387; 25:174; 26:416

Auto races, direction of, 31:149

Autumn- I thought of a mound in sweet A. / Where a little headstone stood, 15:333;16:162

Aviator, 19:111;20:126

"Avoiding Burnout from Repetitive Reference Questions" (Mabry), 34:277-78

B

Babies

Bach, J. S., novel about, 23:394;24:139

Backhouse- Passing of the B., 19:109; 20:125

Backward spelling, facility at, 19:111

Bag- History is a b. of tricks played upon dead men, 26:149

"Bag of Tools," 33:14

Balloons, making of, 20:127

Banks, private, 28:306, 29:13

Barber, Red, 7:1:44

"The Barefoot boy with shoes on / sat laying on the burning deck," 32:316; 33:13

Bartender's exam, 32:462; 33:173, 452

Baseball

Bathsheba, 13:331

BBC Masterpiece Theatre theme music, 13:152

B.C., 24:387

"Be careful how you pick up the burden of hate ... ," 32:463

"Beachy Head," 37:15

Beal, Barney, 24:387;24:387; 25:174; 26:11

Becoming--What I am to be, I am now b., 24:18

Bed pans, 14:149

Beds, 26:150, 413-14

Beer brewing, 30:330, 31:10-11,148

"Before Christ," 24:387

"Before the gates of Excellence the high gods have placed sweat; Long is the road thereto and steep and rough at the first," 10:53;11:66

"Beginning and the end, the," 17:248

Begry (gry word), 34:12

"Behind every great [successful] man there [stands] [is] a woman," 11:66;12:190; 13:151-52; 18:184; 19:110; 25:25; 38:341

Believe- I b. in an aristocracy, 23:272

Bell-

Bellows- God plays the organ while the Devil blows the b., 7:4:179

Bell Telephone Company, 12:298;26:10

Benedictines, 14:242;15:55-56

Berkeley, George (Bishop), 33:451

Berra, Yogi, 24:387

"Best things come in small packages, the," 26:149

Beth Israel Home, 26:149;27:23

Bible, King James, 28:149, 28:460

Big Apple, 24:261;25:176, 302

"Big bugs have little bugs on their backs to bite 'em, and little bugs still smaller ones and so on ad infinitum," 16:162, 309

Bigelow, Albert, 10:337

Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, 31:11

"Big Wheel," 24:387

Bird- Papa b. was a charming fellow, 16:162

Birds, 23:12

Bite- If on Parnassus' Top you sit / You rarely b., are always bit, 16:309

Blackbird (fictional character), 38:343

Black congressman, first elected from Illinois, 23:270

Black Dutch, 15:154, 293, 331-32; 26:10, 416

Black humor, 8:57;9:52

Black Irish, 24:261, 261;25:175

"Black is beautiful," 24:260

Black, John (fictional character), 38:343

Black Madonna, 24:18, 260, 386; 30:25, 330

"Black Velvet Band, The," 13:329

Bleach- On the plains of hesitation b. the bones of countless millions, 16:237

Blind Man's Oast, 31:11

Bloch, Robert, 26:414

Blood- There is a peculiar tie that binds b. to b., 26:11

Bloody- Knowledge maketh a b. entrance, 14:242

Blue box, 26:9

Blue for boys, 27:22

Blue Max, The, 22:240

"Blues" awards, 14:241

Bones-

Book-

Book of Counted Sorrows (Koontz), 30:175, 330; 34:142

"Book of the Quarter," 10:157

Book review, child's, 18:284; 33:320

Books-

A Man is known by the b. he reads, by the company he keeps, 18:285

The man who does not read good b. has no advantage over the man who can't read them, 17:340

Borden, Lizzie, 35:459

Borges, Jorge Luis, 35:167

Born gosling, 14:336

Bottle collectors, 22:343; 29:333

Boucher, Anthony, 23:268

"The Box," 29:491, 30:174

Boy Blue, 25:176

Boys, colors associated with, 26:294

"Breasts are sex, but a leg is art," 23:393

Bricks- Bully ruins -- b. and wall -- through the night I've heard you call," 16:162

Brilliant- I would rather my spark burn out in a b. flame, 15:154

Broken- In Love's service only b. hearts qualify, 25:176

Brooklyn side, 22:240

Brown Beauty, 16:162, 311

Brown Betty, 16:311

Brown- Now Aliss Virginia Cleveland B. / Since my Mama has gone to town, 20:238

Bryan, William Jennings, 10:250

Bugs, big, 16:162, 309

Bulldog

(newspaper edition), 15:251, 30:24-25

nose, 32:463

"Bully ruins -- bricks and wall -- through the night I've heard you call," 16:162

Bumper pool, 22:343;23:139, 269

Bunco, rules for, 37:132

Burke, Edmund, 6:3:124; 6:4:195; 8:127; 20:16, 237

Burn- I would rather my spark b. out in a brilliant flame, 15:154

"Burning logs give back the glow, / of summer suns of long ago," 17:249

Burnout, at the reference desk (Mabry), 34:277-78

Business-

Butler--the b. did it, 37:257

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 9:253

Buttonhole, inventor of, 15:56

Byron, George Gordon, 17:339

C

Cake-

Calvary- They paused to weep at C. and missed the Resurrection, 21:126

Canada, zip codes, 23:272;24:15

Cape- On the C., 13:58

Capitals, state, mnemonic for, 21:125-126; 30:175

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, 35:295

Card games, 26:416

Cards, l. is but a game of, 35:168

Carey, Kevin, 25:21

Carkers (short story characters), 23:11, 268

Cars (See Automobile driving rules)

Cartier, Jacques, 24:387;25:174, 434

Cartwright, Samuel A., 26:414

Carver, George Washington, 26:416; 27:176

"Casey at the Bat," 19:110

"Casey at the Bat" (parody), 28:306, 459

"Casey's Alibi," 15:154

Cass, Zoe, 17:44

Castiliano, Pablo, 18:185

Castle, dismantled to build protecting wall, 35:460

Cat

reincarnation of Franz Liszt, 18:65, 284

Cat in the Hat, 34:278

Cat Week, National, 18:65, 284

Cecil, George W., 16:237

Celebrities, as adoptees, 17:44

Century- Turn of the c., 23:271

Chainsaw Massacre, 22:127

Chapel cars, 33:320; 34:11, 142

Charity, 15:56

Charming- Papa bird was a c. fellow, 16:162

Cheltenham tragedy, 19:112;20:17

Chemical-

Chicken claws, 26:416-17

Chief Seattle (speech), 32:463

"Children learn what they live," 29:490

"Children live what they learn," 29:175, 490, 30:174-75

"Children now love luxury, The," 20:126

Children- Youth is a wonderful thing / What a crime it is to waste it on c., 14:149

"China is a sleeping dragon," 23:272; 24:16

Chinese auction, 23:11

Chinese Fire Drill, 19:13-14;20:17

Chinese water torture, 31:11, 313

Christian star, significance of points, 34:440

Christoforo, N., 26:294

Church trains, 33: 320; 34:11, 142

Cigar- Close but no c., 23:271;24:16

Cigars, at babies birth, 17:339;22:343; 23:139

Cincinnatus, 21:20

Cinnamon, 17:340

Cities, sociological studies of, 20:125

Clemenceau, Georges, 17:164

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (See Twain, Mark)

Cleopatra's Needle, 335,459

Cleveland- Now Aliss Virginia C. Brown / Since my Mama has gone to town, 20:238

Clinton, Bill, inauguration music, 32:315-16

"Close, but no cigar," 23:271;24:16

Clothes, storage of, 15:56

Clothes hangers, history of, 15:56

Clothing snaps, 16:310

Cloud Nine, 14:44, 241

Clovis, the Riparian, 29:14

Cocaine, 17:340

Cockburn, Bruce, 33:452

Code numbers, in television serials, 23:11

"Cold Bed Pan, The," 14:149

"The coldest winter I ever spent was one summer in San Francisco," 28:148

Collectors and collecting, 22:343, 29:333

College- There are few earthly things more beautiful than a C. (University), 11:156;12:191

Colors, associated with babies, 26:294, 27:22

Comfort- Oh, the c., the inexpressible c., of feeling safe with a person, 22:344; 23:140

Common- Statistics is no substitute for c. sense, 19:111

Company- A Man is known by the books he reads, by the c. he keeps, 18:285

Concord- New Hampshire, C. on the

Merrimac, 21:125

Confidence- In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of c. in men, 24:139

Confucious, quotations attributed to, 26:292

Congenital liberal, 18:185

Congo bars, 33:452

"Congress, three or four useless men," 26:10

Congressman, first black elected from Illinois, 23:270

"Consigned to the dustbin of history," 30:26, 30:329-30

Contemporary Authors, 22:17; 25:26

Contronyms, 30:25

Conyngry (gry word), 34:12

Coolidge, Calvin, 18:64

Cooper, W. C., 20:125

Coral Castle, 21:22

Corally Crothers, 11:156;12:190

Cornell, Sarah S., 16:239

Corpse- Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking c., 24:18, 260

Couples, distinguished, 17:340;18:64-65

Court- He keeps a fool at c. and holds a lunatic in leash, 14:46

Coutelist, 29:173

Coward, Noel, 26:294

Cowardice- from the c. that shrinks from new truth, 19:111

Craik, Dinah Maria Mullock, 23:140

Craps table, 25:434;26:147-48, 417

Created- I do believe that God above / C. you for me to love," 16:238

Credit- I claim c. for nothing," 18:185

Credits (television), code in, 23:11

Creek- God willing and the c. don't rise, 25:434

Crepe paper, 17:250

Crescent moons, 25:25

Crestwood Heights, 20:125

Cretton, P. W., 21:125

Crime- Youth is a wonderful thing / What a c. it is to waste it on children, 14:149

Criticize- Don't c. a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins, 13:330-31; 14:150; 22:343; 23:140; 24:17; 25:25

Cross, upside down, 11:256-57

"The Crowd Within," 32:165

Crothers, Corally, 11:156;12:190

Crypts, 18:285;19:14

cummings, e. e., 26:294;27:23,315, 28:14

"Cup of water, a glass of wine, a," 18:65, 285

"Curiousity killed the cat," 18:285

Currency, 28:306, 29:13

"Cynic's Prayer," 27:473

D

Dallas, Larayne J., 25:21

Damastes, 26:413-14

"Damndest Finest Ruins, The," 15:251; 16:161

Damon and Pythias, 31:9

"Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight," 30:475; 33:320

Dane, Clemence, 26:294Dahl, Roald, 18:284

Dark Lady, 26:149

Dark- When all of life seems d. and dreary, keep on hoping, 16:238

Darrow, Clarence, 24:140

David (Biblical), 13:331

Day, Clarence, 20:16, 237, 342

"Day They Licked the Village Schoolmaster, The," 7:4:179

Day- Today is the first d. of the rest of your life, 14:45, 17:248;18:184; 19:110, 337

DDT cocktail, 34:145

"Deacon Jones addressed the congregation," 19:12

Dead hand of the past, 34:12-13

Dead- History is a bag of tricks played upon d. men, 26:149

Dean, James, 24:260

Death-

"Death of a Son (Who Died in a Mental Hospital Aged one)," 23:11

"Death reigns, dust unto dust must go," 9:254

Declaration of Feminism, 33:14, 319; 34:278

Dederich, Charles, 14:337

Deer, white, 27:473

Degrees, origin of wording on, 15:57

de la Strange, William, 20:342

"Democracy contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction," 17:45; 18:185

Dervish- I'd rather be a d., 15:333

Desert- Remain as uninhibited as the wild asses of the d., 14:149

"Desiderata," 11:67, 363-65;12:392-93; 17:248

Designer jeans, 24:18

"Deteriorata," 12:392

de Tocqueville, Alexis, 23:141

Devil-

"Dance with the d. in the pale moonlight," 30:475; 33:320

God plays the organ while the d. blows the bellows, 7:4:179

Dewar, Thomas, 13:152

Diamonds of stardust, 21:20

Diary of an Unknown Aviator, 19:12, 111

Died- Timid never started and the weak d. along the way, 21:20

Die- "If you d. I'll hug your grave," 33:320

Live fast, d. young, and leave a good-looking corpse, 24:18, 260

Diplomas, origin of wording on, 15:57

Disappearance, The, 20:15-16

Disgrace- one useless man is called a d., 26:10

Disorders, modern, 29:491

Disparition, La, 20:15-16

Dogs, Pavlov's, 23:12, 269

Dog- See that d. -- he runs Athens, 17:248

Dogs- Youth of today is going to the d. (See Socrates quotation)

"Do not stand by my grave and weep," (Frye, Mary), 31:148; 36:341-42; 37:15; 38:342

"Don't criticize a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins," 13:330-31; 14:150; 22:343; 23:140; 24:17; 25:25

Double-yolked eggs, probability of, 22:239

Douglas, Catherine, 6:4:194

dous suffix, 21:336;22:239

"Down the tube," 17:166, 18:185, 30:474

Dragon, sleeping, 23:272;24:16

Drapetomania, 26:414-15

Dreams, 23:12, 271

"Dreizehnlinden," 15:250

Drifts- Over the hills came a cold and steady wind that blew the dust in ripples making little d. of the yellow falling leaves, 9:158

Drink- If you mean whiskey that vile d., 24:387; 25:176, 302

Driving rules, 23:12, 269;24:269, 387; 25:174; 26:416

Duck, eating on November 11, 27:315, 28:14, 28:146

Dust-

Dustbin- consigned to the d. of history, 30:26, 329-30

Dutch, Black, 15:154, 293, 331-32; 26:10, 414 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

E

e, Novel without, 19:112;20:15

Ear, flowers worn behind, 23:270

Earth-

e. provides enough to satisfy every man's need, 33:452-453; 34:144-45

we have not inherited the e. from our ancestors, 30:26, 474, 32:9

Earth, circumference of, 19:111;20:17

Easter, Eastern Orthodox, 16:311

Eating habits, 11:66;12:71

Eat- Let them e. cake, 22:344

"E Bucky Verdis," 26:149, 415

Edison, Thomas, 16:310

"Educated civilization, not an ignorant population, should be built upon the fertile soil of America," 24:18, 30:24

Education, 32:164

"Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress," 24:262, 30:25; 33:319

"Edward the Conqueror," 18:284

Eggs, double-yolked, probability of, 22:239

Ehrmann, Max, 11:67, 363-65;12:392-93

Einstein, Albert, 18:185; 34:440; 35:167

El Cerrito, 20:125

Elementary school principals, 14:336, 29:332

Eleventh Commandment, 9:52-53, 253

Eleventh Commandment of Reference Services, 25:301

Elmtown, 20:125

Embersine, 28:15

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 18:285; 33:14, 173, 38:341

End-

and beginning, 17:248

Light at the e. of the tunnel, 20:238; 21:20

Engagement ring, history of, 28:306, 29:13, 29:174

"Engineer is a dreamer, a visionary; he dreams and dreams and dreams, he builds and builds and builds, The," 12:72

English kings, mnemonics for, 13:58, 248;14:46

Entrance- Knowledge maketh a bloody e., 14:242

Environment, 30:23-24

Epicureanism, 26:149, 415

Epigrams, 26:149, 415

Equestrian statues, 10:156;11:67; 12:393-94; 34:143-44

Euchre, military, 14:241;15:56

Europe, beginning at Pyrenees, 10:53

"Every man is somewhat dull and somewhat mad," 13:249;14:46

"Eve stole first and Adam stole second," 19:12

Evil-

Excellence- Before the gates of E. the high gods have placed sweat, 10:53;11:66

"Exchange, The," history of, 25:21-27

Excusions- alarums and e., 23:140, 393

"Experience beats in vain on the congenital [liberal/progressive]," 16:164;18:185

Eyes- Not what thou art, nor yet what thou hast been, beholdeth G. with his merciful e., but what thou wouldst be," 24:18

F

Fairy tales, 22:239;25:176, 27:315, 28:14, 146

Faith-

Familiar Tree, A, 22:126

Far-darter (Apollo), 10:53, 251

"Farewell cruel world," 26:149

"Far from affliction, toil, and care, the happy soul has fled," 19:111

Fast- Live f., die young, and leave a good-looking corpse, 24:18, 260

Fat cat, 18:65, 30:175

Fathers, handing out cigars, 17:339; 22:343; 23:139

Fat Lady, 24:387;25:173

Fear- Nothing to f. in life / Nothing to f. in death, 26:149, 415

Feet, quotation about, 22:343;23:11, 267-68

Fellow- Papa bird was a charming f., 16:162

Fermentology, 31:10-11

Ferry- from the f. to Van Ness, 15:251;16:162

"Fiery funeral of foliage old," 28:461

Fincher, Joseph Assheton, 26:10

"Fin de siecle," 23:271; 24:16-17

Fingers- If I knew those tiny f., 23:12, 269

First black congressman from Illinois, 23:270

"The first person into the mine field has foot problems," 28:461

Fishing, 12:298;13:57

Flag, United States, 9:333;12:299;13:58

Flame- I would rather my spark burn out in a brilliant f., 15:154

Fleas, 16:309, 31:11

Flight simulators, 26:9

Flower, wearing behind ear, 23:12, 270

Flower clocks, 26:10

"Flowering Almond Tree," 21:126

Flowers, worn behind ear, 23:12

Fonda, Henry, 24:140

Fool-

"Footprints," 30:25

Ford, Gerald, 29:174

Forest-

Sand / And surf / And the deep / And distant Sea / And in the f. / A hermit's bell / Rebukes / and comforts me," 6:3:126

When one tree falls I do not lose / Faith in the f. on the hill, 17:165

Forgotten- a Man absent is soon f., 26:294

Fork, switching hands, 11:66, 257;12:71

"For some men die by shrapnel . . .," 29:14

Forster, E. M., 9:158

"For the pure pearls of tears, the gold of laughter and the diamonds of stardust, they spread on an otherwise dreary world," 21:20

Free-

Freedom's Plow (poem), 27:176

Freedom- To be born free is an accident, to live in f. a responsibility, to die free -- an obligation, 6:3:126

Freemasonry, signet ring, 34:12

"Freiheit ist der zweck des zwanges," 14:336

Friday the 13th, 17:165-66

Friendship, 22:344, 30:330, 31:9

Frog (floral arrangement), 27:315, 29:12

"From ghosties and ghoulies / and long-legged beasties / and things that go bump in the night / Good Lord, preserve us," 16:238;17:43;25:26

"From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth," 19:111

"From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth," 19:111

"From the ferry to Van Ness / It's a godforsaken mess," 15:251;16:162

"From the laziness that is content with half truth," 19:111

Fry, Caroline, 33:173

Fry, Elizabeth., 30:474; 33:173

Frye, Mary, 37:15

Future- The Mediterranean is the ocean of the past, Atlantic is the ocean of the present, and Pacific is the ocean of the f., 13:152;15:250

G

Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words without Using the Letter E, 20:15

Games

Gandhi, Mahatma, 33:452-53; 34:144-145

Garters- Grandpa has a wooden leg, and he uses tack for g., 19:112

Gates of Excellence, 10:53;11:56

"Gaunt with the gray of the ages," 15:154

Geiger, William, 20:125;20:125

Gein, Edward, 22:127

Geisel, Theodore, 34:440; 35:168

Generals (military), statues of, 10:156; 11:67; 12:393-94

George II, and The Messiah, 10:54

Gestures, shame on you, 24:141, 386

"Getting around to it," 25:435

Gifts, anniversary, 24:387;25:175

Girl- When a woman is alone there are four things she must do: dress like a g., act like a lady, think like a man and work like a horse, 16:163

"Girl with the Black Velvet Band, The," 14:151

"Girl with the Blue Velvet Band, The," 13:151, 329; 14:151

Girls, colors associated with, 26:294

Gitchee Gumee, 30:329

"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day," 17:248;18:184

"Give me a child for the first seven years," 28:149

"Give me a c. before ___ years and he will be mine for life," 28:149; 37:257

"Give them the raised right hand," 9:333

"Give us a boy at a tender age and he'll be ours for life," 28:149

Gladiators- Spartacus to the G., 13:151, 330

Glasses, clinking of, 23:394; 24:139

Glasses, Two, 18:285

"Gleaners," 16:237-38;17:43-44

Glory- Oh, the g. of the unspoken word, 22:343

Glow- Burning logs give back the g. / of summer suns of long ago, 17:249

God-

godez, des (bird), 24:387;25:174

"God plays the organ while the devil blows the bellows," 7:4:179

"Gods do not subtract (deduct) from the alloted span (man's alloted span) of men's lives the hours spent in fishing (sailing)," 12:298; 13:57:24:262

"God willing and the creek don't rise," 25:434

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, 7:4:179

"Golden Stair, The," 18:286

Gold of laughter, 21:20

Golf ball, speed of, 23:12, 260-61, 270; 24:18, 386

"Gone coon," 16:161

Gone gosling, 14:336;15:153

"Goodbye cruel world," 26:149, 415

"Good creatures (people), do you love your lives / And have you ears for sense?," 14:336; 15:155

"Good things are wrapped in small packages," 26:11, 149

Goose, eating on November 11, 27:315, 28:14, 146

Goringe, Miss, 35:295-96, 459

Gorringe, Henry Honeychurch, 35:459

Gosling, born, 14:336;15:153

Grace- God give us the g. to accept with serenity, 17:248; 18:183-84

"Grandpa has a wooden leg, he uses tacks for garters," 19:112

Gérard, Rosamond, 10:156

"Grass is greener," 13:152;14:45; 15:153-54

Grave-

do not stand by my g. and weep, 31:148; 36-341-42; 37:15

"If you die I'll hug your g.," 33:320

Gray, Robert [Richard], 33:320

Gray- gaunt with the g. of the ages, 15:154

"The Gray Engineer," 27:473

"Greatest show on earth is a man talking, The," 7:1:44

"Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite'em," 16:309, 31:11

"Great Spirit, grant that I may not criticize my neighbor until I have walked a mile in his moccasins," 13:330-31; 14:150; 22:343; 23:140; 24:17; 25:25

Greek legends, 26:150, 413-14

Greek tragedy, masks in, 5:2:42;6:1:44

Green flash at sunset, 37:132

Greyfriars, Lord (fictional character), 38:343

Greyhounds, first in U.S., 10:53

Grider, John McGavock, 19:111;20:126

Grim Reaper, 24:387;25:175, 434

Gruter, Oscar R., 23:140

Gry, words ending in, 15:57, 249-50, 333; 21:19; 34:12, 144; 36:497; 37:15

Guess Who [rock group], 28:148

Guizot, Francois, 17:164

Gulls, 15:153, 332

Gumshoe Jack, 35:12

H

Hall, Cyrenius, 12:72

Ham- I feel faint. Give me a h. sandwich, 20:342;21:125

Hamilton, Alexander, 23:394

Hand loom, 8:58

Hangers, history of, 15:56

Hanne, Daniel, "The Uses for Assumptions and Skepticism," 28:303-305

Happen- There are three kinds of people; those who make things h.; those who watch what goes on; those who don't know what is happening," 9:52, 253

Hard-to-find files, 27:472-73, 28:147, 28:306, 460

Hardy, Thomas, 9:52-53, 253

Harris, Lawrence W., 16:162

Has-been- I'd rather be a h., 15:333; 33:14

Hashian, James T. [Trevanian], 24:385

"Haste is of the Devil," 30:26

Hate- "Be careful how you pick up the burden of h. . . .," 32:463

Hawkins, Sadie (illustration), 27:24

Hay, John Milton, 15:250

Haymarket Riot, 16:162-63

Headstone- I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn / Where a little h. stood, 16:162

"Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil," 12:70

Heart-

Hearts, broken, 25:176

Hearts- In Love's service only broken h. qualify, 25:176

"Hearts with the light of love illumined well," 24:140

Heart Throbs, 38:341

"Heaven is like a library," 34:440; 35:167

"Heights of Liningraf," 24:262

Heinlein, Robert, 21:20

Hekatebolos, 10:53, 251

"He keeps a fool at court and holds a lunatic in leash," 14:46

"He went broke gradually, then suddenly," 32:463

"He went mad, singing in thirds," 32:463

Hell- Patch h. a mile, 16:311

"He lost the game, no matter for that," 28:148

Herman, Judy, 26:291

Hermit- Sand / And surf / And the deep / And distant Sea / And in the forest / A h.'s bell / Rebukes / and comforts me," 6:3:126

Hesiod, 11:66

Hesitation- On the plains of h. bleach the bones of countless millions, 16:237

Hesse, Herman, 20:16

"He took some twigs," 9:333

"He who does not advance loses count," 21:126

Higry pigry (gry words), 34:12

Hill- When one tree falls I do not lose / Faith in the forest on the h., 17:165

Hills- Over the h. came a cold and steady wind that blew the dust in ripples making little drifts of the yellow falling leaves," 9:158

Hilyard, Nann Blaine (ltr), 26:147

Hired hand's dialect, 31:313, 32:9

History, lessons of, 21:125

"History is a bag of tricks played upon dead men," 24:262; 26:149

Hitler quotation (See Socrates quotation)

Hoffman, Abbie, 14:337

Holloway, Stanley, 26:292, 415-16

Homecoming, origin of, 19:13; 23:394; 24:140-41, 387

Hoover, Danise G., 25:21

"Hope," 16:238

Hoping- When all of life seems dark and dreary, keep on h., 16:238

Horse names, 16:162

Horse races, direction of, 16:161, 31:149; 34:144

Horses, famous, 16:162, 311

"Horses Frightened in a Thunderstorm" (painting), 29:332

Horseshoes, origin of, 21:125, 335-36; 22:17

Hot springs, 13:249

Housman, A. E., 15:155

"How do I know what I think until I write it?," 17:45;18:185

"How glibly do they speak of war," 33:452

"How I run my library good," 14:242

"How They Licked the Village Schoolmaster," 7:4:179

"Hub is the part of the wheel that moves the slowest, The," 16:239

Hughes, Langston [remains], 34:279

Human- Whenever I find myself in the presence of another h. being, 23:141

Humble- There's one of me that's h. for his sins / And one that unrepentant sits and grins," 21:126, 336;22:126

"Humility, the fairest flower that grew in Eden," 30:26, 30:474; 33:173 (correction)

Hummingbirds, 17:44, 339-40

Humor, black, 8:57;9:52

Hunan Hand, 30:174

Hungry (gry word), 15:249

Husbands- Road to success is filled with women pushing their h. along, 11:66; 12:190; 13:151-52; 18:184; 19:110; 25:25

Hustle- Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who h., 20:342

I

I am easily pleased – I am always satisfied with the very best" (Wilde), 35:296

"I believe in an aristocracy," 23:272

"I claim credit for nothing," 18:185

"I complained that I had no shoes ...," 23:11

"I'd been against that bloak before / and put him in the air," 15:154

"I do believe that God above / Created you for me to love," 16:238

"I do the very best I know how," 29:174

"I'd rather be a dervish," 15:333

"I'd rather be a has been," 15:333; 33:14, 173

"I'd rather get to Hell late than to Chicago on time," 27:177

"If, on Parnassus' Top you sit / You rarely bite, are always bit," 16:309

"If any little word of mine / Will set a heart to singing," 15:57, 30:24, 31:11

"I feel faint. Give me a ham sandwich.," 20:342;21:125

"If I had my life to live over, . . .," 29:13

"If I knew those tiny fingers," 23:12, 269

"If it's in the Constitution it must stay . . .," 27:473

"If the things I do turn out wrong . . .," 28:461, 29:174

"If this be all, and when we die we die . . . ," 34:12

"If you die I'll hug your grave," 33:320

"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," 25:301; 34:12

"If you mean whiskey, that vile drink," 24:387; 25:176, 302

Iggry (gry word), 34:12

Ignorance- What I know I do not know for sure, but wherever I am ignorant my i. is perfection, 10:53

"I had a heart and it was true / but now it's gone from me to you," 18:286

Illinois, first black congressman, 23:270

"I love you more than yesterday but less than tomorrow," 9:333; 10:156

"I might know the chemical constituents of a cake," 21:336

Immaculate Conception, date of, 30:26, 330

"I'm tying the leaves so they won't come down," 20:238

Inanimate objects, attributing animal characteristics to, 18:286

Indians- We drove the I. out of the land, 13:58

"I never lamented about the vicissitudes of time," 23:267-68

Infamy, Symbol of, 11:256

"In Love's service only broken hearts qualify," 25:176

"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in men," 24:139

"Internationale," 25:303

"In the Nineteenth Century schools knew more than kids . . .," 32:164

Irish- Luck of the I., 25:303

Irish Sweepstakes, 17:340

Irish Treasurer's Waggons, 6:3:124; 6:4:194; 7:3:136; 7:4:178

Island- We live on an i. of knowledge in the midst of a sea of mystery, 6:3:126

Isocrates quotation (See Socrates quotation)

Is Sex Necessary?, 21:335

"It ain't over till the fat lady sings," 24:387;25:173

"I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn / Where a little headstone stood," 16:162

"It's all right to believe in evolution," 9:491

It takes less time to do a thing right than explain why you did it wrong, 32:9

"It was an old, old lady . . .," 28:14

:It as midnight on the ocean . . . ," 33:13

"I Will Not Go Back," 20:125

"I wouldn't be a president," 15:333

"I would rather be ashes than dust," 15:154, 332

"I would rather my spark burn out in a brilliant flame," 15:154

J

Jacks, L. P., 7:4:179

Jai alai, 23:270

Jam pots, 16:310

Janus words, 23:12, 29:333, 30:25

Jeans, designer, 24:18

Jefferson, Thomas, 23:272, 24:139; 28:306, 29:13, 393

"Je t'aime davantage, / Aujourd'hui plus qu'hier et

bien moins que demain," 10:156

Jewish star, significance of points, 34:440

"Jimmy Jump Up," 33:452

Johnson, A. L., 16:237

Jones (Dr.), role of, 30:475

Julian, Percy L., 21:335

Juvember, 20:238

K

Kaleidoscope, 28:15

Kaliyuga, 9:253

"Katy bar the door," 6:3:126; 6:4: 194; 7:1:44

Katz, Bill, 30:476

Kellogg, Elijah, 13:249;330

"Kelly's Dream," 30:25

Kennebec- Maine, Augusta on the K., 21:125

Kennedy, John F., 7:4:179; 20:237

Kennedy, Robert, 33:173

Kennedy quotations, 20:126; 33:173

Kestrel, The (fictional character), 38:343

Keynes, John Maynard, 18:64

Kierkegaard, Soren, 15:333

Kiho, 11:156

Kilimanjaro, 10:54, 250

Killing the messenger who brings bad news, 20:341; 23:12, 270, 29:333; 33:173

Kincaid, Bradley, and his Kentucky Mountain Boys, 33:13

Kingdom, Peaceable, 1:1:1

"King John's Apples," 1:1:7;1:2:7

Kings and Queens of England, mnemonic rhyme for, 13:58, 248; 14:46

Kitchigami, 30:329

Knife collector, name for, 28:460, 29:173

"Knowledge is an attitude," 15:333

"Knowledge is the lamp that lights man's path to God," 9:333

"Knowledge maketh a bloody entrance," 14:242

Knowledge- We live on an island of k. in the midst of a sea of mystery, 6:3:126

Koontz, Dean, 30:175, 330; 34:142

Krewes, 24:262

Krotar (musical instrument), 17:340, 30:24

Kumbiya, 10:252