Tales for Males

by Ed Fitzberald (ed.)
Category: "Fiction - Short Story Collection"
Pages:309
Year of Publication:1945
Date Added:02/21/2021
Date Read:03/17/2021
Notes:Armed Services Edition. Stories about the relationships between men and women.

Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives, by John Collier — 6
Courtship Through the Ages, by James Thurber — 7
The Girl in the Storm, by James M. Cain — 7
Love, or How to Woo and Win a Woman, by Jack Goodman and Alan Green — 5
There Are Smiles, by Ring Lardner — 7
What Goes on in the Ladies Rest Room, by C.A. Hamilton — 4
Helen, Thy Beauty Is to Me, by John Fante — 6
Better Be an Old Woman's Darling, by Benjamin Franklin — 6
The Love Kick, by William Saroyan — 5
Claustrophobia, or What Every Young Wife Should Know, by James Thurber — 6
Muzio, by Konrad Bercovici — 5
I Learn Something About Sex by Corey Ford — 6
He Was So Good to Her, by Frank Sullivan — 6
Fashions in Love, by Clarence Day, Jr. — 6
Getting On in the World, by Morley Callaghan — 5
Bundling, by George S. Chappell — 7
A Mediaeval Romance, by Mark Twain — 8
Which is the Vainer Sex?, by Fred C. Kelly — 4
The Love Letters of Smith, by H.C. Bunner — 8
Polly Baker's Lack of Virtue Is Its Own Reward, by Benjamin Franklin — 6
A Letter from the Bronx, by Arthur Kober — 5
My Views on Marriage, by W.C. Fields — 6
Dusk Before Fireworks, by Dorothy Parker — 5
Leg-Pulling, by Bernard Sobel — 7
Extracts from Adam's Diary, by Mark Twain — 4
Etiquette of Courtship, by Donald Ogden Stewart — 5
Strip Tease, by George Weller — 5
The Girls of Tongatabu, by John Langdon — 6
The Triumph of the Nut or Too Many Marriages, by Christopher Ward — 4
My Rating: 6

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Review - Tales for Males

A handful of the stories were sweet or funny, but most were dull attempts at humor. Partly, I'm sure, this is due to the times—humor changes along with everything else.

Reviewed by Roger on 2021-03-17 11:03:56

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