...s A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...y was full of such grotesqueries, but the clean towers were thrusting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses,... ...sting them from the business center, and on the farther hills were shining new houses, homes—they seemed—for laughter and tranquillity. Over a concret... ... hood and noiseless engine. These people in evening clothes were returning from an all-night rehearsal of a Little Theater play, an artistic adventure... ...elow the bridge curved a railroad, a maze of green and crimson lights. The New York Flyer boomed past, and twenty lines of polished steel leaped into ... ... the bridge curved a railroad, a maze of green and crimson lights. The New York Flyer boomed past, and twenty lines of polished steel leaped into the ... ...ut this, say, this is corking! Beginning of the end for those fellows! New York Assembly has passed some bills that ought to completely outlaw the soc... ...hat isn’t any practical use—except the manual training and typewriting and basketball and dancing—and in these cor- respondence-courses, gee, you can ... ...same good jolly kind of guff, ‘bout autos, politics and stuff and baseball players of renown that Nice Guys talk in my home town! “Then when I entered...