Henry Reed keeps a journal of his summer activities which include setting up a research firm and embarking on a series of usually profitable projects with the aid of his ally and neighbor Midge. subjects: Moneymaking projects , Business enterprises-fiction , City and town life , Diaries - Fiction , Wit and humor , Vacations , Radical Reader , New Jersey , Small business , Summer employment , Humorous stories , Diaries , Fiction , Research , Summer , City life , Humorous fiction.