Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor

About this eBook

Editor

Masson, Thomas L., 1866-1934

Title

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume I

Credits

Produced by Bryan Ness, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

American wit and humor

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21196

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21196

Release Date

April 21, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor
2. 2.Edited by Thomas L. Masson — VOLUME I — By
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.WASHINGTON IRVING — WOUTER VAN TWILLER — WILHELMUS KIEFT — PETER STUYVESANT — ANTONY VAN CORLEAR — GENERAL VAN POFFENBURGH
7. 7.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN — MAXIMS — MODEL OF A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION OF A PERSON YOU ARE UNACQUAINTED WITH — EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF — The Body of Benjamin Franklin (LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK, ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT, AND STRIPT OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING), LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS; YET THE WORK ITSELF SHALL NOT BE LOST, FOR IT WILL (AS HE BELIEVED) APPEAR ONCE MORE IN A NEW AND MORE BEAUTIFUL EDITION CORRECTED AND AMENDED BY The Author. — WHY HE LEFT
8. 8.WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER — NOTHING TO WEAR — A BOY'S ESSAY ON GIRLS
9. 9.HENRY WARD BEECHER — DEACON MARBLE — THE DEACON'S TROUT — THE DOG NOBLE AND THE EMPTY HOLE — OLD GRIMES — IDENTIFIED — ONE BETTER — MY AUNT
10. 10.N. P. WILLIS — MISS ALBINA McLUSH — A SMACK IN SCHOOL — A RENDITION
11. 11.B. P. SHILLABER ("Mrs. Partington") — FANCY DISEASES — BAILED OUT — SEEKING A COMET — GOING TO CALIFORNIA — MRS. PARTINGTON IN COURT
12. 12.OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES — THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE; — Or, the Wonderful "One-hoss Shay" — A Logical Story — FIVE LIVES
13. 13.JAMES T. FIELDS — THE OWL-CRITIC — A Lesson to Fault-finders — A CAUSE FOR THANKS
14. 14.JOHN HAY — LITTLE BREECHES
15. 15.HENRY W. SHAW ("Josh Billings") — NATRAL AND UNNATRAL ARISTOKRATS
16. 16.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL — THE YANKEE RECRUIT
17. 17.CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER — MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN — SECOND WEEK — FOURTH WEEK — SIXTH WEEK — CROWDED — THE ALARMED SKIPPER — THE WEDDING JOURNEY
18. 18.OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES — FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE — "OUR SUMATRA CORRESPONDENCE — MUSIC-POUNDING
19. 19.FREDERICK S. COZZENS — LIVING IN THE COUNTRY — LOVE IN A COTTAGE — A CASE OF CONSCIENCE — HANS BREITMANN'S PARTY
20. 20.FRANCES M. WHICHER — TIM CRANE AND THE WIDOW — THE STAMMERING WIFE — HE ROSE TO THE OCCASION — POLITE — LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN — HE CAME TO PAY — A GENTLE COMPLAINT — THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN
21. 21.MARIETTA HOLLEY — A PLEASURE EXERTION
22. 22.EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN — THE DIAMOND WEDDING
23. 23.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL — WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS — MUSIC BY THE CHOIR
24. 24.MARK TWAIN — THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY [B] — FOOTNOTES

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