Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II
by Thomas L. Masson
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About this eBook
- Editor
- Masson, Thomas L., 1866-1934
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
- Subject
- American wit and humor
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 47929
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47929
- Release Date
- January 10, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor VOLUME II
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.SOL SMITH — A BULLY BOAT AND A BRAG CAPTAIN — A Story of Steamboat Life on the Mississippi
- 4.THE DOG AND THE BEES
- 5.OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES — DISLIKES
- 6.G. H. DERBY (“Phœnix,” “Squibob”) — ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPERS
- 7.SUSAN SIMPSON
- 8.MARY MAPES DODGE — MISS MALONY ON THE CHINESE QUESTION
- 9.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL — THE COURTIN’
- 10.JOHN GODFREY SAXE — THE COQUETTE—A PORTRAIT
- 11.SAMUEL L. CLEMENS (“Mark Twain”) — COLONEL MULBERRY SELLERS
- 12.FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON — INCIDENTS IN A RETIRED LIFE
- 13.BRET HARTE — MELONS
- 14.JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL — A LETTER FROM MR. EZEKIEL BIGELOW
- 15.CHARLES GODFREY LELAND — BALLAD
- 16.G. H. DERBY (“Phœnix,” “Squibob”) — TUSHMAKER’S TOOTHPULLER
- 17.BRET HARTE — THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS
- 18.THE V-A-S-E
- 19.FRANK R. STOCKTON — POMONA’S NOVEL
- 20.JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE — FRED TROVER’S LITTLE IRON-CLAD
- 21.A BOSTON LULLABY
- 22.ROBERT JONES BURDETTE — THE ARTLESS PRATTLE OF CHILDHOOD
- 23.THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
- 24.[ANONYMOUS] — ST. PETER AT THE GATE
- 25.HENRY GUY CARLETON — THE THOMPSON STREET POKER CLUB — SOME CURIOUS POINTS IN THE NOBLE GAME UNFOLDED
- 26.GEORGE T. LANIGAN — THE FOX AND THE CROW
- 27.HENRY CUYLER BUNNER — BEHOLD THE DEEDS!
- 28.AN INSURANCE AGENT’S STORY
- 29.FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN — A RHYME FOR PRISCILLA
- 30.AN EPITAPH
- 31.THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH — A RIVERMOUTH ROMANCE
- 32.GELETT BURGESS — THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON
- 33.MARION COUTHOUY SMITH — THE COMPOSITE GHOST
- 34.SOME MESSAGES RECEIVED BY TEACHERS IN BROOKLYN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- 35.THE TROUT’S APPEAL
- 36.BILL NYE — A FATAL THIRST
- 37.GEORGE W. PECK — PECK’S BAD BOY
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