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/* The best American humorous short stories

by Alexander Jessup

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About this eBook

Contributor
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Title
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
Credits
Etext produced by Keith M. Eckrich and PG Distributed Proofreaders; HTML file produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Short stories, American
Category
Text
eBook-No.
10947
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10947
Release Date
February 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE BEST AMERICAN HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION — FOOTNOTES:
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN AND HIS WATER LOTS [10] — FOOTNOTES:
  7. 7.THE ANGEL OF THE ODD [11] — FOOTNOTES:
  8. 8.THE SCHOOLMASTER’S PROGRESS [12] — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.THE WATKINSON EVENING [13] — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.TITBOTTOM’S SPECTACLES [14] — FOOTNOTES:
  11. 11.MY DOUBLE; AND HOW HE UNDID ME [15] — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.A VISIT TO THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED PUNSTERS [17] — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY [18] — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.ELDER BROWN’S BACKSLIDE [19] — I — II — III — IV — V — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.THE HOTEL EXPERIENCE OF MR. PINK FLUKER [20] — I — II — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.THE NICE PEOPLE [21] — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.THE BULLER-PODINGTON COMPACT [22] — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF [23] — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES [24] — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.BARGAIN DAY AT TUTT HOUSE [25] — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.A CALL [26] — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.HOW THE WIDOW WON THE DEACON [27] — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.GIDEON [28] — FOOTNOTES:

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