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The Humour of America

The Humour of America

by Angus Evan Abbott

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Compiler
Abbott, Angus Evan, 1862-1923
Title
The Humour of America Selected, with an Introduction and Index of American Humorists
Credits
Produced by Richard Hulse, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
American wit and humor
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 56949
Release Date
April 9, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE HUMOUR OF AMERICA
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.NOTE.
  4. 4.MY DOG.
  5. 5.KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE.
  6. 6.BAKED BEANS AND CULTURE .
  7. 7.THE NICE PEOPLE.
  8. 8.THE EUREKY RAT-TRAP.
  9. 9.THE SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
  10. 10.“ WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO KNOW? ”
  11. 11.THE ARTLESS PRATTLE OF CHILDHOOD.
  12. 12.SPEECH ON THE BABIES.
  13. 13.ON CYCLONES.
  14. 14.OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS THE HONOUR TO BE.
  15. 15.YAWCOB STRAUSS.
  16. 16.THE MINISTER’S WOOING.
  17. 17.ALBINA McLUSH.
  18. 18.A LONG TIME AGO.
  19. 19.THE PROFESSOR UNDER CHLOROFORM.
  20. 20.OUR TRAVELLED PARSON.
  21. 21.A RAILROAD “RECUSSANT.”
  22. 22.AN UNMARRIED FEMALE.
  23. 23.THE COURTIN’.
  24. 24.THE WONDERFUL TAR-BABY STORY.
  25. 25.POMONA’S NOVEL.
  26. 26.TEMPEST IN A TUB.
  27. 27.THE STOUT GENTLEMAN.
  28. 28.MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN.
  29. 29.THE QUAKER COQUETTE.
  30. 30.CAT-FISHING.
  31. 31.CAPTAIN STICK AND TONY.
  32. 32.“ ITEMS” FROM THE PRESS OF INTERIOR CALIFORNIA.
  33. 33.AN AVALANCHE OF DRUGS.
  34. 34.MUSIC.
  35. 35.MAXIMS.
  36. 36.MODEL OF A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION OF A PERSON YOU ARE UNACQUAINTED WITH.
  37. 37.ECHO-SONG .
  38. 38.COLONEL MULBERRY SELLERS.
  39. 39.THE OWL-CRITIC.
  40. 40.ANNIHILATES AN OBERLINITE.
  41. 41.AN ECONOMICAL PROJECT.
  42. 42.MISS MEHETABEL’S SON.
  43. 43.PECK’S BAD BOY.
  44. 44.A CAPTIVE MAIDEN.
  45. 45.MRS. PARTINGTON IN COURT.
  46. 46.THE MUSIC-GRINDERS.
  47. 47.MISS CRUMP’S SONG.
  48. 48.A POLYGLOT BARBER.
  49. 49.AT THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY.
  50. 50.HANS BREITMANN’S BARTY.
  51. 51.OUR NEW BEDSTEAD.
  52. 52.A QUILTING.
  53. 53.A PATENTED CHILD.
  54. 54.A TALK ABOUT TEA.
  55. 55.A PETITION OF THE LEFT HAND.
  56. 56.WOMEN’S FASHIONS.
  57. 57.THE NEWSBOY.
  58. 58.THE BOYS AROUND THE HOUSE.
  59. 59.MR. DOTY MAD.
  60. 60.OUR TWO OPINIONS.
  61. 61.ONE OF MR. WARD’S BUSINESS LETTERS.
  62. 62.THE SHOWMAN’S COURTSHIP.
  63. 63.YE PEDAGOGUE.
  64. 64.SETTLING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
  65. 65.MR. HIGGINBOTHAM’S CATASTROPHE.
  66. 66.GOING TO CALIFORNIA.
  67. 67.“ ROUGHING IT. ”
  68. 68.THE HEAD-WRITER.
  69. 69.PELEG W. PONDER; OR, THE POLITICIAN WITHOUT A SIDE.
  70. 70.THE SHAKERS.
  71. 71.“ EARLY RISING. ”
  72. 72.HOW SANTA CLAUS CAME TO SIMPSON’S BAR.
  73. 73.THE BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.
  74. 74.EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF.
  75. 75.THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER.
  76. 76.A VISIT TO BRIGHAM YOUNG.
  77. 77.DUET FOR THE BREAKFAST-TABLE.
  78. 78.KITTY ANSWERS.
  79. 79.PUCK .
  80. 80.THE REVENGE OF ST. NICHOLAS.
  81. 81.AN APHORISM AND A LECTURE.
  82. 82.APHORISMS.
  83. 83.AN ENGLISH FUNERAL.
  84. 84.A LOST CHILD.
  85. 85.AMONG THE SPIRITS.
  86. 86.POETRY AND THE POET.
  87. 87.A NEW SYSTEM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
  88. 88.BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AMERICAN HUMORISTS.

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