The Wit And Humor Of America, Vol. X

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Editor

Wilder, Marshall P. (Marshall Pinckney), 1859-1915

Title

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X)

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Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Annie McGuire, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

American literature -- Humor

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Text

eBook-No.

24434

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24434

Release Date

January 26, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Library Edition
2. 2.THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA — In Ten Volumes — VOL. X — THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA
3. 3.Volume X — Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London Copyright MDCCCCVII, BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY Copyright MDCCCCXI, THE THWING COMPANY
4. 4.CONTENTS — COMPLETE INDEX AT THE END OF VOLUME X.
5. 5.TROUBLE-PROOF [1] — BY EDWIN L. SABIN
6. 6.JOHNNY'S PA — BY WILBUR D. NESBIT
7. 7.MAXIMS — BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
8. 8.NEVADA SKETCHES — BY SAMUEL L. CLEMENS — In Carson City — City Marshal Perry — A Sunday in Carson — Advice to the Unreliable on Church-Going — The Unreliable — Ye Sentimental Law Student
9. 9.SETTIN' BY THE FIRE — BY FRANK L. STANTON
10. 10.THE WHISPERER — BY IRONQUILL
11. 11.DER OAK UND DER VINE — BY CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS
12. 12.ARAMINTA AND THE AUTOMOBILE — BY CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS
13. 13.THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS — BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
14. 14.WHEN LOVELY WOMAN — BY PHŒBE CARY
15. 15.UNSATISFIED YEARNING — BY R. K. MUNKITTRICK
16. 16.THE INVISIBLE PRINCE [2] — BY HENRY HARLAND
17. 17.WHY WAIT FOR DEATH AND TIME? — BY BERT LESTON TAYLOR
18. 18.WINTER JOYS — BY EUGENE FIELD
19. 19.THE DEMON OF THE STUDY — BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
20. 20.UNCLE BENTLEY AND THE ROOSTERS — BY HAYDEN CARRUTH
21. 21.A SHINING MARK — BY IRONQUILL
22. 22.A BOOKWORM'S PLAINT [3] — BY CLINTON SCOLLARD
23. 23.A POE-'EM OF PASSION — BY CHARLES F. LUMMIS
24. 24.THE REAL DIARY OF A REAL BOY — BY HENRY A. SHUTE
25. 25.A MOTHERS' MEETING [4] — BY MADELINE BRIDGES
26. 26.MISTER RABBIT'S LOVE AFFAIR — BY FRANK L. STANTON
27. 27.OUR HIRED GIRL — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
28. 28.THE REASON — BY IRONQUILL
29. 29.ONCL' ANTOINE ON 'CHANGE — BY WALLACE BRUCE AMSBARY — ( Antoine Boisvert, Raconteur .)
30. 30.HEZEKIAH BEDOTT'S OPINION — BY FRANCES M. WHICHER
31. 31.WHAT LACK WE YET? — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
32. 32.JACOB — BY PHŒBE CARY
33. 33.TO BARY JADE — BY CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS
34. 34.HIS GRANDMOTHER'S WAY — BY FRANK L. STANTON
35. 35.The Only True and Reliable Account of — THE GREAT PRIZE FIGHT, — For $100,000, at Seal Rock Point, on Sunday Last, Between His Excellency Gov. Stanford and Hon. F. F. Low, Governor Elect of California. — REPORTED BY SAMUEL L. CLEMENS
36. 36.A CONCORD LOVE-SONG — BY JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE
37. 37.THE MEETING — BY S. E. KISER
38. 38."THERE'S A BOWER OF BEAN-VINES" — BY PHŒBE CARY
39. 39.THE TRIAL THAT JOB MISSED — BY KENNETT HARRIS
40. 40.THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE OF SMITH VS. JONES — BY SAMUEL L. CLEMENS
41. 41.A DOUBLE-DYED DECEIVER — BY O. HENRY — II — III
42. 42.AN OLD-TIME SINGER — BY FRANK L. STANTON
43. 43.BREITMANN IN POLITICS — Showing How Mr. Hiram Twine "Played Off" on Smith — BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
44. 44.LOVE SONG — BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
45. 45.CONTENTMENT — " Man wants but little here below " — BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
46. 46.TOM'S MONEY — BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD
47. 47.RUBAIYAT OF MATHIEU LETTELLIER — BY WALLACE BRUCE AMSBARY
48. 48.BIGGS' BAR — BY HOWARD V. SUTHERLAND
49. 49.THE BACKSLIDING BROTHER — BY FRANK L. STANTON
50. 50.YE LEGEND OF SIR YRONCLADDE — BY WILBUR D. NESBIT
51. 51.WINTER DUSK — BY R. K. MUNKITTRICK
52. 52.A MOTHER OF FOUR — BY JULIET WILBOR TOMPKINS
53. 53.FALL STYLES IN FACES [5] — BY WALLACE IRWIN
54. 54.HAD A SET OF DOUBLE TEETH — BY HOLMAN F. DAY
55. 55.PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES — BY BRET HARTE
56. 56.POSSESSION — BY WILLIAM J. LAMPTON
57. 57.HER BROTHER: ENFANT TERRIBLE [6] — BY EDWIN L. SABIN
58. 58.THE JACKPOT — BY IRONQUILL
59. 59.DUM VIVIMUS VIGILAMUS — BY JOHN PAUL
60. 60.AT AUNTY'S HOUSE — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
61. 61.WILLY AND THE LADY — BY GELETT BURGESS
62. 62.A NEW YEAR IDYL — BY EUGENE FIELD — ENVOI
63. 63.A LAY OF ANCIENT ROME — BY THOMAS YBARRA
64. 64.LITTLE BOPEEP AND LITTLE BOY BLUE — BY SAMUEL MINTURN PECK
65. 65."FESTINA LENTE" — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
66. 66.THE GENIAL IDIOT DISCUSSES LEAP YEAR — BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
67. 67.COMPLETE INDEX — ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED BY AUTHORS — Breezy Glimpses into the Heart of Bohemia — By F. BERKELEY SMITH — Author of "How Paris Amuses Itself"
68. 68.The Real Latin Quarter — "A True Picture," Say the Artists — A Richly Made Book — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, PUBS., NEW YORK — Within the Gates of the Kingdom of Fun
69. 69.How Paris Amuses Itself — By F. BERKELEY SMITH — Author of "The Real Latin Quarter" — 135 Captivating Pictures — 12mo, Cloth, Handsome Cover Design, $1.50, Post-paid. — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, PUBS., NEW YORK — The Breeziest Books on Parisian Life
70. 70.Parisians Out of Doors — By F. BERKELEY SMITH — Author of "How Paris Amuses Itself" and "The Real Latin Quarter" — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, PUBS., NEW YORK
71. 71.In London Town — By F. BERKELEY SMITH — Illustrated by the Author and other Artists — 12 mo. Cloth, Illustrated, $1.50, Post-paid, — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, PUBLISHERS — NEW YORK AND LONDON — ALONG THE BEAUTIFUL ADRIATIC JUST BEFORE THE WAR BEGAN
72. 72.Delightful Dalmatia — By ALICE LEE MOQUE — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers — NEW YORK and LONDON — THE STORY OF OUR PEOPLE AND LANDS IN THE NEAR PACIFIC
73. 73.HAWAII: — Our New Possessions — By John R. Musick — Elegantly and Profusely Illustrated — HIGHLY COMMENDED — FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers NEW YORK and LONDON — FOOTNOTES:

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