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The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I, edited by Marshall P. Wilder

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Editor
Wilder, Marshall P. (Marshall Pinckney), 1859-1915
Title
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Lybarger 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
Category
Text
eBook-No.
18464
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18464
Release Date
May 28, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Library Edition
  2. 2.THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA — In Ten Volumes — VOL. I — THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA
  3. 3.Volume I — Funk & Wagnalls Company New York and London Copyright MDCCCCVII, BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY Copyright MDCCCCXI, THE THWING COMPANY
  4. 4.CONTENTS — COMPLETE INDEX AT END OF VOLUME X.
  5. 5.FOREWORD — Embodying a Few Remarks on the Gentle Art of Laugh-Making. — by — Marshall P. Wilder.
  6. 6.ACKNOWLEDGMENT — THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA
  7. 7.MELONS — BY BRET HARTE
  8. 8.THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE — OR, THE WONDERFUL "ONE-HOSS SHAY" — A Logical Story — BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
  9. 9.THE PURPLE COW — BY GELETT BURGESS
  10. 10.THE CURSE OF THE COMPETENT — BY HENRY J. FINN
  11. 11.THE GRAMMATICAL BOY — BY BILL NYE
  12. 12.SIMPLE ENGLISH — BY RAY CLARKE ROSE
  13. 13.PARTINGTONIAN PATCHWORK — BY B.P. SHILLABER — VII — IX — XVI — XX — XXI
  14. 14.THE MENAGERIE — BY WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY
  15. 15.DOWN AROUND THE RIVER — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
  16. 16.A MEDIEVAL DISCOVERER — BY BILL NYE
  17. 17.WANTED—A COOK — BY ALAN DALE
  18. 18.SIMILAR CASES — BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN
  19. 19.THE OLD MAID'S HOUSE: IN PLAN — BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
  20. 20.DISTICHS — BY JOHN HAY — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII
  21. 21.THE QUARREL — BY S.E. KISER
  22. 22.A LETTER FROM MR. BIGGS — BY E.W. HOWE — HAPPINESS — REPUTATION — WOMEN — LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE — IN DISPUTE — MAN — OPPORTUNITY — EXPECTATION — WOMAN'S WORK — THE GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY — NEIGHBORS — VIRTUE — ASHAMED OF THE TRUTH — KNOWING ONLY ONE OF THEM — AN APOLOGY — OLDEST INHABITANTS
  23. 23.MRS. JOHNSON — BY WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
  24. 24.PASS — BY IRONQUILL
  25. 25.TEACHING BY EXAMPLE — BY JOHN G. SAXE
  26. 26.WHEN ALBANI SANG [1] — BY WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND
  27. 27.COLONEL STERETT'S PANTHER HUNT — BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS
  28. 28.WOUTER VAN TWILLER — BY WASHINGTON IRVING
  29. 29.THE EXPERIENCES OF THE A.C. — BY BAYARD TAYLOR
  30. 30.WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS — BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
  31. 31.THE DAY WE DO NOT CELEBRATE — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
  32. 32.THE YANKEE DUDE'LL DO — BY S.E. KISER
  33. 33.SPELLING DOWN THE MASTER — BY EDWARD EGGLESTON
  34. 34.MYOPIA — BY WALLACE RICE
  35. 35.ANATOLE DUBOIS AT DE HORSE SHOW — BY WALLACE BRUCE AMSBARY
  36. 36.THE CHAMPION CHECKER-PLAYER OF AMERIKY — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
  37. 37.DARBY AND JOAN — BY ST. JOHN HONEYWOOD — I — II
  38. 38.WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
  39. 39.LAFFING — BY JOSH BILLINGS
  40. 40.GRIZZLY-GRU — BY IRONQUILL
  41. 41.JOHN HENRY IN A STREET CAR — BY HUGH McHUGH
  42. 42.THE MUSKEETER — BY JOSH BILLINGS
  43. 43.THE TURNINGS OF A BOOKWORM — BY CAROLYN WELLS
  44. 44.THE FEAST OF THE MONKEYS — BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
  45. 45.THE BILLVILLE SPIRIT MEETING — BY FRANK L. STANTON
  46. 46.A CRY FROM THE CONSUMER — BY WILBUR D. NESBIT
  47. 47.A DISAPPOINTMENT — BY JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY
  48. 48.THE BRITISH MATRON — BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
  49. 49.THE TRAGEDY OF IT — BY ALDEN CHARLES NOBLE
  50. 50.STAGE WHISPERS — BY CAROLYN WELLS
  51. 51.THE PETTIBONE LINEAGE — BY JAMES T. FIELDS
  52. 52.WHY MOLES HAVE HANDS — BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
  53. 53.A PSALM OF LIFE — BY PHŒBE CARY
  54. 54.AN ODYSSEY OF K'S — BY WILBUR D. NESBIT
  55. 55.THE DEACON'S TROUT — BY HENRY WARD BEECHER
  56. 56.ENOUGH [2] — BY TOM MASSON
  57. 57.THE FIGHTING RACE — BY JOSEPH I.C. CLARKE
  58. 58.THE ORGAN — BY HENRY WARD BEECHER
  59. 59.MY GRANDMOTHER'S TURKEY-TAIL FAN — BY SAMUEL MINTURN PECK
  60. 60.FOOTNOTES: — HOW TO ENJOY THE ECSTASY THAT ACCOMPANIES SUCCESSFUL SPEAKING
  61. 61.Before An Audience — OR — The Use of the Will in Public Speaking — By NATHAN SHEPPARD — FORCEFUL SPEAKING BY NEW METHODS
  62. 62.THE ESSENTIALS OF ELOCUTION
  63. 63.HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC — By Grenville Kleiser
  64. 64.Power and Personality — in Speaking
  65. 65.How to Develop Self-Confidence — in Speech and Manner
  66. 66.How to ARGUE AND WIN — IN CONVERSATION, IN SALESMANSHIP, IN COMMITTEE-MEETINGS, IN JURY CASES, IN THE PULPIT, ON THE ROSTRUM, IN DEBATING SOCIETIES.
  67. 67.How to Read and Declaim — A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN READING AND DECLAMATION HAVING AS ITS PRIME OBJECT THE CULTIVATION OF TASTE AND REFINEMENT — By GRENVILLE KLEISER — " The Laugh Trust—Their Book "
  68. 68.HUMOROUS HITS AND HOW TO HOLD AN AUDIENCE — SPEECHES OF
  69. 69.William Jennings Bryan — Two Other Notable Speeches — THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE LANGUAGE AND ITS LITERATURE
  70. 70.Essentials of English Speech and Literature

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