The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II, edited

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Editor

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

Title

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (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.

18465

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18465

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. II — THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA
3. 3.Volume II — 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.THE TWO NEW HOUSES — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
6. 6.YES? — BY JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY
7. 7.FASCINATION — BY JOHN B. TABB
8. 8.BARNEY MCGEE — BY RICHARD HOVEY
9. 9.THE OLD DEACON'S VERSION OF THE STORY OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS — BY FRANK L. STANTON
10. 10.THE TWO SUITORS — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
11. 11.THE RECRUIT — BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
12. 12.THE BEECHER BEACHED — BY JOHN B. TABB
13. 13.OUR BEST SOCIETY — BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
14. 14.THE TWO FARMERS — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
15. 15.SAMUEL BROWN — BY PHŒBE CARY
16. 16.THE WAY IT WUZ — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
17. 17.SHE TALKED — BY SAM WALTER FOSS
18. 18.GRANDMA KEELER GETS GRANDPA READY FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL — BY SARAH P. McLEAN GREENE
19. 19.VIVE LA BAGATELLE — BY GELETT BURGESS
20. 20.THE TWO BROTHERS — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
21. 21.A LETTER — FROM PETROLEUM V. NASBY
22. 22.FAMILIAR AUTHORS AT WORK — BY HAYDEN CARRUTH — Miss Tripp — Captain Brown — T.H. Smith — Ruth Jones
23. 23.THE LOST WORD — BY JOHN PAUL
24. 24.THE DUTCHMAN WHO HAD THE "SMALL POX" — BY HENRY P. LELAND
25. 25.WALK — BY WILLIAM DEVERE
26. 26.MR. DOOLEY ON GOLD-SEEKING — BY FINLEY PETER DUNNE
27. 27.LOVE SONNETS OF A HOODLUM — BY WALLACE IRWIN — I — VIII — IX — XII — XIV — XXI
28. 28.HOW "RUBY" PLAYED — BY GEORGE W. BAGBY
29. 29.PLAGIARISM — BY JOHN B. TABB
30. 30.GO LIGHTLY, GAL — (THE CAKE-WALK) — BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
31. 31.THE GOLFER'S RUBAIYAT [1] — BY H.W. BOYNTON
32. 32.MR. DOOLEY ON REFORM CANDIDATES — BY FINLEY PETER DUNNE
33. 33.AN EVENING MUSICALE — BY MAY ISABEL FISK
34. 34.COMIN' THU — BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
35. 35.AUNT DINAH'S KITCHEN — BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
36. 36.THE STRIKE AT HINMAN'S — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
37. 37.A NAUTICAL BALLAD — BY CHARLES E. CARRYL
38. 38.NATURAL PERVERSITIES — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
39. 39.BUDD WILKINS AT THE SHOW — BY S.E. KISER
40. 40.BALLAD — BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
41. 41.THE HOOSIER AND THE SALT PILE — BY DANFORTH MARBLE
42. 42.A RIVAL ENTERTAINMENT — BY KATE FIELD
43. 43.YAWCOB STRAUSS — BY CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS
44. 44.SEFFY AND SALLY — BY JOHN LUTHER LONG — II — III
45. 45.AN ARCHÆOLOGICAL CONGRESS — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
46. 46.A BOY'S VIEW OF IT — BY FRANK L. STANTON
47. 47."RINGWORM FRANK" — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
48. 48.THE COLONEL'S CLOTHES — BY CAROLINE HOWARD GILMAN
49. 49.FOOTNOTES: — HERE'S A MERRY BOOK BY A MERRY MAN
50. 50.THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET — ANOTHER ROARING FUN BOOK!
51. 51.SMILING 'ROUND THE WORLD

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