The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III, edited

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Editor

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

Title

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

18734

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18734

Release Date

July 1, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Library Edition
2. 2.THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA — In Ten Volumes — VOL. III — THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA
3. 3.Volume III — 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.OUR NEW NEIGHBORS AT PONKAPOG — BY THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
6. 6.MY FIRST VISIT TO PORTLAND — BY MAJOR JACK DOWNING
7. 7.WILD ANIMALS I HAVE MET — BY CAROLYN WELLS — The Lion — The Bear — The Goose — The Duck — The Cat — The Puppy — The Kid
8. 8.A BALLADE OF THE "HOW TO" BOOKS — BY JOHN JAMES DAVIES — ENVOY
9. 9.THE TREE-TOAD — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
10. 10.THE HIRED HAND AND "HA'NTS" — BY E.O. LAUGHLIN
11. 11.MAXIOMS — BY CAROLYN WELLS
12. 12.GARDEN ETHICS — BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
13. 13.A TRAVELED DONKEY — BY BERT LESTON TAYLOR
14. 14.SELECTING THE FACULTY — BY BAYNARD RUST HALL
15. 15.LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
16. 16.HANS BREITMANN'S PARTY — BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
17. 17.ROLLO LEARNING TO READ — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE — SPELL AND DEFINE:
18. 18.ELIZABETH ELIZA WRITES A PAPER — BY LUCRETIA P. HALE — THE SUN
19. 19.MR. STIVER'S HORSE — BY JAMES MONTGOMERY BAILEY
20. 20.THE CRIMSON CORD [1] — BY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER — II — III — IV — V
21. 21.THE RHYME OF THE CHIVALROUS SHARK [2] — BY WALLACE IRWIN
22. 22.THE PLAINT OF JONAH — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
23. 23.A DOS'T O' BLUES — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
24. 24.MORRIS AND THE HONORABLE TIM [3] — BY MYRA KELLY
25. 25.THE GENIAL IDIOT SUGGESTS A COMIC OPERA — BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
26. 26.WAMSLEY'S AUTOMATIC PASTOR — BY FRANK CRANE
27. 27.THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON — BY GELETT BURGESS
28. 28.A LETTER FROM HOME [4] — From the Princess Boo-Lally, at Gumbo Goo, South Sea Islands, to Her Brother, Prince Umbobo, a Sophomore at Yale. — BY WALLACE IRWIN
29. 29.THE COURTIN' — BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
30. 30.THE TOWER OF LONDON — BY ARTEMUS WARD — SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY
31. 31.DISLIKES — BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
32. 32.UNCLE SIMON AND UNCLE JIM — BY ARTEMUS WARD
33. 33.THE LITTLE MOCK-MAN — BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
34. 34.MAMMY'S LULLABY — BY STRICKLAND W. GILLILAN
35. 35.MY SWEETHEART — BY SAMUEL MINTURN PECK
36. 36.THE AUTO RUBAIYAT [5] — BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN
37. 37.THE TWO LADIES — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
38. 38.THE DIAMOND WEDDING — BY EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
39. 39.AN ARKANSAS PLANTER — BY OPIE READ
40. 40.THE TWO YOUNG MEN — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
41. 41.THE TWO HOUSEWIVES — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
42. 42.IN PHILISTIA — BY BLISS CARMAN
43. 43.THE DYING GAG — BY JAMES L. FORD
44. 44.IN ELIZABETH'S DAY — BY WALLACE RICE
45. 45.THE TWO AUTOMOBILISTS — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
46. 46.THE NEW VERSION — BY W.J. LAMPTON
47. 47.SOUTHERN SKETCHES — BY BILL ARP — Jim Allcorn — Jim Perkins (Cousin of Eli) — Ike Mackoy — Dogs — Interviewers
48. 48.THE TWO BUSINESS MEN — BY CAROLYN WELLS — MORALS:
49. 49.THE RETORT — BY GEORGE P. MORRIS
50. 50.FOOTNOTES: — A Book about Indians, Animals, and the Woods
51. 51.Kuloskap, the Master — A Charming Book
52. 52.My Musical Memories — By REV. H.R. HAWEIS, A.M.,

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