The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII, edited

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Editor

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

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, 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

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19325

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19325

Release Date

September 18, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Library Edition
2. 2.THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA — In Ten Volumes — VOL. VII — THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA
3. 3.Volume VII — 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.BREITMANN AND THE TURNERS — BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
6. 6.CUPID, A CROOK — BY EDWARD W. TOWNSEND
7. 7.TWO CASES OF GRIP — BY M. QUAD
8. 8.ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES — BY OLIVER HERFORD
9. 9.NONSENSE VERSES — BY GELETT BURGESS — 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5
10. 10.THE SIEGE OF DJKLXPRWBZ — BY IRONQUILL
11. 11.THE GOAT — BY R.K. MUNKITTRICK
12. 12.IN DEFENSE OF AN OFFERING — BY SEWELL FORD
13. 13.HE AND SHE — BY IRONQUILL
14. 14.THE NOTARY OF PERIGUEUX — BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
15. 15.HOLLY SONG — BY CLINTON SCOLLARD
16. 16.SONGS WITHOUT WORDS — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
17. 17.TRIOLETS — BY C.W.M.
18. 18.WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT IT — BY JOHN PAUL
19. 19.AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT — BY ROY FARRELL GREENE
20. 20.THE CAMP-MEETING — BY BAYNARD RUST HALL — DOCTOR LOBELIA'S SERMON — REV. MIZRAIM HAM'S DISCOURSE — EXTRACT FROM HIS DISCOURSE — CONCLUSION
21. 21.A RHYME FOR CHRISTMAS — BY JOHN CHALLING — Publication delayed by the author's determined but futile attempt to find the rhyme
22. 22.MY CIGARETTE [1] — BY CHARLES F. LUMMIS
23. 23.IT IS TIME TO BEGIN TO CONCLUDE — BY A.H. LAIDLAW
24. 24.NOTHIN' DONE [2] — BY SAM S. STINSON
25. 25.MARGINS — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
26. 26.THE DUBIOUS FUTURE — BY BILL NYE
27. 27.UTAH — BY EUGENE FIELD
28. 28.TALK — BY JOHN PAUL
29. 29.A WINTER FANCY — ( Little Tommy Loq ) — BY R.K. MUNKITTRICK
30. 30.JACK BALCOMB'S PLEASANT WAYS — BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON
31. 31.THE WICKED ZEBRA [3] — BY FRANK ROE BATCHELDER
32. 32.THE BRAKEMAN AT CHURCH — BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
33. 33.HOW MR. TERRAPIN LOST HIS BEARD — BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
34. 34.THE CRITIC — BY WILLIAM J. LAMPTON
35. 35.THE ASSOCIATED WIDOWS — BY KATHARINE M. ROOF
36. 36.WOMEN AND BARGAINS — BY NINA R. ALLEN
37. 37.FABLE — BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON
38. 38.THE WOMAN-HATER REFORMED — BY ROY FARRELL GREENE
39. 39.HOW MR. TERRAPIN LOST HIS PLUMAGE AND WHISTLE — BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
40. 40.BY BAY AND SEA — BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
41. 41.BILL NATIONS — BY BILL ARP
42. 42.THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET — BY EDWARD EVERETT HALE — (This paper was first published in the Galaxy , in 1866.)
43. 43.THE LOST INVENTOR [4] — BY WALLACE IRWIN
44. 44.OMAR IN THE KLONDYKE — BY HOWARD V. SUTHERLAND
45. 45.THE HAPPY LAND [5] — BY FRANK ROE BATCHELDER
46. 46.ASSAULT AND BATTERY — BY JOSEPH G. BALDWIN
47. 47.THE PRAYER OF CYRUS BROWN — BY SAM WALTER FOSS
48. 48.FOOTNOTES:
49. 49.The Palace of Danger — A STORY OF LA POMPADOUR — By MABEL WAGNALLS
50. 50.MISERERE — By MABEL WAGNALLS

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