Traits of American Humour, Vol. II of III edited

Traits of American Humour, Vol. II of III edited

by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

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Editor: Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, 1796-1865
Title: Traits of American Humour, Vol. 2 of 3
Credits: Produced by Marcia Brooks, Cindy Beyer and the online Project Gutenberg team at www.pgdpcanada.net with images provided by The Internet Archives
Language: English
LoC Class: PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject: American wit and humor
Category: Text
eBook-No.: 49864
Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49864
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Copyright: Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1.I. THE EDITOR’S CREED. — II. JOSH BEANPOLE’S COURTSHIP. — III. PETER BRUSH, THE GREAT USED UP. [7] — IV. COUSIN SALLY DILLIARD. A LEGAL SKETCH IN THE “OLD NORTH STATE.” — V. THE AGE OF WONDERS. — VI. HOW SIMON SUGGS “RAISED JACK.” — VII. MY FIRST VISIT TO PORTLAND. [8] — VIII. BILLY WARRICK’S COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE. — IX. OUR TOWN. [9] — X. “FALLING OFF A LOG,” IN A GAME OF “SEVEN UP.” — XI. A YANKEE CARD-TABLE. [10] — XII. DICK M’COY’S SKETCHES OF HIS NEIGHBOURS. — XIII. KICKING A YANKEE. [11] — XIV. WHY MR. SELLUM DISPOSED OF THE HORSE. A MATTER OF FACT STORY. — XV. METAPHYSICS. [12] — XVI. A TIGHT RACE CONSIDERIN’. — XVII. A SHARK STORY. — XVIII. A BEAR STORY. — XIX. THE BEST-NATURED MAN IN THE WORLD. [13] — XX. CHUNKEY’S FIGHT WITH THE PANTHERS. — XXI. A BULLY BOAT, AND A BRAG CAPTAIN. A STORY OF STEAM-BOAT LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. — XXII. FYDGET FYXINGTON. [14] — XXIII. DOING A SHERIFF. A GEORGIA SKETCH. — XXIV. THE MUSCADINE STORY. — XXV. POLLY PEABLOSSOM’S WEDDING. [15] — XXVI. THE MOTHER AND HER CHILD. — XXVII. PELEG W. PONDER; OR, THE POLITICIAN WITHOUT A SIDE. [16] — TRANSCRIBER NOTES

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