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Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor (Vol. 1&2)
Table of Contents
Volume 1
INTRODUCTION
WASHINGTON IRVING
WOUTER VAN TWILLER
WILHELMUS KIEFT
PETER STUYVESANT
ANTONY VAN CORLEAR
GENERAL VAN POFFENBURGH
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
MAXIMS
MODEL OF A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION OF A PERSON YOU ARE UNACQUAINTED WITH
EPITAPH FOR HIMSELF
WHY HE LEFT
WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER
NOTHING TO WEAR
A BOY'S ESSAY ON GIRLS
HENRY WARD BEECHER
DEACON MARBLE
THE DEACON'S TROUT
THE DOG NOBLE AND THE EMPTY HOLE
OLD GRIMES
IDENTIFIED
ONE BETTER
MY AUNT
N. P. WILLIS
MISS ALBINA McLUSH
A SMACK IN SCHOOL
A RENDITION
B. P. SHILLABER ("Mrs. Partington")
FANCY DISEASES
BAILED OUT
SEEKING A COMET
GOING TO CALIFORNIA
MRS. PARTINGTON IN COURT
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE;
Or, the Wonderful "One-hoss Shay" A Logical Story
FIVE LIVES
JAMES T. FIELDS
THE OWL-CRITIC
A Lesson to Fault-finders
A CAUSE FOR THANKS
JOHN HAY
LITTLE BREECHES
HENRY W. SHAW ("Josh Billings")
NATRAL AND UNNATRAL ARISTOKRATS
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
THE YANKEE RECRUIT
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN
SECOND WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
SIXTH WEEK
CROWDED
THE ALARMED SKIPPER
THE WEDDING JOURNEY
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
"OUR SUMATRA CORRESPONDENCE
MUSIC-POUNDING
FREDERICK S. COZZENS
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY
LOVE IN A COTTAGE
A CASE OF CONSCIENCE
HANS BREITMANN'S PARTY
FRANCES M. WHICHER
TIM CRANE AND THE WIDOW
THE STAMMERING WIFE
HE ROSE TO THE OCCASION
POLITE
LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN
HE CAME TO PAY
A GENTLE COMPLAINT
THE BALLAD OF THE OYSTERMAN
MARIETTA HOLLEY
A PLEASURE EXERTION
EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN
THE DIAMOND WEDDING
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS
MUSIC BY THE CHOIR
MARK TWAIN
THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY2
FOOTNOTES
Volume 2
SOL SMITH
A BULLY BOAT AND A BRAG CAPTAIN
A Story of Steamboat Life on the Mississippi
THE DOG AND THE BEES
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
DISLIKES
G. H. DERBY (“Phœnix,” “Squibob”)
ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPERS
SUSAN SIMPSON
MARY MAPES DODGE
MISS MALONY ON THE CHINESE QUESTION
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
THE COURTIN’
JOHN GODFREY SAXE
THE COQUETTE—A PORTRAIT
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS (“Mark Twain”)
COLONEL MULBERRY SELLERS
FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON
INCIDENTS IN A RETIRED LIFE
BRET HARTE
MELONS
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
A LETTER FROM MR. EZEKIEL BIGELOW
CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
BALLAD
G. H. DERBY (“Phœnix,” “Squibob”)
TUSHMAKER’S TOOTHPULLER
BRET HARTE
THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS
THE V-A-S-E
FRANK R. STOCKTON
POMONA’S NOVEL
JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE
FRED TROVER’S LITTLE IRON-CLAD
A BOSTON LULLABY
ROBERT JONES BURDETTE
THE ARTLESS PRATTLE OF CHILDHOOD
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
[ANONYMOUS]
ST. PETER AT THE GATE
HENRY GUY CARLETON
THE THOMPSON STREET POKER CLUB
SOME CURIOUS POINTS IN THE NOBLE GAME UNFOLDED
GEORGE T. LANIGAN
THE FOX AND THE CROW
HENRY CUYLER BUNNER
BEHOLD THE DEEDS!
AN INSURANCE AGENT’S STORY
FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN
A RHYME FOR PRISCILLA
AN EPITAPH
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
A RIVERMOUTH ROMANCE
GELETT BURGESS
THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON
MARION COUTHOUY SMITH
THE COMPOSITE GHOST
SOME MESSAGES RECEIVED BY TEACHERS IN BROOKLYN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THE TROUT’S APPEAL
BILL NYE
A FATAL THIRST
GEORGE W. PECK
PECK’S BAD BOY
Various Authors
Editor: Thomas L. Masson
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