Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature

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Various. Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature

Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature

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BAYARD TAYLOR

(BORN, 1825—DIED, 1878)

SELECTIONS FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF THE A.C

WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER

(BORN, 1825.)

DOBBS HIS FERRY

JOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST

(BORN, 1826.)

FATHER HIGGINS'S PREFERMENT

JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE

(BORN, 1827.)

FRED TROVER'S LITTLE IRON-CLAD

OLIVER BELL BUNCE

(BORN, 1828.)

MR. BLUFF DISCOURSES OF THE COUNTRY AND KINDRED THEMES

CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER

(BORN, 1829.)

GARDEN ETHICS

THE PLUMBER

FRANCES LEE PRATT

(BORN, 1830.)

CAPTAIN BEN'S CHOICE

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

(BORN, 1832.)

STREET SCENES IN WASHINGTON

SELECTIONS FROM TRANSCENDENTAL WILD OATS

WILLIAM WIRT HOWE

(BORN, 1833.)

CONVERSATIONAL DEPRAVITY

CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE

("ARTEMUS WARD.")

(BORN, 1834—DIED, 1867.)

THE TOWER OF LONDON

SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY

FROM THE "LECTURE."

FRANK R. STOCKTON

(BORN, 1834.)

OUR TAVERN

A PIECE OF RED CALICO

HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD

(BORN, 1835.)

AUNT PEN'S FUNERAL

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS

("MARK TWAIN.")

(BORN, 1835.)

THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY

FITZ HUGH LUDLOW

(BORN, 1836—DIED, 1870.)

BEN THIRLWALL'S SCHOOLDAYS

SELECTIONS FROM A BRACE OF BOYS

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

(BORN, 1836.)

A RIVERMOUTH ROMANCE

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Various

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Wrote thus: "Dear Jack, why swelter

In town when shade and shelter

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