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Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1



Description Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1


Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Franklin and Washington Irving. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

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IntroductionWouter Van TwillerWilhelmus KieftPeter StuyvesantAntony Van CorlearGeneral Van PoffenburghMaximsModel of a Letter of Recommendation of a Person You Are Unacquainted withEpitaph for Himself by Benjamin FranklinWhy He LeftNothing to WearA Boy's Essay on GirlsDeacon MarbleThe Deacon's TroutThe Dog Noble and the Empty HoleOld GrimesIdentifiedOne BetterMy AuntMiss Albina McLushA Smack in SchoolA RenditionFancy DiseasesBailed OutSeeking a CometGoing to CaliforniaMrs. Partington in CourtMiscellaneousThe Deacon's Masterpiece; or, the Wonderful 'One-hoss Shay'Five LivesThe Owl-CriticA Cause for ThanksLittle BreechesNatral and Unnatral AristokratsThe Yankee RecruitMy Summer in a GardenCrowdedThe Alarmed SkipperThe Wedding JourneyForeign CorrespondenceOur Sumatra CorrespondenceMusic-PoundingLiving in the CountryLove in a CottageA Case of ConscienceHans Breitmann's PartyTim Crane and the WidowThe Stammering WifeHe Rose to the OccasionPoliteLost, Strayed or StolenHe Came to PayA Gentle ComplaintThe Ballad of the OystermanA Pleasure ExertionThe Diamond WeddingWhat Mr. Robinson ThinksMusic by the ChoirThe Notorious Jumping Frog
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