CONTENTS

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 ("Phoenix," "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 "You're clever at

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 ("Phoenix," "Squibob") TUSHMAKER'S TOOTHPULLER

BRET HARTE THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS I reside at Table

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 St. Peter stood guard at the

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 Dear Priscilla,

AN EPITAPH

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A RIVERMOUTH ROMANCE

GELETT BURGESS THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON

MARION COUTHOUY SMITH THE COMPOSITE GHOST They were placed on

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

Title: Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II

Author: Various

Editor: Thomas L. Masson

Language: English

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Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor

VOLUME II

Copyright, 1903, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
Published, October, 1903