| CHAP. | PAGE. |
| Alcott, Louisa: “Transcendental Wild Oats” | IV. | 68 |
| American Early Writers: Some of them who were thought Witty—Anne Bradstreet; Mercy Warren; Tabitha Tenney | III. | 47 |
| Satirical Poem, by Mercy Warren | III. | 47 |
| Mrs. Sigourney’s Johnsonese Humor; Extracts from her Note-Book | III. | 48 |
| Miss Sedgwick’s Witty Imagination, | III. | 49 |
| Mrs. Caroline Gilman’s humorous Poem, “Joshua’s Courtship” | III. | 49 |
| Andersen, Hans, Reference to Woman Dramatist in his Autobiography | X. | 196 |
| Aphorisms by the Queen of Roumania (Carmen Sylva) | I. | 24 |
| “Auction Extraordinary” | VIII. | 176 |
| “Aunty Doleful’s Visit,” by M.K.D.—“If I can’t do anything else, I can cheer you up a little” | VI. | 118 |
| Barnum and Phoebe Cary | V. | 102 |
| Bates, Charlotte Fiske: “Hat, Ulster and All,” Satirical Poem, Quatrain and Epigram | VIII. | 175 |
| “Beechers,” Old Family Epigram applied to the | I. | 22 |
| Behn, Aphra: Wrote Comedies; her unsavory Wit | X. | 195 |
| Bellows, Isabel Frances: “A Fatal Reputation” (for wit) —“A picnic, that most ghastly device of the human mind” | VII. | 129 |
| Bremer, Frederika, her genuine Humor; First Quarrel with her “Bear” | II. | 41 |
| Brine, Mary D.: Poems, “Kiss Pretty Poll” | VIII. | 158 |
| “ “ “Thanksgiving Day—Then and Now” | VIII. | 159 |
| Burleigh, Pun on, by Queen Elizabeth | I. | 16 |
| Butter, Punning Poem on, by Caroline B. Le Row | I. | 18 |
| Cary, Phoebe, “The wittiest woman in America”: Her quick retorts and merry repartees; her parodies and humorous poems | V. | 101 |
| Champney, Lizzie W.: “An Unruffled Bosom”—a Tragical Tale of a Negress who “knew Washington” | VIII. | 171 |
| Clarke, Lady, and her Irish Songs | II. | 44 |
| Cleveland’s, Elizabeth Rose, Pun | I. | 21 |
| Cleaveland’s, Mrs., “No Sects in Heaven” | IV. | 69 |
| Clemmer, Mary: Her Life of Phoebe Cary | V. | 102 |
| Comedies—Few written by Women; Five Englishwomen produced successful; Susanna Centlivre wrote nearly a score—contain some wit, but old-fashioned; Aphra Behn wrote several comedies, witty but coarse | X. | 195 |
| Cooke’s, Rose Terry, “Knoware” | IV. | 68 |
| “ “ ““Miss Lucinda’s Pig” | IV. | 69 |
| “ ““Story of “A Gift Horse” | IV. | 71 |
| Coolidge, Grace F.: “The Ro
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| “Wanted, a Minister,” M.E.W. Skeels | VIII. | 153 |
| “The Middy of 1881,” May Croly Roper | VIII. | 156 |
| “Indignant Polly Wog,” M. Eytinge | VIII. | 157 |
| “Kiss Pretty Poll,” M.D. Brine | VIII. | 158 |
| “Thanksgiving Day—Then and Now,” M.D. Brine | VIII. | 159 |
| “Concerning Mosquitoes,” A.A. Gordon | VIII. | 160 |
| “The Stilts of Gold;“ “Just So,“ M.V. Victor | VIII. | 161 |
| “The Inventor’s Wife,” E.T. Corbett | VIII. | 170 |
| “An Unruffled Bosom,” L.W. Champney | VIII. | 171 |
| “Hat, Ulster and All,” C.F. Bates | VIII. | 175 |
| “Auction Extraordinary,” L. Davidson | VIII. | 176 |
| “A Sonnet,” J. Pollard | VIII. | 152 |
| Puns: Miss Mary Wadsworth’s; Louisa Alcott’s; Grace Greenwood prolific in; a Mushroom Pun; a Pillar-sham Pun | I. | 17 |
| Horseshoe Pun | I. | 18 |
| Miss Cleveland’s | I. | 21 |
| Queen Elizabeth’s | I. | 16 |
| “Radical Club,” Satirical Poem | V. | 97 |
| Rollins, Mrs. Alice Wellington, article in Critic | I. | 13 |
| ““ “ “ | VII. | 122 |
| Rollins, Mrs. Ellen H. (nom de plume “E.H. Arr”), pre-eminently gifted as a humorist— |
| Extracts from her “Old-Time Child Life” | VII. | 124 |
| “Effect of the Comet” | VII. | 126 |
| “Doctrines are pizen things” | VII. | 128 |
| Roper, May Croly: Poem | VIII. | 156 |
| Schayer, Mrs. Julia, Author of “Struggling Genius,” an amusing Domestic Drama; Extracts from the Play, “Nursery,” “Study,” and “Dining-Room” Scenes | X. | 196 |
| “Sherwood Bonner.” See McDowell, Mrs. Sigourney, Mrs., her melancholy Style | IX. | 186 |
| Skeels, Mrs. M.E.W.: Satirical Poem | VIII. | 153 |
| Thanksgiving Growl, A (poetical) | VI. | 120 |
| Verplanck’s, Mrs., Comedy, “Sealed Instructions” | X. | 196 |
| Victor, Metta Victoria: “Miss Slimmins Surprised” | IV. | 81 |
| ““ “ “ The Stilts of Gold” (a reminiscence of Hood’s “Miss Kilmansegg and her Precious Leg”) | VIII. | 161 |
| “Vokes Family” Farces (written by an aunt of the performers), “ Belles of the Kitchen” and “Fun in a Fog” | X. | 196 |
| Waldron, Adelaide Cilley, “Kitten Tactics” | IX. | 190 |
| Walker’s, Mrs., famous Epigram | I. | 28 |
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