INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSE

I BANTER

II THE ETERNAL FEMININE

III LOVE AND COURTSHIP

IV SATIRE

V CYNICISM

VI EPIGRAMS

VII BURLESQUE

VIII BATHOS

IX PARODY

X NARRATIVE

XI TRIBUTE

XII WHIMSEY

XIII NONSENSE

XIV NATURAL HISTORY

XV JUNIORS

XVI IMMORTAL STANZAS

INDICES

INDEX OF AUTHORS

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

INDEX OF TITLES

Title: The Book of Humorous Verse

Author: Various

Editor: Carolyn Wells

Language: English

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THE BOOK OF
HUMOROUS VERSE

Compiled by
CAROLYN WELLS
Author of "Such Nonsense,"
"The Whimsey Anthology,"
etc., etc.







NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY



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TO
ROBERT CHAPMAN SPRAGUE