THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA In Ten Volumes VOL. II
EDITED BY MARSHALL P. WILDER
Volume II Funk and Wagnalls Company New York and London
CONTENTS
THE TWO NEW HOUSES BY CAROLYN WELLS
YES? BY JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY The words of the lips are double or
FASCINATION BY JOHN B. TABB Among your many playmates here, How
BARNEY MCGEE BY RICHARD HOVEY Barney McGee, there's no end of
THE OLD DEACON'S VERSION OF THE STORY OF THE RICH MAN AND
THE TWO SUITORS BY CAROLYN WELLS
THE RECRUIT BY ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Sez Corporal Madden to
THE BEECHER BEACHED BY JOHN B. TABB Were Harriet Beecher well
OUR BEST SOCIETY BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
THE TWO FARMERS BY CAROLYN WELLS
SAMUEL BROWN BY PHOEBE CARY It was many and many a year ago, In
THE WAY IT WUZ BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Las' July an', I
SHE TALKED BY SAM WALTER FOSS She talked of Cosmos and of
GRANDMA KEELER GETS GRANDPA READY FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL BY SARAH P. McLEAN GREENE
VIVE LA BAGATELLE BY GELETT BURGESS Sing a song of foolishness,
THE TWO BROTHERS BY CAROLYN WELLS
A LETTER FROM PETROLEUM V. NASBY
FAMILIAR AUTHORS AT WORK BY HAYDEN CARRUTH Miss Tripp
THE LOST WORD BY JOHN PAUL Seated one day at the typewriter, I
THE DUTCHMAN WHO HAD THE "SMALL POX" BY HENRY P. LELAND
WALK BY WILLIAM DEVERE Up the dusty road from Denver town To
MR. DOOLEY ON GOLD-SEEKING BY FINLEY PETER DUNNE
LOVE SONNETS OF A HOODLUM BY WALLACE IRWIN I Say, will she
HOW "RUBY" PLAYED BY GEORGE W. BAGBY
PLAGIARISM BY JOHN B. TABB If Poe from Pike The Raven stole, As
GO LIGHTLY, GAL (THE CAKE-WALK) BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
THE GOLFER'S RUBAIYAT [1] BY H.W. BOYNTON
MR. DOOLEY ON REFORM CANDIDATES BY FINLEY PETER DUNNE
AN EVENING MUSICALE BY MAY ISABEL FISK
COMIN' THU BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON Yer's a sinner comin'
AUNT DINAH'S KITCHEN BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
THE STRIKE AT HINMAN'S BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
A NAUTICAL BALLAD BY CHARLES E. CARRYL A capital ship for an
NATURAL PERVERSITIES BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY I am not prone to
BUDD WILKINS AT THE SHOW BY S.E. KISER Since I've got used to
BALLAD BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND Der noble Ritter Hugo Von
THE HOOSIER AND THE SALT PILE BY DANFORTH MARBLE
A RIVAL ENTERTAINMENT BY KATE FIELD
YAWCOB STRAUSS BY CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS I haf von funny leedle
SEFFY AND SALLY BY JOHN LUTHER LONG
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE "'There's none
A BOY'S VIEW OF IT BY FRANK L. STANTON Mother she's always
"RINGWORM FRANK" BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Jest Frank Reed's his
THE COLONEL'S CLOTHES BY CAROLINE HOWARD GILMAN
FOOTNOTES:
THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
SMILING 'ROUND THE WORLD
