THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA In Ten Volumes VOL. III
EDITED BY MARSHALL P. WILDER
Volume III Funk and Wagnalls Company New York and London
CONTENTS
OUR NEW NEIGHBORS AT PONKAPOG BY THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
MY FIRST VISIT TO PORTLAND BY MAJOR JACK DOWNING
WILD ANIMALS I HAVE MET BY CAROLYN WELLS The Lion I've met this
A BALLADE OF THE "HOW TO" BOOKS BY JOHN JAMES DAVIES That time
THE TREE-TOAD BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY "'Scurious-like," said
THE HIRED HAND AND "HA'NTS" BY E.O. LAUGHLIN
MAXIOMS BY CAROLYN WELLS
GARDEN ETHICS BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
A TRAVELED DONKEY BY BERT LESTON TAYLOR
SELECTING THE FACULTY BY BAYNARD RUST HALL
LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Little Orphant
HANS BREITMANN'S PARTY BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND Hans Breitmann
ROLLO LEARNING TO READ BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
ELIZABETH ELIZA WRITES A PAPER BY LUCRETIA P. HALE
MR. STIVER'S HORSE BY JAMES MONTGOMERY BAILEY
THE CRIMSON CORD [1] BY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER
THE RHYME OF THE CHIVALROUS SHARK [2] BY WALLACE IRWIN
THE PLAINT OF JONAH BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE Why should I live,
A DOS'T O' BLUES BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY I' got no patience
MORRIS AND THE HONORABLE TIM [3] BY MYRA KELLY
THE GENIAL IDIOT SUGGESTS A COMIC OPERA BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
WAMSLEY'S AUTOMATIC PASTOR BY FRANK CRANE
THE BOHEMIANS OF BOSTON BY GELETT BURGESS The "Orchids" were as
A LETTER FROM HOME [4] From the Princess Boo-Lally, at Gumbo
THE COURTIN' BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL God makes sech nights, all
THE TOWER OF LONDON BY ARTEMUS WARD
DISLIKES BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
UNCLE SIMON AND UNCLE JIM BY ARTEMUS WARD Uncle Simon he Clumb
THE LITTLE MOCK-MAN BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY The Little Mock-man
MAMMY'S LULLABY BY STRICKLAND W. GILLILAN Sleep, mah li'l
MY SWEETHEART BY SAMUEL MINTURN PECK Her height? Perhaps you'd
THE AUTO RUBAIYAT [5] BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN Move! Or the
THE TWO LADIES BY CAROLYN WELLS
THE DIAMOND WEDDING BY EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN O Love! Love!
AN ARKANSAS PLANTER BY OPIE READ
THE TWO YOUNG MEN BY CAROLYN WELLS
THE TWO HOUSEWIVES BY CAROLYN WELLS
IN PHILISTIA BY BLISS CARMAN
THE DYING GAG BY JAMES L. FORD
IN ELIZABETH'S DAY BY WALLACE RICE Who would not give the
THE TWO AUTOMOBILISTS BY CAROLYN WELLS
THE NEW VERSION BY W.J. LAMPTON A soldier of the Russians Lay
SOUTHERN SKETCHES BY BILL ARP Jim Allcorn
THE TWO BUSINESS MEN BY CAROLYN WELLS
THE RETORT BY GEORGE P. MORRIS Old Nick, who taught the village
FOOTNOTES:
Kuloskap, the Master
My Musical Memories By REV. H.R. HAWEIS, A.M.,
