THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA In Ten Volumes VOL. IV
EDITED BY MARSHALL P. WILDER
Volume IV Funk and Wagnalls Company New York and London
CONTENTS
THE BRIEFLESS BARRISTER A Ballad BY JOHN G. SAXE An attorney
THE TWO HUSBANDS BY CAROLYN WELLS
THE STORY OF THE TWO FRIARS BY EUGENE FIELD
THE GRECO-TROJAN GAME BY CHARLES F. JOHNSON First on the ground
THE ECONOMICAL PAIR BY CAROLYN WELLS
THE TWO PEDESTRIANS BY CAROLYN WELLS
A COMPLAINT OF FRIENDS BY GAIL HAMILTON
PONCHUS PILUT BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Ponchus Pilut used to be
THE WOLF AT SUSAN'S DOOR BY ANNE WARNER
THE TWO PRISONERS BY CAROLYN WELLS
A MODERN ADVANTAGE BY CHARLOTTE BECKER One morning, when the
THE RAGGEDY MAN BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY O the Raggedy Man! He
A MODERN ECLOGUE BY BLISS CARMAN She If you were ferryman at
A CABLE-CAR PREACHER BY SAM WALTER FOSS I "'Tis strange how
HOW TO KNOW THE WILD ANIMALS BY CAROLYN WELLS If ever you
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER BY PHOEBE CARY I remember, I remember,
THE COUPON BONDS BY J.T. TROWBRIDGE
THE SHOOTING-MATCH BY A.B. LONGSTREET
DESOLATION [1] BY TOM MASSON Somewhat back from the village
CRANKIDOXOLOGY [2] BY WALLACE IRWIN ( Being a Mental Attitude
MY HONEY, MY LOVE BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS Hit's a mighty fur
THE GRAND OPERA BY BILLY BAXTER
IN A STATE OF SIN [3] BY OWEN WISTER
AN APRIL ARIA BY R.K. MUNKITTRICK Now, in the shimmer and sheen
MEDITATIONS OF A MARINER [4] BY WALLACE IRWIN A-watchin' how
VICTORY [5] BY TOM MASSON I turned to the dictionary For a word
THE FAMILY HORSE BY FREDERICK S. COZZENS
SONNET OF THE LOVABLE LASS AND THE PLETHORIC DAD [6] BY J.W.
THE LOVE SONNETS OF A HUSBAND BY MAURICE SMILEY I LOVE YOU
HOW WE BOUGHT A SEWIN' MACHINE AND ORGAN BY JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE
CHEER FOR THE CONSUMER BY NIXON WATERMAN I'm only a consumer,
A DESPERATE RACE BY J.F. KELLEY
"AS GOOD AS A PLAY" BY HORACE E. SCUDDER
THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
CAESAR'S QUIET LUNCH WITH CICERO BY JAMES T. FIELDS Have you
COMIN' HOME THANKSGIVIN' BY JAMES BALL NAYLOR I've clean fergot
PRAISE-GOD BAREBONES BY ELLEN MACKAY HUTCHINSON CORTISSOZ I and
THE LOAFER AND THE SQUIRE BY PORTE CRAYON
DE STOVE PIPE HOLE [7] BY WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND Dat's very
THE GIRL FROM MERCURY An Interplanetary Love Story Being the
FOOTNOTES:
The Care and Training OF CHILDREN By Le GRAND KERR , M.D.
AS AN EXACT SCIENCE By George W. Jacoby, M.D.
HOME GYMNASTICS According to the Ling System By Prof. ANDERS WIDE, M.D.
