THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA In Ten Volumes VOL. IX EDGAR
EDITED BY MARSHALL P. WILDER
Volume IX Funk and Wagnalls Company New York and London
CONTENTS
THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
OUR VERY WISHES BY HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD
THE MYSTERY OF GILGAL BY JOHN HAY
THE GUSHER BY CHARLES BATTELL LOOMIS
THE WIDOW BEDOTT'S VISITOR BY FRANCES M. WHICHER
THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
THE RUNAWAY TOYS BY FRANK L. STANTON
TIM FLANAGAN'S MISTAKE BY WALLACE BRUCE AMSBARY
THE MILLIONAIRES BY MAX ADELER
OUR POLITE PARENTS BY CAROLYN WELLS
A BALLADE OF PING-PONG BY ALDEN CHARLES NOBLE
BUDGE AND TODDIE BY JOHN HABBERTON
A REFLECTIVE RETROSPECT BY JOHN G. SAXE
"HULLO!" BY SAM WALTER FOSS
THE WARRIOR BY EUGENE FIELD
THE TALE OF THE TANGLED TELEGRAM BY WILBUR D. NESBIT
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY BY WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND
HOW I SPOKE THE WORD FRANK L. STANTON
THE UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE OFFICE BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
THE COUNTRY SCHOOL ANONYMOUS
EVAN ANDERSON'S POKER PARTY BY BENJAMIN STEVENSON
A THRENODY BY GEORGE THOMAS LANIGAN
THE CONSCIENTIOUS CURATE AND THE BEAUTEOUS BALLET GIRL BY WILLIAM RUSSELL ROSE
THE HOSS BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
WHEN DOCTORS DISAGREE BY S. E. KISER
THE BOAT THAT AIN'T [4] BY WALLACE IRWIN
HOW JIMABOY FOUND HIMSELF BY FRANCIS LYNDE
A RULE OF THREE BY WALLACE RICE
HOW THE MONEY GOES BY JOHN G. SAXE
A CAVALIER'S VALENTINE -1644 BY CLINTON SCOLLARD
A GREAT CELEBRATOR BY BILL NYE
THE OLD-FASHIONED CHOIR BY BENJAMIN F. TAYLOR
WHEN THE LITTLE BOY RAN AWAY BY FRANK L. STANTON
HE WANTED TO KNOW BY SAM WALTER FOSS
SOLDIER, REST! BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
THE EXPERIENCES OF GENTLE JANE BY CAROLYN WELLS
A FEW REFLECTIONS BY BILL ARP
