THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA In Ten Volumes VOL. VII
EDITED BY MARSHALL P. WILDER
Volume VII Funk and Wagnalls Company New York and London
CONTENTS
BREITMANN AND THE TURNERS BY CHARLES GODFREY LELAND Hans
CUPID, A CROOK BY EDWARD W. TOWNSEND
TWO CASES OF GRIP BY M. QUAD
ALPHABET OF CELEBRITIES BY OLIVER HERFORD
NONSENSE VERSES BY GELETT BURGESS 1 The Window has Four little
THE SIEGE OF DJKLXPRWBZ BY IRONQUILL Before a Turkish town The
THE GOAT BY R.K. MUNKITTRICK Down in the cellar dark, remote,
IN DEFENSE OF AN OFFERING BY SEWELL FORD
HE AND SHE BY IRONQUILL When I am dead you'll find it hard,
THE NOTARY OF PERIGUEUX BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
HOLLY SONG BY CLINTON SCOLLARD Care is but a broken bubble,
SONGS WITHOUT WORDS BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE I can not sing the
TRIOLETS BY C.W.M. She threw me a kiss, But why did she throw
WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT IT BY JOHN PAUL Lyrics to Inez and Jane,
AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT BY ROY FARRELL GREENE Since schools to
THE CAMP-MEETING BY BAYNARD RUST HALL
A RHYME FOR CHRISTMAS BY JOHN CHALLING Publication delayed by
MY CIGARETTE [1] BY CHARLES F. LUMMIS My cigarette! The amulet
IT IS TIME TO BEGIN TO CONCLUDE BY A.H. LAIDLAW Ye Parsons,
NOTHIN' DONE [2] BY SAM S. STINSON Winter is too cold fer work;
MARGINS BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE My dreams so fair that used to
THE DUBIOUS FUTURE BY BILL NYE
UTAH BY EUGENE FIELD Bowed was the old man's snow-white head, A
TALK BY JOHN PAUL It seems to me that talk should be, Like
A WINTER FANCY ( Little Tommy Loq ) BY R.K. MUNKITTRICK My
JACK BALCOMB'S PLEASANT WAYS BY MEREDITH NICHOLSON
THE WICKED ZEBRA [3] BY FRANK ROE BATCHELDER
THE BRAKEMAN AT CHURCH BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE
HOW MR. TERRAPIN LOST HIS BEARD BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
THE CRITIC BY WILLIAM J. LAMPTON Behold The Critic, bold and
THE ASSOCIATED WIDOWS BY KATHARINE M. ROOF
WOMEN AND BARGAINS BY NINA R. ALLEN
FABLE BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON
THE WOMAN-HATER REFORMED BY ROY FARRELL GREENE He said to sue
HOW MR. TERRAPIN LOST HIS PLUMAGE AND WHISTLE BY ANNE VIRGINIA CULBERTSON
BY BAY AND SEA BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS The little rills of
BILL NATIONS BY BILL ARP
THE SKELETON IN THE CLOSET BY EDWARD EVERETT HALE (This paper
THE LOST INVENTOR [4] BY WALLACE IRWIN Patriotic
OMAR IN THE KLONDYKE BY HOWARD V. SUTHERLAND
THE HAPPY LAND [5] BY FRANK ROE BATCHELDER In the Land of
ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY JOSEPH G. BALDWIN
THE PRAYER OF CYRUS BROWN BY SAM WALTER FOSS "The proper way
FOOTNOTES:
The Palace of Danger A STORY OF LA POMPADOUR By MABEL WAGNALLS
MISERERE By MABEL WAGNALLS
