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Lincoln's Yarns and Stories
by Alexander K. McClureLincoln's Yarns and Stories, is a Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes That Made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America's Greatest Story Teller written by Alexander Kelly McClure, a journalist, politician, historian and biographer of President Abraham Lincoln. This biographical work details the most famous short stories, anecdotes and..
A Little Book of Filipino Riddles
by Frederick StarrA Little Book of Filipino Riddles is a compilation of riddles from Philippines collected by Frederick Starr, an American anthropologist who has travelled many continents. His notable literary works include Catalogue of Collections of Objects Illustrating Mexican Folklore, Indians of South Mexico, The Truth about the Congo, and Japanese Proverbs and..
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II
by Thomas L. MassonLittle Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor is a collection of humor works written by various authors like Bret Harte, Sol Smith, John Godfrey Saxe, James Russell Lowell, Mary Mapes Dodge, Robert J. Burdette. This work has been collected and edited by the American anthroplogist Thomas Lansing Masson who was serving as literary editor of the magaz..
Mr. Punch In Society
by J. A. HammertonMr. Punch In Society is a collection of humor works written by various authors which are collected and edited by J. A. Hammerton whose other works include "Mr. Punch's Book of Love : Being the Humors of Courtship and Matrimony", "MR. PUNCH AT HOME: The Punch Library of Humor", and "Wonders of the Past". Excerpts:It would be difficult to think ..
Making Life Worth While
by Douglas FairbanksMaking Life Worth While is a book about everything in general and nothing in particular as the author says in his preface. Written by Douglas Fairbanks, the King of Hollywood remembered for his film castings of outlaws such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, The Private Life of Don Juan, and The Mark of Zorro. Interestingly he started..
A Tangled Tale
by Lewis CarrollTangled Tale is a collection of 10 brief humorous stories by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), published serially between April 1880 and March 1885 in The Monthly Packet magazine. Arthur B. Frost added illustrations when the series was printed in book form. The stories, or Knots as Carroll calls them, present mathematical problems. In a lat..
Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
by Palmer CoxFrontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture written by Palmer Cox who is the author of “QUEER PEOPLE,” “THE BROWNIES,” ETC., ETC. Not only is truth stranger than fiction, but it is funnier also. Just as some men have no eye for colors, but are color blind; so some men have no eye for fun, but are fun blind. Happy is the man who can see the hum..
Phil May - Sketches from Punch
by Phil MayIf the death of Phil May is a loss that the world of art may not soon retrieve, to his wide circle of friends it is an irreparable hurt. He had a nature made to love; so great a charm of gentleness and unaffected modesty went with his splendid gifts. The hard times of early life, that helped him in his art, as they helped another Filippo, to “learn..