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Title: The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.)

Author: Various

Editor: Marshall P. Wilder

Release Date: September 18, 2006 [EBook #19323]

Language: English

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THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA

_Edited by_ MARSHALL P. WILDER

VOLUME V

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON

COPYRIGHT 1907, BY BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
COPYRIGHT 1911, BY THE THWING COMPANY

_Printed in the United States of America_

CONTENTS

PAGE
Abou Ben Butler _John Paul_ 211
At Aunty's House _James Whitcomb Riley_ 70
Bill's Courtship _Frank L. Stanton_ 42
Bully Boat and a Brag Captain, A _Sol Smith_ 222
Committee from Kelly's, A _J.V.Z. Belden_ 151
Co-operative Housekeepers, The _Elliott Flower_ 149
Drayman, The _Daniel O'Connell_ 40
Dutiful Mariner, The _Wallace Irwin_ 198
Especially Men _George Randolph Chester_ 160
Farewell _Bert Leston Taylor_ 194
Funny Little Fellow, The _James Whitcomb Riley_ 28
Going Up and Coming Down _Mary F. Tucker_ 10
Have You Seen the Lady? _John Philip Sousa_ 27