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Title: Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature
Author: Various
Release Date: April 8, 2005 [EBook #15585]
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HUMOROUS MASTERPIECES
FROM
AMERICAN LITERATURE
EDITED BY
EDWARD T. MASON
NEW YORK & LONDON
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press
1886
COPYRIGHT
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
1886
Press of
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
New York
CONTENTS.
BAYARD TAYLOR
Selections from the Experiences of the A.C.
WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER
Dobbs His Ferry
JOHN WILLIAM DE FOREST
Father Higgins's Preferment
JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE
Fred Trover's Little Iron-Clad
OLIVER BELL BUNCE
Mr. Bluff Discourses on the Country and Kindred Themes
CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
Garden Ethics
FRANCES LEE PRATT
Captain Ben's Choice
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Street Scenes in Washington
Selections from Transcendental Wild Oats
WILLIAM WIRT HOWE
Conversational Depravity
CHARLES FARRAR BROWNE ("_Artemus Ward_")
The Tower of London
Science and Natural History
From the "Lecture"
FRANK R. STOCKTON
Our Tavern
A Piece of Red Calico
HARRIETT PRESCOTT SPOFFORD
Aunt Pen's Funeral
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS ("_Mark Twain_")
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
FITZ HUGH LUDLOW
Ben Thirlwall's School-days
Selections from a Brace of Boys
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
A Rivermouth Romance
BAYARD TAYLOR.
(BORN, 1825--DIED, 1878)
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SELECTIONS FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF THE A.C.
"Bridgeport! Change cars for the Naugatuck Railroad!" shouted the
conductor of the New York and Boston Express Train, on the evening of
May 27, 1858.... Mr. Johnson, carpet-bag in hand, jumped upon the
platform, entered the office, purchased a ticket for Waterbury, and was
soon w
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