The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of
X.), by Various

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

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

Author: Various

Editor: Marshall P. Wilder

Release Date: May 28, 2006 [EBook #18464]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WIT AND HUMOR I. ***

Produced by Suzanne Lybarger and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Library Edition

THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA

In Ten Volumes

VOL. I

[Illustration: MARSHALL P. WILDER
Drawing from photo by Marceau]

THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA

EDITED BY MARSHALL P. WILDER

_Volume I_

Funk & Wagnalls Company
New York and London

Copyright MDCCCCVII, BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
Copyright MDCCCCXI, THE THWING COMPANY

CONTENTS

PAGE
Anatole Dubois at de Horse Show Wallace Bruce Amsbary 152
Billville Spirit Meeting, The Frank L. Stanton 188
British Matron, The Nathaniel Hawthorne 192
Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, The James Whitcomb Riley 156
Colonel Sterett's Panther Hunt Alfred Henry Lewis 98
Cry from the Consumer, A Wilbur D. Nesbit 190
Curse of the Competent, The Henry J. Finn 14
Darby and Joan St. John Honeywood 166
Day We Do Not Celebrate, The Robert J. Burdette 134
Deacon's Masterpiece, The; or, The
Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay" O.W. Holmes 9
Deacon's Trout, The Henry Ward Beecher 212
Disappointment, A John Boyle O'Reilly 191
Distichs John Hay 65
Down Around the River James Whitcomb Riley 29
Enough Tom Masson 213
Experiences of the A.C., The Bayard Taylor 116
Feast of the Monkeys, The