The Wit and Humor of America (Vol. 1-10)

Explore the rich tapestry of American humor with «The Wit and Humor of America» – a meticulously curated anthology spanning ten volumes. Edited by the renowned American humorist Marshall P. Wilder, this collection features the wit of literary giants such as Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O. Henry, and more. Delve into a diverse array of humorous gems, including funny stories, poems, humorous articles, fables, and fairy tales.

Table of Contents:

Volume 1:

Anatole Dubois at de Horse Show

The Billville Spirit Meeting

The British Matron

The Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky

Colonel Sterett's Panther Hunt

A Cry from the Consumer

The Curse of the Competent

Darby and Joan

The Day We Do Not Celebrate

The Deacon's Masterpiece; or, The Wonderful «One-Hoss Shay»

The Deacon's Trout

A Disappointment

Distichs

Down Around the River

Enough

The Experiences of the A. C.

The Feast of the Monkeys

The Fighting Race

The Grammatical Boy

Grizzly-Gru

John Henry in a Street Car

Laffing

A Letter from Mr. Biggs

A Medieval Discoverer

Melons

The Menagerie

Mrs. Johnson

The Muskeeter

My Grandmother's Turkey-Tail Fan

Myopia

An Odyssey of K's

The Old Maid's House: In Plan

The Organ

Partingtonian Patchwork

Pass

The Pettibone Lineage

A Psalm of Life

The Purple Cow

The Quarrel

Similar Cases

Simple English

Spelling Down the Master

Stage Whispers

Teaching by Example

The Tragedy of It

The Turnings of a Bookworm

Wanted-A Cook

What Mr. Robinson Thinks

When Albani Sang

When the Frost is on the Punkin

Why Moles Have Hands

Wouter Van Twiller

The Yankee Dude'll Do

Volume 2:

An Archæological Congress

Aunt Dinah's Kitchen

Ballad

Barney McGee

The Beecher Beached

A Boy's View of It

Budd Wilkins at the Show

The Colonel's Clothes

Comin' Thu

The Dutchman Who Had the «Small Pox»

An Evening Musicale

Familiar Authors at Work

Fascination

The Golfer's Rubaiyat

Go Lightly, Gal (The Cake Walk)

Grandma Keeler Gets Grandpa Ready for Sunday-School

The Hoosier and the Salt Pile

How Ruby Played

A Letter

The Lost Word

Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum

Mr. Dooley on Gold-Seeking…