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Index

Transcriber's Note THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA

Edited by MARSHALL P. WILDER VOLUME V

CONTENTS

THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA

THE MARRIAGE OF SIR JOHN SMITH THE SPRING BEAUTIES GOING UP AND COMING DOWN THE SET OF CHINA SUPPRESSED CHAPTERS[1] OLD GRIMES MISS LEGION HAVE YOU SEEN THE LADY? THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW MUSICAL REVIEW EXTRAORDINARY THE RUNAWAY BOY THE DRAYMAN BILL'S COURTSHIP

I II III IV V VI

THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED AN OWL MR. DOOLEY ON EXPERT TESTIMONY LECTURES ON ASTRONOMY

Introductory Lectures on Astronomy—Part I CHAPTER I

THE SUN

CHAPTER II

MERCURY VENUS THE EARTH THE MOON

END OF LECTURE FIRST

AT AUNTY'S HOUSE WILLY AND THE LADY THE ITINERANT TINKER

PEDANTIC PEDAGOGUE

THE STRIKE OF ONE SIMON STARTS IN THE WORLD A PIANO IN ARKANSAS WHAR DEM SINFUL APPLES GROW A NIGHT IN A ROCKING-CHAIR ROLLO LEARNING TO PLAY

SPELL AND DEFINE:

MR. HARE TRIES TO GET A WIFE THE CO-OPERATIVE HOUSEKEEPERS[2] A COMMITTEE FROM KELLY'S QUIT YO' WORRYIN' HER "ANGEL" FATHER[3] ESPECIALLY MEN A LETTER FROM A SELF-MADE MERCHANT TO HIS SON FAREWELL

Provoked by Calverley's "Forever"

MY RUTHERS THE DUTIFUL MARINER[4] MELINDA'S HUMOROUS STORY ABOU BEN BUTLER LATTER-DAY WARNINGS IT PAYS TO BE HAPPY[5] THE MOSQUITO "TIDDLE-IDDLE-IDDLE-IDDLE-BUM! BUM!" MY FIRST CIGAR A BULLY BOAT AND A BRAG CAPTAIN

A Story of Steamboat Life on the Mississippi

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