01977cam a2200193 4500 377763704 TxAuBib 20170331120000.0 150110s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 47929 Project Gutenberg PGUSA eng TxAuBib Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II [Gutenberg]. Project Gutenberg, 2015. SOL SMITH: A Bully Boat and a Brag Captain -- AMBROSE BIERCE: The Dog and the Bees -- OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: Dislikes -- G. H. DERBY ("Phoenix," "Squibob"): Illustrated Newspapers -- Tushmaker's Toothpuller -- MARY MAPES DODGE: Miss Malony on the Chinese Question -- JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: The Courtin' -- A Letter from Mr. Ezekiel Bigelow -- JOHN GODFREY SAXE: The Coquette, a Portrait -- SAMUEL L. CLEMENS ("Mark Twain"): Colonel Mulberry Sellers -- FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON: Incidents in a Retired Life -- BRET HARTE: Melons -- The Society upon the Stanislaus -- CHARLES GODFREY LELAND: Ballad -- JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE: The V-a-s-e -- FRANK R. STOCKTON: Pomona's Novel -- JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE: Fred Trover's Little Iron-clad -- ROBERT JONES BURDETTE: The Artless Prattle of Childhood -- ANONYMOUS: St. Peter at the Gate -- HENRY GUY CARLETON: The Thompson Street Poker Club -- GEORGE T. LANIGAN: The Fox and the Crow -- HENRY CUYLER BUNNER: Behold the Deeds! -- FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN: A Rhyme for Priscilla -- THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH: A Rivermouth Romance -- GELETT BURGESS: The Bohemians of Boston -- MARION COUTHOUY SMITH: The Composite Ghost -- BILL NYE: A Fatal Thirst -- GEORGE W. PECK: Peck's Bad Boy -- MISCELLANEOUS: Susan Simpson -- A Boston Lullaby -- The House That Jack Built -- An Insurance Agent's Story -- An Epitaph -- Some Messages Received by Teachers in Brooklyn Public Schools -- The Trout's Appeal. Public domain in the USA. Text. American wit and humor. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47929 TXTLL