Mark Twain's Library of HumorCharles L. Webster & Company, 1888 - 707 Seiten "Now if there is any one class of their authors whom the American people do know rather better than any other, it is the American humorists, from Washington Irving to Bill Nye... We have tried to arrange our Library so as to include passages representative of every period and section." -The Associate Editors in the modern Introduction to Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1888) Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1875) is a collection of short humorous stories compiled by Mark Twain, including his own essays and those of other popular contemporary writers, such as Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. This jacketed hardcover replica of the 1888 edition of Mark Twain's Library of Humor, with the authentic illustrations by E. W. Kemble, is an entertaining and humorous book for book lovers and Mark Twain aficionados. |
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... tell me any- thing about this Rev. Leonidas W. Smiley , I would feel under many obligations to him . Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair , and then sat down and reeled off the monot- onous ...
... tell what he will do next . We reeled up a little , and waited five minutes for him to reflect . A tightening of the line enraged him , and he soon developed his tactics . Coming to the surface , he made straight for the boat faster ...
... tell now , if their puffy metallic lips could only speak ! Once they were lively talkers enough ; but there the grim sea - dogs lay , silent and forlorn in spite of all their former growlings . They always seemed to me like a lot of ...
... tell you I was glad ! That unaccountable fascination which leads the guilty to hover about the spot where his crime was committed , drew me down to the wharf as soon as I was dressed . Phil Adams , Jack Harris and others of the ...
... tell you that I hardly know where to begin . The great thing is the livery , but I want to come regu- larly up to that , and forget nothing by the way . I was uncertain for a long time how to have my prayer - book bound . Finally ...
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