Facts and fancies for the curious from the harvest-fields of literature
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1. Front matter2. FACTS AND FANCIES FOR THE CURIOUS FROM THE HARVEST-FIELDS OF LITERATURE3. PREFACE4. AMERICANA5. OUR NATIONAL AIRS6. OUR HISTORIC CHARACTERS7. OUR WONDERLANDS8. OUR LANGUAGE9. FIRST THINGS10. PROTOTYPES11. FORECASTS12. MISCELLANEA CURIOSA13. FACETIÆ14. FLASHES OF REPARTEE15. THE WORD-TWISTING OF THE PUNSTERS16. CLEVER HITS OF THE HUMORISTS17. THE HITS OF THE SATIRISTS18. EVASIONS OF AMBIGUITY19. COMICAL BLUNDERS20. MISSING THE POINT OF THE JOKES21. EVEN HOMER SOMETIMES NODS22. THE STRETCHES OF POETIC LICENSE23. MISQUOTATION24. FALSITIES AND FALLACIES25. LEGENDARY LORE26. PARALLEL PASSAGES27. THE WIT OF THE EPIGRAMMATISTS28. ENIGMAS29. VOICES FROM GOD’S ACRE30. THE HONEYED PHRASE OF COMPLIMENT31. THE MAZES OF OBSCURITY32. IDEAL PHYSICAL PROPORTIONS33. FAMOUS BEAUTIES34. FEMALE POISONERS35. BREVITIES36. TOASTS AND MOTTOES37. FINIS CORONAT OPUS38. INDEX