New England Joke LoreFront matterReading editionChapter navigation17 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNew England Joke Lore The Tonic of Yankee Humor BY ARTHUR G. CRANDALL Author of “Optimistic Medicine” PHILADELPHIA F.A. DAVIS COMPANY, Publishers 1922FOREWORDChapter I · Showing Some General CharacteristicsChapter II · Relating to Certain Conjugal InfelicitiesChapter III · Legends of the EccentricChapter IV · Family Characteristics and Small Town LifeChapter V · The Yankee Trading Instinct and Some Amusing ExamplesChapter VI · Domestic Animals and Their Part in Legendary HumorChapter VII · Legends of Rural SpooksChapter VIII · Tales of Rural Lawyers and the CourtsChapter IX · Some Experiences of the Yankee Traveling SalesmanChapter X · Traditions of the Rural ChurchChapter XI · Tales of Rural ThriftChapter XII · Cheerful Tales of Neighborly IntercourseChapter XIII · Sad Tales of Pre-Prohibition Days.Chapter XIV · Tales of the Farm Hired ManBeginning of this editionNext chapter →New England Joke Lore The Tonic of Yankee Humor BY ARTHUR G. CRANDALL Author of “Optimistic Medicine” PHILADELPHIA F.A. DAVIS COMPANY, Publishers 1922All chapters and sections (17)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNew England Joke Lore The Tonic of Yankee Humor BY ARTHUR G. CRANDALL Author of “Optimistic Medicine” PHILADELPHIA F.A. DAVIS COMPANY, Publishers 1922FOREWORDChapters1234567891011121314A ROCKY SPRING IN YANKEE LAND◇New England Joke Lore The Tonic of Yankee Humor BY ARTHUR G. CRANDALL Author of “Optimistic Medicine” PHILADELPHIA F.A. DAVIS COMPANY, Publishers 1922 →