New England Joke Lore The Tonic of Yankee Humor BY ARTHUR G. CRANDALL Author of “Optimistic Medicine” PHILADELPHIA F.A. DAVIS COMPANY, Publishers 1922
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DEDICATED TO THOSE
STALWART SONS OF NEW ENGLAND
WHOSE ABILITY TO THINK STRAIGHT, COMBINED WITH AN UNRUFFLED POISE AND NEVER FAILING SENSE OF HUMOR, HAS ENABLED THEM AND THEIR DESCENDANTS TO TAKE A LEADING PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR GLORIOUS COUNTRY