THE HUMOUR OF AMERICA
Reading edition
iiALREADY ISSUED
FRENCH HUMOUR
GERMAN HUMOUR
ITALIAN HUMOUR
AMERICAN HUMOUR
DUTCH HUMOUR
IRISH HUMOUR
SPANISH HUMOUR
RUSSIAN HUMOUR
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“SHE SHRILLY OBSERVES,‘THOMAS JEFFERSON, COME RIGHT INTO THE HOUSE THIS MINIT.’” See page 130.
vTHE
HUMOUR OF AMERICA
SELECTED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION
AND INDEX OF
AMERICAN HUMORISTS, BY
JAMES BARR. ILLUSTRATIONS
BY C. E. BROCK
THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD.,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE, LONDON, E.C.
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS,
153-157 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK.
1909.
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