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The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)

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1. Front matter 2. THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA 3. Volume I 4. FOREWORD 5. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 6. MELONS 7. THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE 8. THE PURPLE COW 9. THE CURSE OF THE COMPETENT 10. THE GRAMMATICAL BOY 11. SIMPLE ENGLISH 12. PARTINGTONIAN PATCHWORK 13. THE MENAGERIE 14. DOWN AROUND THE RIVER 15. A MEDIEVAL DISCOVERER 16. WANTED—A COOK 17. SIMILAR CASES 18. THE OLD MAID'S HOUSE: IN PLAN 19. DISTICHS 20. THE QUARREL 21. A LETTER FROM MR. BIGGS 22. MRS. JOHNSON 23. PASS 24. TEACHING BY EXAMPLE 25. WHEN ALBANI SANG[1]26. COLONEL STERETT'S PANTHER HUNT 27. WOUTER VAN TWILLER 28. THE EXPERIENCES OF THE A.C.29. WHAT MR. ROBINSON THINKS 30. THE DAY WE DO NOT CELEBRATE 31. THE YANKEE DUDE'LL DO 32. SPELLING DOWN THE MASTER 33. MYOPIA 34. ANATOLE DUBOIS AT DE HORSE SHOW 35. THE CHAMPION CHECKER-PLAYER OF AMERIKY 36. DARBY AND JOAN 37. WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN 38. LAFFING 39. GRIZZLY-GRU 40. JOHN HENRY IN A STREET CAR 41. THE MUSKEETER 42. THE TURNINGS OF A BOOKWORM 43. THE FEAST OF THE MONKEYS 44. THE BILLVILLE SPIRIT MEETING 45. A CRY FROM THE CONSUMER 46. A DISAPPOINTMENT 47. THE BRITISH MATRON 48. THE TRAGEDY OF IT 49. STAGE WHISPERS 50. THE PETTIBONE LINEAGE 51. WHY MOLES HAVE HANDS 52. A PSALM OF LIFE 53. AN ODYSSEY OF K'S 54. THE DEACON'S TROUT 55. ENOUGH[2]56. THE FIGHTING RACE 57. THE ORGAN 58. MY GRANDMOTHER'S TURKEY-TAIL FAN 59. FOOTNOTES:60. Before An Audience 61. THE ESSENTIALS OF ELOCUTION 62. HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC 63. Power and Personality 64. How to Develop Self-Confidence 65. How to ARGUE AND WIN 66. How to Read and Declaim 67. HUMOROUS HITS AND HOW TO HOLD AN AUDIENCE 68. William Jennings Bryan 69. Essentials of English Speech and Literature

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