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A subtreasury of American humor /

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Contributors: White, E. B. 1899-1985, (Editor), White, Katharine Sergeant Angell, (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Coward-McCann, Inc., [©1941]
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White, E. B. > (Elwyn Brooks), > 1899-1985 > editor.
White, E. B. > (Elwyn Brooks), > 1899-1985
American wit and humor.
Humour américain.
American wit and humor
Humor
Satire
Anthologie
HUMORISMO ESTADOUNIDENSE > COLECCION.
Anthologie.
Humor.
Satire.
USA
USA.
Wit and Humor.
humor.
Humour.
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Table of Contents:
  • Stories and people
  • Fables and other moral tales
  • All sorts of dilemmas
  • History, politics, and affairs of state
  • Parodies and burlesques
  • For (or against) children
  • Satire
  • broad and otherwise
  • Folklore and tall stories
  • Nonsense
  • The critics at work
  • The reporters at work
  • Verse
  • Reminiscence.
  • Stories and people.
  • Benny and the bird-dogs /
  • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
  • Christopher K*a*p*l*a*n /
  • Leonard Q. Ross
  • The Casting away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine
  • (Part I) /
  • Frank R. Stockton
  • Gentleman Prefer Blondes
  • (Chapter I) /
  • Anita Loos
  • George F. Babbitt starts the day /
  • Sinclair Lewis
  • Lady's room /
  • John Mosher
  • Two letters from a Rookie to his girl /
  • Edward Streeter
  • Glory in the daytime /
  • Dorothy Parker
  • Boggains in the Bronx /
  • Arthur Kober
  • Mrs. Heywood Cox Broun /
  • Heywood Broun
  • His grandfather's old ram /
  • Mark Twain
  • Alibi Ike /
  • Ring Lardner.
  • Fables and other moral tales.
  • Fables for our time.
  • The owl who was God ;
  • The shrike and the chipmunks ;
  • The moth and the star ;
  • The unicorn in the garden /
  • James Thurber
  • Fables in slang.
  • The professor who wanted to be alone ;
  • The waist-band that was taut up to the moment it gave way ;
  • The ninny who swam away from the life preserver /
  • George Ade
  • Fable of the iron dogs /
  • Don Marquis
  • Ferry-tail from Keeng Mitas for Nize Baby /
  • Milt Gross
  • Fantastic fables.
  • The disinterested arbiter ;
  • The party over there ;
  • Cat and King ;
  • Revenge ;
  • Officer and thug ;
  • Saint and soul /
  • Ambrose Bierce
  • The Parable of the family which dwelt apart /
  • E.B. White.
  • All sorts of dilemmas.
  • Confessions of a gallomaniac /
  • Frank Moore Colby
  • An Affix for birds /
  • St. Clair McKelway
  • An Invitation to a party /
  • Frederic S. Cozzens
  • A Very dangerous invitation /
  • Max Adeler
  • A Ride with Ralph /
  • Francis Steegmuller
  • A Watch that "wanted cleaning" /
  • James T. Fields
  • It's a wise parent /
  • Cornelia Otis Skinner
  • Large coffee /
  • Ring Lardner
  • "Doucement, doucement!" /
  • Donald Moffat.
  • History, politics, and affairs of state.
  • The Most horrible battle ever recorded in poetry or prose /
  • Washington Irving
  • The Latest improvements in artillery /
  • Orpheus C. Kerr
  • Sumthin' in the pastoral line /
  • James Russell Lowell
  • The Great presidential excursion /
  • Petroleum V. Nasby
  • The Hunting of the cow /
  • Mark Twain
  • Mr. Dooley on the power of music /
  • Finley Peter Dunne
  • The Governor /
  • James M. Cain
  • A Weekend at Lady Astor's /
  • Frank Sullivan.
  • Parodies and burlesques.
  • Excerpts from the tribune primer /
  • Eugene Field
  • Christmas afternoon ;
  • Happy childhood tales ;
  • The Blue sleeve garter ;
  • More songs for meller /
  • Robert C. Benchley
  • Odd's bodkins /
  • Ring Lardner
  • A Garland of ibids /
  • Frank Sullivan
  • The Whiskey rebellion /
  • Donald Ogden Stewart
  • Dusk in fierce pajamas /
  • E.B. White
  • Selections from "The diary of our own Samuel Pepys" /
  • Franklin P. Adams
  • Shakespeare, Here's Your Hat ;
  • Death in the Rumble Seat /
  • Wolcott Gibbs
  • The Norris Plan /
  • Corey Ford
  • If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox /
  • James Thurber
  • Dr. C-dm-n's Daily /
  • Nunnally Johnson
  • Jungle Folk /
  • Bret Harte
  • Waiting for Santy /
  • S.J. Perelman.
  • For (or against) children.
  • The Peterkins Celebrate the Fourth of July /
  • Lucretia P. Hale
  • Appreciation of Art /
  • Sally Benson
  • Whitey /
  • Booth Tarkington
  • Huck and Jim Talk about Kings /
  • Mark Twain
  • To a Small Boy Standing on My Shoes While I am Wearing Them /
  • Ogden Nash
  • Savage Homecoming /
  • Clifford Orr.
  • Satire: broad and otherwise.
  • The Shakers /
  • Artemus Ward
  • The Greatest Man in the World /
  • James Thurber
  • Three Love Letters /
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • The Wedding: A Stage Direction /
  • H.L. Mencken
  • Six Thoughts without Words /
  • Clarence Day
  • Portrait /
  • Kenneth Fearing
  • the Cambridge ladies /
  • e. e. cummings
  • Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer ;
  • First Families, Move Over! /
  • Ogden Nash
  • Infiexible Logic /
  • Russell Maloney
  • Mr. Dooley on the Education of the Young ;
  • Mr. Dooley on Golf /
  • Finley Peter Dunne
  • Mother Taft's Chickens /
  • Geoffrey Hellman
  • The Jukes Family /
  • Frank Sullivan
  • On Conversation /
  • Ring Lardner.
  • Folklore and tall stories.
  • A Fish Fry /
  • Marc Connelly
  • A Mississippi Pilot /
  • Mark Twain
  • Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit /
  • Joel Chandler Harris
  • Going to Bed before a Young Lady /
  • "M"
  • Why There Are No Trees on the Desert /
  • Glen Rounds
  • Natural History /
  • A.J. Liebling
  • Mrs. Yardley's Quilting /
  • George W. Harris
  • The Man from Yellowhouse /
  • Alfred Henry Lewis
  • The Adulteration of Old King David /
  • Roark Bradford.
  • Nonsense.
  • In Old Chinatown ;
  • The Idol's Eye /
  • S.J. Perelman
  • Fpafm /
  • Frances Warfield
  • Limericks Long after Lear /
  • Morris Bishop ; Pictures by Richard Taylor
  • Sit Still /
  • Ring Lardner
  • Miss Albina McLush /
  • N.P. Willis
  • The Poodle ;
  • The Mule /
  • Josh Billings
  • The Cow ;
  • The Gnu ;
  • The Hen ;
  • The Horse /
  • Oliver Herford
  • The Strange Case of Mr. Fortague's Disappointment ;
  • Requiem /
  • Ogden Nash
  • A Short History of Man /
  • Will Cuppy
  • archy and mehitabel. i the coming of archy ;
  • ii mehitabel was once cleopatra ;
  • iii the song of mehitabel ;
  • iv the old trouper /
  • Don Marquis.
  • The critics at work.
  • Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses /
  • Mark Twain
  • Let's Stay Home and Make Friends /
  • Ogden Nash
  • "Manhattan" ;
  • Capsule Criticism /
  • Alexander Woollcott
  • Down with the Restoration! /
  • S.J. Perelman
  • Getting Gertie's Ida ;
  • Faulkner, Extra-Special, Double-Distilled /
  • Clifton Fadiman
  • When Nature Lovers Write Books ;
  • Novels and Hats ;
  • The Loeb Classics /
  • Frank Moore Colby
  • Crying in the Wilderness ;
  • The Theatre in Flushing /
  • Wolcott Gibbs
  • La Presse Perverse /
  • Robert C. Benchley
  • William Ellery Channing /
  • Edgar Allan Poe
  • Lengthy Symphony /
  • Persis Greely Anderson
  • Public Journal /
  • Phyllis McGinley
  • Back to Methuselah /
  • George Jean Nathan
  • The Highly Recurrent Mr. Hamilton ;
  • Re-enter Margot Asquith /
  • Dorothy Parker.
  • The reporters at work.
  • Time ... Fortune ... Life ... Luce /
  • Wolcott Gibbs ; Illustration by Will Cotton
  • Tanya /
  • Joseph Mitchell
  • How to Become a Great Writer /
  • Alva Johnston
  • Owl Man /
  • Sanderson Vanderbilt
  • At Home with the Paleys /
  • E.J. Kahn, Jr.
  • Atheist Hit by Truck /
  • John McNulty
  • In Mulberry Street /
  • A.J. Liebling
  • Suits for Jimmy ;
  • Isadora's Brother ;
  • Tea Party ;
  • Gtde Stein ;
  • Under the Lindens ;
  • The Japanese Army ;
  • Wind and Water ;
  • Pastoral Scene ;
  • Young Man in the Bed /
  • The Talk of the Town
  • Boy Meets Bullfinch /
  • Geoffrey Hellman
  • Who ls This King of Glory? /
  • St. Clair McKelway and A.J. Liebling.
  • Verse.
  • Three Sonnets to a Red-Haired Lady /
  • Don Marquis
  • Woman Out of Taxi /
  • Angela Cypher
  • Cat Naps Are Too Good for Cats ;
  • "My Child Is Phlegmatic ..."
  • (Anxious parent)
  • The Song of Songs /
  • Ogden Nash
  • Behold the Deeds! /
  • H.C. Bunner
  • To a Thesaurus ;
  • Lines to Three Boys ;
  • Advice to Young Men /
  • Franklin P. Adams
  • A.E. Housman Turns "Georgey Porgey" into a Shropshire Lad /
  • Louis Untermeyer
  • Five Scenes from the Mesazoic /
  • Clarence Day
  • Intermission, Please! /
  • Irwin Edman
  • For City Spring /
  • Stephen Vincent Ben<U+fffd>et
  • Famous Baths and Bathers /
  • Carolyn Wells
  • Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing ;
  • Love Song /
  • Samuel Hoffenstein
  • Sonnets to Baedeker /
  • David McCord
  • Anthologistics ;
  • Sea-Chill /
  • Arthur Guiterman
  • Ode to the End of Summer ;
  • Song from New Rochelle ;
  • A Hobby a Day Keeps the Doldrums Away /
  • Phyllis McGinley
  • The Passionate Professor /
  • Bert Leston Taylor
  • A Worm-Chorus ;
  • Ozymandias Revisited /
  • Morris Bishop
  • Little Words ;
  • The Searched Soul ;
  • Tombstone for an Actress /
  • Dorothy Parker
  • Ain't There at Least One Gen'leman Here? /
  • Clarence H. Knapp
  • Harper to Mifflin to Chance /
  • E.B. White
  • The Mesecks /
  • Kenneth Allan Robinson
  • Caco<U+fffd>ethes Scribendi /
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes.
  • Reminiscense.
  • The Noblest Instrument /
  • Clarence Day
  • The Downfall of Fascism in Black Ankle County /
  • Joseph Mitchell
  • What Did You Do, Grandfather /
  • Richard Lockridge
  • Farewell, My Lovely! /
  • Lee Strout White
  • The Sock Hunt /
  • Ruth McKenney
  • Memoirs of a Master /
  • M.R.A.
  • Ring Out, Wild Bells /
  • Wolcott Gibbs
  • Brief Gust of Glory /
  • H.L. Mencken
  • The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse /
  • William Saroyan
  • The Night the Bed Fell /
  • James Thurber
  • The Ballet Visits the Splendide's Magician /
  • Ludwig Bemelmans.
  • Verse.
  • Three Sonnets to a Red-Haired Lady /
  • Don Marquis
  • Woman Out of Taxi /
  • Angela Cypher
  • Cat Naps Are Too Good for Cats ;
  • "My Child Is Phlegmatic ..."
  • (Anxious parent)
  • The Song of Songs /
  • Ogden Nash
  • Behold the Deeds! /
  • H.C. Bunner
  • To a Thesaurus ;
  • Lines to Three Boys ;
  • Advice to Young Men /
  • Franklin P. Adams
  • A.E. Housman Turns "Georgey Porgey" into a Shropshire Lad /
  • Louis Untermeyer
  • Five Scenes from the Mesazoic /
  • Clarence Day
  • Intermission, Please! /
  • Irwin Edman
  • For City Spring /
  • Stephen Vincent Benét
  • Famous Baths and Bathers /
  • Carolyn Wells
  • Poems in Praise of Practically Nothing ;
  • Love Song /
  • Samuel Hoffenstein
  • Sonnets to Baedeker /
  • David McCord
  • Anthologistics ;
  • Sea-Chill /
  • Arthur Guiterman
  • Ode to the End of Summer ;
  • Song from New Rochelle ;
  • A Hobby a Day Keeps the Doldrums Away /
  • Phyllis McGinley
  • The Passionate Professor /
  • Bert Leston Taylor
  • A Worm-Chorus ;
  • Ozymandias Revisited /
  • Morris Bishop
  • Little Words ;
  • The Searched Soul ;
  • Tombstone for an Actress /
  • Dorothy Parker
  • Ain't There at Least One Gen'leman Here? /
  • Clarence H. Knapp
  • Harper to Mifflin to Chance /
  • E.B. White
  • The Mesecks /
  • Kenneth Allan Robinson
  • Cacoëthes Scribendi /
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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