Mark Twain's Library of HumorCharles L. Webster & Company, 1888 - 707 pages "Now if there is any one class of their authors whom the American people do know rather better than any other, it is the American humorists, from Washington Irving to Bill Nye... We have tried to arrange our Library so as to include passages representative of every period and section." -The Associate Editors in the modern Introduction to Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1888) Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1875) is a collection of short humorous stories compiled by Mark Twain, including his own essays and those of other popular contemporary writers, such as Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. This jacketed hardcover replica of the 1888 edition of Mark Twain's Library of Humor, with the authentic illustrations by E. W. Kemble, is an entertaining and humorous book for book lovers and Mark Twain aficionados. |
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... Brer Rabbit Caught .. Shoving for Home .. Going Up ...... Comfortably Settled .. Humiliated .... Practicing on a Mouse Forty - Seven Miles .... Nicholas Vedder Awaking from a Long Sleep . The Ostrich and the Hen .. " A Feroshus Looking ...
... Brer Rabbit's Horse .... 692 Brer Rabbit Outwits Mr. Buzzard .. An Interesting Article .... 695 698 MARK TWAIN'S LIBRARY OF HUMOR . THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG xxiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... Brer Rabbit , en Brer Rabbit bin doin ' all he could fer ter keep ' im fum it , Brer Fox say to hisse'f dat UNCLE REMUS . he'd put up a game on Brer Rabbit , en he ain't mo'n got de wuds out'n his mout twel Brer Rabbit come a lopin ' up ...
... Brer Rabbit , ' sez Brer Fox , sezee . " I ain't got time , Brer Fox , ' sez Brer Rabbit , sezee , sorter mendin ' his licks . " I wanter have some confab wid you , Brer Rabbit , ' sez Brer Fox , sezee . " All right , Brer Fox ; but you ...
... Brer Rabbit say he wuz ' gree'ble . " Bimeby , w'en de shadders wuz at der shortes ' , Brer Rabbit he sorter brush up en santer down ter Brer Fox's house , en w'en he got dar , he yer somebody groanin ' , en he look in de do ' en dar he see ...
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