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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... born at Hannibal , Mo. , in 1835 , and after serving an apprenticeship to the printing business in his brother's office there , " learned the river , " as pilot . In this profession he bor- rowed the phrase which became his pseudonym ...
... born at Plainfield , Mass . , in 1829 . His boyhood was spent in the country , but he received a collegiate train- ing , and after some years ' experience as surveyor in the West , he took up the study of the law , and entered upon its ...
... born at St. Charles , P. Q. , Canada , December 10 , 1846. He was educated at the High School , Montreal , Canada , and was upon the editorial staff of the New York World from 1874 until 1883. In 1884 he joined the staff of the ...
... born at Portsmouth , N. H. , November 11 , 1836 , is well known as poet , novelist , essayist and editor . His first writings were contributed to the local press , and early in life he achieved immediate and wide recognition through ...
... born at Greenesborough , Pa . , July 30 , 1844. His family removed to Illinois , where he received an education in the Peoria public schools , and where he enlisted for the war in 1862. Some years after his return he became associate ...
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