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The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03

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The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

The Wit and Humor of America series was edited by American humorist Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1859 - 1915)(from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Humor

Language: English

Group: Wit and Humor of America

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 00	Our New Neighbors at Ponkapog	Thomas Bailey Aldrich	Etext	JimOCR	00:13:35	en
Play 01	My First Visit to Portland	Seba Smith	Etext	Mark E. Majercik	00:07:33	en
Play 02	Wild Animals I have Met	Carolyn Wells	Etext	Samanem	00:03:13	en
Play 03	Ballade of the "How To" Books, A	John James Davies	Etext	TriciaG	00:01:50	en
Play 04	Tree-Toad, The	James Whitcomb Riley	Etext	Samanem	00:01:48	en
Play 05	Hired Hand and "Ha'nts", The	E.O. Laughlin	Etext	Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan	00:09:51	en
Play 06	Maxioms	Carolyn Wells	Etext	Samanem	00:02:02	en
Play 07	Garden Ethics	Charles Dudley Warner	Etext	Marty Kris	00:06:42	en
Play 08	Traveled Donkey, A	Bert Leston Taylor	Etext	Marty Kris ChyAnne Donnell	00:17:05	en
Play 09	Selecting the Faculty	Baynard Rust Hall	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:11:59	en
Play 10	Little Orphant Annie	James Whitcomb Riley	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:03:06	en
Play 11	Hans Breitmann's Party	Charles Godfrey Leland	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:02:52	en
Play 12	Rollo Learning to Read	Robert J. Burdette	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:10:18	en
Play 13	Elizabeth Eliza Writes a Paper	Lucretia P. Hale	Etext	TriciaG	00:18:21	en
Play 14	Mr. Stiver's Horse	James M. Bailey	Etext	Marty Kris	00:11:42	en
Play 15	Crimson Cord, The	Ellis Parker Butler	Etext	Samanem	00:19:19	en
Play 16	Rhyme of the Chivalrous Shark, The	Wallace Irwin	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:02:36	en
Play 17	Plaint of Jonah, The	Robert J. Burdette	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:02:04	en
Play 18	Dos't O'Blues, A	James Whitcomb Riley	Etext	e_scarab	00:02:04	en
Play 19	Morris and the Honorable Time	Myra Kelly	Etext	Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan	00:32:23	en
Play 20	Genial Idiot Suggests a Comic Opera, The	John Kendrick Bangs	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:10:32	en
Play 21	Wamsley's Automatic Pastor	Frank Crane	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:19:00	en
Play 22	Bohemians of Boston, The	Frank Gelett Burgess	Etext	JimOCR	00:03:48	en
Play 23	Letter from Home, A	Wallace Irwin	Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:02:18	en
Play 24	Courtin', The	James Russell Lowell	Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:04:34	en
Play 25	Tower of London, The	Artemus Ward	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:21:20	en
Play 26	Dislikes	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.	Etext	Robert Smith	00:05:55	en
Play 27	Uncle Simon and Uncle Jim	Artemus Ward	Etext	TriciaG	00:00:40	en
Play 28	Little Mock-Man, The	James Whitcomb Riley	Etext	e_scarab	00:01:57	en
Play 29	Mammy's Lullaby	Strickland W. Gillilan	Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:01:59	en
Play 30	My Sweetheart	Samuel Minturn Peck	Etext	Robert Smith	00:02:24	en
Play 31	Auto Rubaiyat, The	Reginald Wright Kauffman	Etext	JimOCR	00:03:32	en
Play 32	Two Ladies, The	Carolyn Wells	Etext	David Lawrence	00:02:05	en
Play 33	Diamond Wedding, The	Edmund Clarence Stedman	Etext	e_scarab	00:08:24	en
Play 34	Askansas Planter, The	Opie Read	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:20:37	en
Play 35	Two Young Men, The	Carolyn Wells	Etext	David Lawrence	00:01:54	en
Play 36	Two Housewives, The	Carolyn Wells	Etext	David Lawrence	00:01:48	en
Play 37	In Philistia	Bliss Carman	Etext	TriciaG	00:02:21	en
Play 38	Dying Gag, The	James L. Ford	Etext	Samanem	00:05:15	en
Play 39	In Elizabeth's Day	Wallace Rice	Etext	JimOCR	00:01:10	en
Play 40	Two Automobilists, The	Carolyn Wells	Etext	David Lawrence	00:01:43	en
Play 41	New Version, The	William J. Lampton	Etext	Marty Kris	00:01:12	en
Play 42	Southern Sketches	Bill Arp	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:20:47	en
Play 43	Two Business Men, The	Carolyn Wells	Etext	David Lawrence	00:01:40	en
Play 44	Retort, The	George Pope Morris	Etext	Mark E. Majercik	00:01:26	en

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