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The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 04

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The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fourth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Genre(s): Humor

Language: English

Group: Wit and Humor of America

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	The Briefless Barrister	John G. Saxe	Etext	Katine	00:02:47	en
Play 02	The Two Husbands	Carolyn Wells	Etext	Ana	00:01:36	en
Play 03	Story of the Two Friars	Eugene Field	Etext	Samanem	00:11:05	en
Play 04	The Greco-Trojan Game	Charles F. Johnson	Etext	Patrick Reinhart	00:08:42	en
Play 05	The Economical Pair	Carolyn Wells	Etext	Kalynda	00:01:39	en
Play 06	The Two Pedestrians	Carolyn Wells	Etext	Samanem	00:01:44	en
Play 07	A Complaint of Friends	Gail Hamilton	Etext	Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	00:50:52	en
Play 08	Ponchus Pilut	James Whitcomb Riley	Etext	TriciaG	00:02:23	en
Play 09	The Wolf at Susan's Door	Anne Warner	Etext	Marty Kris	00:29:22	en
Play 10	The Two Prisoners	Carolyn Wells	Etext	Katine	00:01:11	en
Play 11	A Modern Advantage	Charlotte Becker	Etext	TriciaG	00:01:14	en
Play 12	The Raggedy Man	James Whitcomb Riley	Etext	Samanem	00:02:38	en
Play 13	A Modern Eclogue	Bliss Carman	Etext	Kalynda	00:01:43	en
Play 14	A Cable-Car Preacher	Sam Walter Foss	Etext	Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	00:03:58	en
Play 15	How to Know the Wild Animals	Carolyn Wells	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:02:10	en
Play 16	I Remember, I Remember	Phoebe Cary	Etext	ImkeStevens	00:01:22	en
Play 17	The Coupon Bonds	J. T. Trowbridge	Etext	JimOCR	00:21:25	en
Play 18	The Shooting-Match	Augustus B. Longstreet	Etext	Jerry Romero	00:34:16	en
Play 19	Desolution	Thomas Lansing Masson	Etext	Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	00:02:38	en
Play 20	Crankidoxology	Wallace Irwin	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:03:00	en
Play 21	My Honey, My Love	Joel Chandler Harris	Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:02:20	en
Play 22	The Grand Opera	Billy Baxter	Etext	Kalynda	00:04:53	en
Play 23	In a State of Sin	Owen Wister	Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:24:10	en
Play 24	An April Aria	R. K. Munkittrick	Etext	ImkeStevens	00:01:44	en
Play 25	Meditations of a Mariner	Wallace Irwin	Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:01:00	en
Play 26	Victory	Thomas Lansing Masson	Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:01:14	en
Play 27	The Family Horse	Frederick S. Cozzens	Etext	Marty Kris	00:15:30	en
Play 28	Sonnet of the Lovable Lass and the Plethoric Dad	James W. Foley	Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:02:10	en
Play 29	The Love Sonnets of a Husband	Maurice Smiley	Etext	Matthew Reece	00:06:02	en
Play 30	How We Bought a Sewin' Machine and Organ		Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:18:40	en
Play 31	Cheer for the Consumer	Nixon Waterman	Etext	Jerry Romero	00:02:48	en
Play 32	A Desperate Race	J. F. Kelley	Etext	Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan	00:13:37	en
Play 33	As Good as a Play	Horace E. Scudder	Etext	Lily-LLM	00:07:33	en
Play 34	The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table		Etext	JimOCR	00:15:21
Play 35	Cæsar's Quiet Lunch with Cicero	James Thomas Fields	Etext	Marty Kris	00:03:04	en
Play 36	Comin' Home Thanksgivin'	James Ball Naylor	Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:02:24	en
Play 37	Praise-God Barebones	Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz	Etext	Ric Cornwall	00:02:15	en
Play 38	The Loafer and the Squire	Porte Crayon	Etext	Samanem	00:11:59	en
Play 39	De Stove Pipe Hole	William Henry Drummond	Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:06:55	en
Play 40	The Girl from Mercury	Herman Knickerbocker Viele	Etext	jorome	00:38:18	en

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