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Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

Palmer Cox (1840 - 1924)

Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short prose vignettes. From the publisher's preface, "thrice happy is the man who, having seen, can tell the fun; and having told, can picture it for others’ eyes and so roll on the rollicking humor, for the brightening of a world already far too sad." - Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Single author

Language: English

Keyword(s): poetry (1794), humor (638), comedy (190), verse (35), wit (23), lyric (11), comic (6), canadian literature (6), yarns (3), laugther (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Publisher's Preface	Larry Wilson	00:01:27
Play 01	Ah Tie—That Deadly Pie	Kerry Adams	00:03:53
Play 02	New Year’s Callers	Greg Giordano	00:04:28
Play 03	Scenes on the Sidewalk	Alan Mapstone	00:05:32
Play 04	Sam Patterson’s Balloon	Adrian Stephens	00:25:00
Play 05	My Canine	Jared Shaw	00:02:44
Play 06	Jim Dudley’s Flight	Greg Giordano	00:10:56
Play 07	Trials of the Farmer	Jared Shaw	00:01:25
Play 08	A Cunning Dodge	Jared Shaw	00:05:06
Play 09	A Terrible Take in	insiaakberali	00:03:18
Play 10	A Family Jar	Darrell Nobles	00:06:14
Play 11	The Rod of Correction	insiaakberali	00:03:28
Play 12	Gone from his Gaze	insiaakberali	00:02:11
Play 13	St. Patrick’s Day	ABVoice	00:07:20
Play 14	The Contented Frog	Mary Balmer	00:05:32
Play 15	All Fools’ Day	Mary Balmer	00:04:56
Play 16	Finding a Horse-shoe	Weretortoise	00:10:07
Play 17	An Evening with Scientists	D. Olsen	00:03:19
Play 18	Our Table Girl	J. A. Taylor	00:02:25
Play 19	An Old Woman in Peril	Kathy Kay	00:05:37
Play 20	For Better or for Worse	Adrian Stephens	00:02:59
Play 21	Ode on a Bumble-bee	Mary Balmer	00:05:26
Play 22	Dudley and the Greased Pig	Greg Giordano	00:19:26
Play 23	Cora Lee	Alan Mapstone	00:05:58
Play 24	A Brilliant Forensic Effort	D. Olsen	00:06:03
Play 25	Visiting a School	David Lawrence	00:02:18
Play 26	The Rejected Suitor	Greg Giordano	00:03:55
Play 27	A Night of Terror	Mary Balmer	00:04:12
Play 28	My Drive to the Cliff	D. Olsen	00:04:28
Play 29	Second Sight	David Lawrence	00:04:07
Play 30	The Thief	Kerry Adams	00:09:20
Play 31	A Startling Cat-astrophe	David Ross	00:02:30
Play 32	A Trip to the Mountains	J. A. Taylor	00:11:43
Play 33	An Impatient Undertaker	J. A. Taylor	00:10:14
Play 34	Sermon on a Pin	Larry Wilson	00:02:50
Play 35	Dudley’s Fight with the Texan	Greg Giordano	00:20:59
Play 36	Roller Skating	Mary Balmer	00:02:14
Play 37	A Terrible Nose	J. A. Taylor	00:05:35
Play 38	A Masked Battery	J. A. Taylor	00:07:19
Play 39	The Prize I Didn’t Win	J. A. Taylor	00:03:04
Play 40	The Countryman’s Tooth	Adrian Stephens	00:02:52
Play 41	Mining Stocks	Adrian Stephens	00:02:38
Play 42	Ode on a Flea	Alan Mapstone	00:04:46
Play 43	Fighting it Out on that Line	Adrian Stephens	00:04:35
Play 44	Dudley’s Fight with Dr. Tweezer	Greg Giordano	00:13:54
Play 45	My Neighbor Worsted	Larry Wilson	00:04:02
Play 46	The Breathing Spell	Kathy Kay	00:01:39
Play 47	A Visit to Benicia	J. A. Taylor	00:07:10
Play 48	Too Much of Indian	amazingspace48.TT	00:03:17
Play 49	Going Up the Spout	Kathy Kay	00:10:10
Play 50	The Glorious Fourth	Alan Mapstone	00:03:11
Play 51	Jim Dudley’s Sermon	Greg Giordano	00:22:08
Play 52	The Poisoned Pet	J. A. Taylor	00:03:24
Play 53	Seeking for a Wife	Kathy Kay	00:07:35
Play 54	David Goyle the Miller Man	D. Olsen	00:09:39
Play 55	Heels Up and Heads Down	J. A. Taylor	00:03:14
Play 56	The Bitter End	J. A. Taylor	00:04:50
Play 57	A Trip to the Interior	MTLisa	00:16:16
Play 58	Hunting with a Vengeance	Alan Mapstone	00:06:09
Play 59	The Art Gallery	JW Watson	00:04:10
Play 60	A Rolling Stone	docdlmartin	00:03:33
Play 61	Riding in the Street Cars	J. A. Taylor	00:08:56
Play 62	Simon Rand	J. A. Taylor	00:09:42
Play 63	The Value of a Collar	Bill Mosley	00:06:44
Play 64	Quaint Epitaphs	Bill Mosley	00:05:50
Play 65	Mistaken Identity	Bill Mosley	00:04:54
Play 66	Flirting and What Came of It	Alan Mapstone	00:01:58
Play 67	The Champion Mean Man	Bill Mosley	00:18:18
Play 68	In a Thousand Years	Greg Giordano	00:03:15
Play 69	The Cobbler’s End	J. A. Taylor	00:05:42
Play 70	The Last of his Race	J. A. Taylor	00:02:03
Play 71	Jim Dudley’s Race	Greg Giordano	00:16:06
Play 72	Oleomargarine	Alan Mapstone	00:03:04
Play 73	Dining Under Difficulties	Kaye Burke	00:04:01
Play 74	Answers to Correspondents	MTLisa	00:02:58
Play 75	Court-room Scenes	Greg Giordano	00:04:52
Play 76	The Mason’s Ride	Alan Mapstone	00:03:24
Play 77	June	Kaye Burke	00:02:45
Play 78	The Anniversary	MTLisa	00:04:04
Play 79	A Country Tour	Mark Wayne	00:03:53
Play 80	A Trip Across the Bay	czandra	00:03:14
Play 81	Christmas Eve	Larry Wilson	00:05:12

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