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The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 10

Various

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the tenth volume, 62 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Genre(s): General Fiction, Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Group: Wit and Humor of America

Section	Chapter	Author	Source	Reader	Time	Language
Play 01	Trouble-Proof	Edwin L. Sabin	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:07	en
Play 02	Johnny's Pa	Wilbur D. Nesbit	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:40	en
Play 03	Maxims	Benjamin Franklin	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:37	en
Play 04	Nevada Sketches	Mark Twain	Etext	Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	00:39:10	en
Play 05	Settin' By The Fire	Frank L. Stanton	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:12	en
Play 06	Whisperer,The	Ironquill	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:17	en
Play 07	Der Oak Und Der Vine	Charles Follen Adams	Etext	Snapdragon	00:02:33	en
Play 08	Araminta and The Automobile	Charles Battell Loomis	Etext	Ric F	00:13:34	en
Play 09	Height of The Ridiculos,The	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.	Etext	Patti Cunningham	00:01:47	en
Play 10	When Lovely Woman	Phoebe Cary	Etext	Snapdragon	00:00:52	en
Play 11	Unsatisfied Yearning	R. K. Munkittrick	Etext	Snapdragon	00:00:48	en
Play 12	Invisible Prince, The	Henry Harland	Etext	Patti Cunningham	00:55:53	en
Play 13	Why Wait for Death and Time?	Bert Leston Taylor	Etext	Marty Kris	00:02:19	en
Play 14	Winter Joys	Eugene Field	Etext	Nicky Rivera	00:01:12	en
Play 15	Demon of the Study, The	John Greenleaf Whittier	Etext	vinphizz	00:06:30	en
Play 16	Uncle Bentley and the Roosters	Hayden Carruth	Etext	vinphizz	00:06:12	en
Play 17	Shining Mark, A	Ironquill	Etext	TriciaG	00:00:53	en
Play 18	Bookworm\'s Plaint, A	Clinton Scollard	Etext	Marty Kris	00:01:39	en
Play 19	Poe-'em of Passion, A	Charles F. Lummis	Etext	Marty Kris	00:01:54	en
Play 20	Real Diary of a Real Boy, The	Henry A. Shute	Etext	vinphizz	00:08:44	en
Play 21	Mothers' Meeting, A	Mary Ainge de Vere	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:14	en
Play 22	Mister Rabbit's Love Affair	Frank L. Stanton	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:17	en
Play 23	Our Hired Girl	James Whitcomb Riley	Etext	Snapdragon	00:02:28	en
Play 24	Reason, The	Ironquill	Etext	Snapdragon	00:00:52	en
Play 25	Oncl' Antione On 'Change	Wallace Bruce Amsbary	Etext	TriciaG	00:02:44	en
Play 26	Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion	Frances M. Whicher	Etext	Linette Geisel	00:07:37	en
Play 27	What Lack We Yet?	Robert Jones Burdette	Etext	Rhonda Federman	00:01:22	en
Play 28	Jacob	Phoebe Cary	Etext	Patti Cunningham	00:01:01	en
Play 29	To Bary Jade	Charles Follen Adams	Etext	Patti Cunningham	00:02:21	en
Play 30	His Grandmother's Way	Frank L. Stanton	Etext	Nicky Rivera	00:02:20	en
Play 31	Great Prize Fight, The	Mark Twain	Etext	Rhonda Federman	00:18:40	en
Play 32	Concord Love-Song, A	James Jeffrey Roche	Etext	Rhonda Federman	00:01:59	en
Play 33	Meeting, The	S. E. Kiser	Etext	Rhonda Federman	00:01:01	en
Play 34	There's a Bower of Bean-Vines	Phoebe Cary	Etext	Joyce Couch	00:01:29	en
Play 35	Trail That Job Missed, The	Kennett Harris	Etext	Rhonda Federman	00:01:32	en
Play 36	Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. Jones, The	Mark Twain	Etext	vinphizz	00:15:53	en
Play 37	Double-Dyed Deciever, A	O. Henry	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:29:40	en
Play 38	An Old-Time Singer	Frank L. Stanton	Etext	Bill Mosley	00:02:18	en
Play 39	Breitmann in Politics	Charles Godfrey Leland	Etext	Marty Kris	00:10:32	en
Play 40	Love Song	Charles Godfrey Leland	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:53	en
Play 41	Contentment "Man wants but little here below"	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.	Etext	Snapdragon	00:03:47	en
Play 42	Tom's Money	Harriet Prescott Spofford	Etext	Marty Kris	00:19:54	en
Play 43	Rubiyat of Mathieu Lettellier	Wallace Bruce Amsbary	Etext	Snapdragon	00:02:49	en
Play 44	Biggs' Bar	Howard V. Sutherland	Etext	Marty Kris	00:05:58	en
Play 45	Backsliding Brother, The	Frank L. Stanton	Etext	Phil Chenevert	00:01:27	en
Play 46	Legend of Sir Yroncladde, Ye	Wilbur D. Nesbit	Etext	TriciaG	00:02:29	en
Play 47	Winter Dusk	R. K. Munkittrick	Etext	Rhonda Federman	00:01:02	en
Play 48	Mother of Four, A	Juliet Wilbor Tompkins	Etext	Pamela Krantz	00:29:55	en
Play 49	Fall Styles in Faces	Wallace Irwin	Etext	Rhonda Federman	00:03:04	en
Play 50	Had a Set of Double Teeth	Holman F. Day	Etext	Snapdragon	00:02:40	en
Play 51	Plain Language From Truthful James	Bret Harte	Etext	Snapdragon	00:02:44	en
Play 52	Possession	William J. Lampton	Etext	Patti Cunningham	00:01:17	en
Play 53	Her Brother: Enfant Terrible	Edwin L. Sabin	Etext	Snapdragon	00:02:08	en
Play 54	Jackpot, The	Ironquill	Etext	TriciaG	00:02:27	en
Play 55	Dum Vivimus Vigilamus	John Paul	Etext	TriciaG	00:02:06	en
Play 56	At Aunty's House	James Whitcomb Riley	Etext	Snapdragon	00:01:44	en
Play 57	Willy and the Lady	Frank Gelett Burgess	Etext	Denny Sayers (d. 2015)	00:03:04	en
Play 58	New Year Idyl, A	Eugene Field	Etext	TriciaG	00:01:42	en
Play 59	Lay of Ancient Rome, A	Thomas Ybarra	Etext	Ric F	00:01:43	en
Play 60	Little Bopeep and Little Boy Blue	Samuel Minturn Peck	Etext	Pamela Krantz	00:01:49	en
Play 61	"Festina Lente"	Robert Jones Burdette	Etext	TriciaG	00:02:00	en
Play 62	Genial Idiot Discusses Leap Year, The	John Kendrick Bangs	Etext	Rhonda Federman	00:14:13	en

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