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The Humour of Holland
by W. H. DircksThere appears to be an idea abroad to the effect that the “Humour of Holland” could be most satisfactorily dealt with in a chapter resembling the famous one “Of Snakes in Ireland.” As the average English reader, in the most favourable instances, knows little more of Dutch literature than a name or two (Rembrandt has introduced us to “the poet Vonde..
Some 'Frightful' War Pictures
by W. Heath RobinsonSome 'Frightful' War Pictures is a humorous work with illustrations by William Heath Robinson. The full-page drawings originally appeared in “The Sketch” and in “The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.” The author is indebted to the proprietors of these journals for permission to issue them in this volume...
Josiah Allen's Wife as a P. A. and P. I.
by Marietta HolleyMy companion, Josiah, knew that my book was all finished and completed, and so one lovely day about half past four, P. M. in the afternoon, when he see me walk with a firm and even step up to the mantletry piece and take down my bottle of ink and my steel mounted pen, he says to me:“What are you goin’ to writin’ on now, Samantha?”Says I mildly, “I ..
The Gibson Book - Vol. II
by Charles Dana GibsonThe Gibson Book: A Collection of Published Works of Charles Dana Gibson. Vol. IICONTENTS:A WIDOW AND HER FRIENDSTHE SOCIAL LADDERTHE WEAKER SEXEVERYDAY PEOPLEOUR NEIGHBORS(In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers] clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.)..
Wit, Humor, and Shakspeare - Twelve Essays
by John WeissThis subject is best reached from the point of reflecting that, of all the animals, man alone appears to be capable of laughter. If, as so many naturalists now claim, man has ascended by successive evolutions of varieties from a lower animal type, we ought to be able to find some germs of the laughing propensity among our ancestors. The first witne..
Pictures by Gavarni
by Paul GavarniThe pictures are selected from the two volumes of Gavarni’s “Œuvres Choisies” published by Hetzel, Paris, 1846-8. In choosing them the publishers have been careful to exclude any illustrations likely to offend English taste or too local in interest for the allusions to be generally intelligible...
What the Judge Saw
by Edward Abbott ParryWhat the Judge Saw: Being Twenty-Five Years in Manchester by One Who Has Done It.It would be absurd for modern visitors to Manchester, rushing away from the city in a luxurious dining car, plunging beneath the Disley Golf Links and emerging among the picturesque Derbyshire crags, to throw themselves into the romantic humour of the heroes of ’45 and..
The Sunny Side of the Street
by Marshall P. WilderIn this little volume are offered recollections of the sunny side of many people. I have plucked blossoms from the gardens of humor and pathos, which lie side by side, and in weaving them into a garland, claim only as my own the string that binds them together.Nature has put up many effective brands of concentrated sunshine in small packages; but t..