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This Simian WorldThis Simian World "How I hate the man who talks about the 'brute creation,' with an ugly emphasis on brute.... As for me, I am proud of my close kinship with other animals. I take a jealous pride in my Simian ancestry. I like...
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English as She is WroteEnglish as She is Wrote - Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them."Anybody," said an astute lawyer, addressing the jury to whom the opposing counsel had reflected upon inaccuracies in the spelling of his...
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Peck's SunshinePeck's Sunshine - Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Gentlemen of the Jury: I stand before you charged with an attempt to remove the people of America by the publication of a new book, and I enter a plea of Not...
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Peck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed BoyPeck's Uncle Ike and The Red Headed Boy - 1899 The boy who is not so awfully good, along at first, but just good enough; the boy who does not cry when he gets hurt, and goes into all the dangerous games there are...
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Peck's Bad Boy AbroadPeck's Bad Boy Abroad - Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands, Their Visits to Crowned Heads, the Manners and Customs of the...
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The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad BoyThe Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy - Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 CHAPTER I. VARIEGATED DOGSTHE BAD BOY SLEEPS ON THE ROOFA MAN DOESN'T KNOW EVERYTHING AT FORTY-EIGHTTHE OLD MAN WANTS SOME POLLYNURIOUS WATERTHE DYER'S DOGSPROCESSION OF THE...
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Peck's Bad Boy and His PaPeck's Bad Boy and His Pa - 1883 CHAPTER I. THE BOY WITH A LAME BACKTHE BOY COULDNT SIT DOWNA PRACTICAL JOKE ON THE OLD MANA LETTER FROM DAISY GUARDING THE FOUR CORNERSTHE OLD MAN IS UNUSUALLY GENEROUSMA ASKS AWKWARD QUESTIONSTHE BOY TALKED TO...
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Fables in SlangFables in SlangThe Author and the Publishers wish to acknowledge the courtesy of Victor F. Lawson, Esq., in permitting the reissue of these Fables in book form, after their appearance in the columns of The Chicago Record. The Fable of the Visitor Who Got...
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The Bad Boy at Home, and His Experiences in Trying to Become an EditorThe Bad Boy at Home, and His Experiences in Trying to Become an Editor - 1885 I've been intending ever since I got home from Yourope, to begin ritin' in a diry, but I ain't had no time, cos my chum Jimmy and me...
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Maw's Vacation: The Story of a Human Being in the YellowstoneMaw's Vacation: The Story of a Human Being in the YellowstoneTimes has changed, says Maw to herself, says she. Things ain't like what [1]they used to be. Time was when I worked from sunup to sundown, and we didn't have no daylight-saving contraptions on...
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The American CredoThe American Credo - A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National MindThe superficial, no doubt, will mistake this little book for a somewhat laborious attempt at jocosity. Because, incidentally to its main purpose, it unveils occasional ideas of so inordinate an erroneousness that...
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Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume ILittle Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume IAcknowledgments are made herewith to the following publishers, who have kindly consented to allow the reproduction of the material designated. In addition, the Editor desires to make his personal acknowledgments to the following authors: F. P....
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Love Conquers AllLove Conquers AllThe person or persons who have associated work with this document (the "Dedicator" or "Certifier") hereby either (a) certifies that, to the best of his knowledge, the work of authorship identified is in the public domain of the country from which the...
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Jokes For All OccasionsJokes For All Occasions - Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public SpeakersWit and humor, and the distinction between them, defy precise definition. Luckily, they need none. To one asking what is beauty, a wit replied: "That is the question of a...
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Ade's FablesAde's Fables Ambition came, with Sterling Silver Breast-Plate and Flaming Sword, and sat beside a Tad aged 5. The wee Hopeful lived in a Frame House with Box Pillars in front and Hollyhocks leading down toward the Pike. "I have spent many Hours brooding...
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Knocking the NeighborsKnocking the NeighborsCONTENTS The Roystering Blades The Flat-Dweller The Advantage of a Good Thing The Common Carrier The Heir and the Heiress The Undecided Bachelors The Wonderful Meal of Vittles The Galloping Pilgrim The Progressive Maniac Cognizant of our Shortcomings The Divine Spark Two...
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Ade's FablesAde's FablesCONTENTS The New Fable of the Private Agitator and What He Cooked Up The New Fable of the Speedy Sprite The New Fable of the Intermittent Fusser The New Fable of the Search for Climate The New Fable of the Father Who Jumped...
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Skiddoo!Skiddoo! To the Good Fellows of the Press who have looked upon John Henry with the Eye of Understanding, and who, realizing that these books were never intended to be more than an humble form of entertainment, have written thereof with the Pen of...
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Roughing it De LuxeRoughing it De LuxeIt is generally conceded that the Grand Caon of Arizona beggars description. I shall therefore endeavor to refrain from doing so. I realize that this is going to be a considerable contract. Nearly everybody, on taking a first look at the...
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Love Conquers AllLove Conquers AllThe author thanks the editors of the following publications for their permission to print the articles in this book: Life, The New York World, The New York Tribune, The Detroit Athletic Club News, and The Consolidated Press Association. Old scandals concerning the...
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