title | creator | language | description | tableOfContents | contributor | subject | created |
Odd Craft, Complete | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943 | en | | The money box -- The castaway -- Blundell's improvement -- Bill's lapse -- Lawyer Quince -- Breaking a spell -- Establishing relations -- The changing numbers -- The persecution of Bob Pretty -- Dixon's return -- A spirit of avarice -- The third string -- Odd charges -- Admiral Peters. | Owen, Will, 1869-1957 [Illustrator] | Humorous stories, English; Sailors -- Fiction; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2004-04-01 |
More Cargoes
1897 | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943 | en | | Smoked skipper -- A safety match -- A rash experiment -- The cabin passenger -- "Choice spirits" -- A disciplinarian -- Brother Hutchins -- The disbursement sheet -- Rule of three -- Pickled herring -- Two of a trade -- An intervention -- The grey parrot -- Money changers -- The lost ship. | | Humorous stories, English; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; River life -- Fiction | 2008-06-12 |
Nonsense Songs | Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 | en | | | | Nonsense verses, English; Humorous poetry, English; Children's poetry, English; English poetry; English wit and humor | 2004-10-08 |
Reginald | Saki, 1870-1916 | en | | Reginald -- Reginald on Christmas Presents -- Reginald on the Academy -- Reginald at the Theatre -- Reginald's Peace Poem -- Reginald's Choir Treat -- Reginald on Worries -- Reginald on House-Parties -- Reginald at the Carlton -- Reginald on Besetting Sins -- Reginald's Drama -- Reginald on Tariffs -- Reginald's Christmas Revel -- Reginald's Rubaiyat -- The Innocence of Reginald. | | Short stories, English; England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Humorous stories, English | 2001-09-01 |
The Best American Humorous Short Stories | | en | Edited and introduced by Alexander Jessup | The little Frenchman and his water lots -- The angel of the odd -- The schoolmaster's progress -- The Watkinson evening -- Titbottom's spectacles -- My double; and how he undid me -- A visit to the asylum for aged and decayed punsters -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- Elder Brown's backslide -- The hotel experience of Mr. Pink Fluker -- The nice people -- The Buller-Podington compact -- Colonel Starbottle for the plaintiff -- The duplicity of Hargraves -- Bargain day at Tutt House -- A call -- How the widow won the deacon -- Gideon. | | | 2004-02-01 |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn | | | Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Runaway children -- Fiction; Male friendship -- Fiction; Fugitive slaves -- Fiction; Race relations -- Fiction; Boys -- Fiction; Mississippi River -- Fiction; Missouri -- Fiction; Adventure stories; Humorous stories; Bildungsromans | 2004-06-29 |
Odd Numbers
Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe | Ford, Sewell, 1868-1946 | en | | Goliah and the purple lid -- How Maizie came through -- Where Spotty fitted in -- A grandmother who got going -- A long shot on DeLancey -- Playing Harold both ways -- Cornelia shows some class -- Doping out an odd one -- Handing Bobby a blank -- Marmaduke slips one over -- A look in on the goat game -- Mrs. Truckles' broad jump -- Heiney takes the gloom cure -- A try-out for Toodleism -- The case of the Tiscotts -- Classing Tutwater right -- How Hermy put it over -- Joy riding with aunty -- Turning a trick for Beany. | | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American | 2008-09-04 |
Three Men in a Boat | Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927 | en | | | | Young men -- Travel -- England -- Thames River -- Fiction; Boats and boating -- England -- Thames River -- Fiction; Dogs -- Fiction; Humorous stories, English; Thames River (England) -- Fiction; Male friendship -- Fiction | 1995-08-01 |
Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature | Various | en | | Selections from the Experiences of the A.C. -- Dobbs His Ferry -- Father Higgins's Preferment -- Fred Trover's Little Iron-Clad -- Mr. Bluff Discourses on the Country and Kindred Themes -- Garden Ethics -- Captain Ben's Choice -- Street Scenes in Washington -- Selections from Transcendental Wild Oats -- Conversational Depravity -- The Tower of London -- Science and Natural History -- From the "Lecture" -- Our Tavern -- A Piece of Red Calico -- Aunt Pen's Funeral -- The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County -- Ben Thirlwall's School-days -- Selections from a Brace of Boys -- A Rivermouth Romance. | | | 2005-04-08 |
Droll Stories — Volume 2 | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 | en | Translation of: Les contes drôlatiques
See also: Vol 1: #1925, Vol 3: #2551, and the complete work #13260 | The Three Clerks of Saint Nicholas -- The Continence of King Francis The First -- The Merry Tattle of the Nuns of Poissy -- How the Chateau d'Azay Came To Be Built -- The False Courtesan -- The Danger of Being Too Innocent -- The Dear Night of Love -- The Sermon of the Merry Vicar of Meudon -- The Succubus -- Despair in Love | | Humorous stories; French literature -- 19th century; France -- Fiction; French literature | 2004-08-23 |
Many Cargoes | Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark), 1863-1943 | en | | A change of treatment -- A love passage -- The captain's exploit -- Contraband of war -- A black affair -- The skipper of the "Osprey" -- In borrowed plumes -- The boatswain's watch -- Low water -- In mid-Atlantic -- After the inquest -- In Limehouse Reach -- An elaborate elopement -- The cook of the "Gannet" -- A benefit performance -- A case of desertion -- Outsailed -- Mated -- The rival beauties -- Mrs. Bunker's chaperon -- A harbour of refuge. | | England -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Humorous stories, English; River life -- Fiction | 2004-05-01 |
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Wolfville Stories | Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914 | en | | Dead-Shot Baker -- Old Man Enright's uncle -- Cynthiana, pet-named original sin -- Old Monte, official drunkard -- How the mocking bird was won -- That Wolfville-Red Dog Fourth -- Propriety Pratt, hypnotist -- That Turner person -- Red Mike -- How Tutt shot Texas Thompson -- The funeral of Old Holt -- Spelling Book Ben. | | Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; Ranch life -- Fiction; Cowboys -- Fiction; Western stories; Arizona -- Social life and customs -- Fiction | 2009-07-22 |
Shorty McCabe on the Job | Ford, Sewell, 1868-1946 | en | | Wishing a new one on Shorty -- A few squirms by Bayard -- Peeking in on Pedders -- Two singles to Goober -- The case of a female party -- How Millie shook the jinx -- Reverse English on Sonny Boy -- Gumming Gopher to the map -- What Lindy had up her sleeve -- A case of nobody home -- Under the wire with Edwin -- A fifty-fifty split with Hunk -- A follow through by Eggy -- Catching up with Gerald -- Shorty hears from Pemaquid -- Scratch one on Bulgaroo -- Bayard ducks his past -- Trailing Dudley through a trance -- A little while with Alvin. | | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Humorous stories; Short stories, American | 2007-04-07 |
Beasts and Super-Beasts | Saki, 1870-1916 | en | | The she-wolf -- Laura -- The boar-pig -- The Brogue -- The hen -- The open window -- The treasure-ship -- The cobweb -- The lull -- The unkindest blow -- The romancers -- The Schartz-Metterklume method -- The seventh pullet -- The blind spot -- Dusk -- A touch of realism -- Cousin Teresa -- The Yarkand manner -- The Byzantine omelette -- The Feast of Nemesis -- The dreamer -- The quince tree -- The forbidden buzzards -- The stake -- Clovis on parental responsibilities -- A holiday task -- The stalled ox -- The story-teller -- A defensive diamond -- The elk -- Down pens -- The name-day -- The lumber room -- Fur -- The philanthropist and the happy cat -- On approval. | | Short stories, English; Supernatural -- Fiction; Humorous stories | 1995-05-01 |
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 | en | | The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg -- My First Lie, and How I Got out of it -- The Esquimaux Maiden's Romance -- Christian Science and The Book of Mrs. Eddy -- Is He Living or Is He Dead? -- My Debut as a Literary Person -- At The Appetite-cure -- Concerning The Jews -- From The 'London Times' of 1904 -- About Play-acting -- Travelling with a Reformer -- Diplomatic Pay and Clothes -- Luck -- The Captain's Story -- Stirring Times in Austria -- Meisterschaft -- My Boyhood Dreams -- To The above Old People -- In Memoriam - Olivia Susan Clemens. | | Short stories; City and town life -- Fiction; Honesty -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | 2004-09-20 |
Side-stepping with Shorty | Ford, Sewell, 1868-1946 | en | | Shorty and the plute -- Rounding up Maggie -- Up against Bentley -- The Tortonis' star act -- Putting Pinckney on the job -- The soaring of the Sagawas -- Rinkey and the phony lamp -- Pinckney and the twins -- A line on Peacock Alley -- Shorty and the stray -- When Rossiter cut loose -- Two rounds with Sylvie -- Giving Bombazoula the hook -- A hunch for Langdon -- Shorty's go with art -- Why Wilbur ducked -- When Swifty was going some -- Playing Wilbur to show -- At home with the Dillons -- The case of Rusty Quinn. | Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux), 1874-1938 [Illustrator] | New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Short stories, American; Humorous stories, American | 2010-03-15 |
Wolfville Nights | Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914 | en | | Some cowboy facts -- The dimissal of Silver Phil -- Colonel Sterett's panther hunt -- How Faro Nell dealt bank -- How the Raven died -- The queerness of Dave Tutt -- With the Apache's compliments -- The mills of savage gods -- Tom and Jerry, wheelers -- The influence of Faro Nell -- The ghost of the Bar-B-8 -- Tucson Jennie's correction -- Bill Connors of the Osages -- When Tutt first saw Tucson -- The troubles of Dan Boggs -- Bowlegs and Major Ben -- Toad Allen's elopement -- The clients of Aaron Green -- Colonel Sterett's marvels -- The luck of Hardrobe -- Long ago on the Rio Grande -- Colonel Coyote Clubbs. | | Arizona -- Social life and customs -- Fiction; Cowboys -- Fiction; Humorous stories, American; Ranch life -- Fiction; Western stories | 2004-10-11 |
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) | Various | en | | Abou Ben Butler, by Paul -- At Aunty's House, by Riley -- Bill's Courtship, by Stanton -- A Bully Boat and a Brag Captain, by Smith -- A Committee from Kelly's, by Belden -- The Co-operative Housekeepers, by Flower -- The Drayman, by O'Connell -- The Dutiful Mariner, by Irwin -- Especially Men, by Chester -- Farewell, by Taylor -- The Funny Little Fellow, by Riley -- Going Up and Coming Down, by Tucker -- Have You Seen the Lady?, by Sousa -- Her "Angel" Father, by Flower -- The Itinerant Tinker, by Macauley -- It Pays to be Happy, by Masson -- Latter-Day Warnings, by Holmes -- Lectures on Astronomy, by Phoenix -- A Letter from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, by Lorimer -- The Marriage of Sir John Smith, by Cary -- Melinda's Humorous Story, by McHenry -- Miss Legion, by Taylor -- The Mosquito, by Bryant -- Mr. Dooley on Expert Testimony, by Dunne -- Mr. Hare Tries to Get a Wife, by Culbertson -- Musical Review Extraordinary, by Phoenix -- My First Cigar, by Burdette -- My Ruthers, by Riley -- A Night in a Rocking-Chair, by Field -- Old Grimes, by Greene -- A Piano in Arkansas, by Thorpe -- Quit Yo' Worryin', by Culbertson -- Rollo Learning to Play, by Burdette -- The Runaway Boy, by Riley -- The Set of China, by Leslie -- Simon Starts in the World, by Hooper -- The Spring Beauties, by Cone -- The Strike of One, by Flower -- Suppressed Chapters, by Wells -- Tiddle-Iddle-Iddle-Iddle-Bum! Bum!, by Nesbit -- Whar Dem Sinful Apples Grow, by Culbertson -- Willy and the Lady, by Burgess -- The Woman Who Married an Owl, by Culbertson. | Wilder, Marshall Pinckney, 1859-1915 [Editor] | American wit and humor; American literature -- Humor | 2006-09-18 |