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A subtreasury of American humor

  • Clifton Fadiman,
  • Will Cuppy,
  • Oliver Herford,
  • Finley Peter Dunne,
  • Franklin P. Adams,
  • Frank Moore Colby,
  • Frank Sullivan,
  • Kenneth Fearing,
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes,
  • Frank R. Stockton,
  • Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne),
  • Lucretia P. Hale,
  • James M. Cain,
  • Alfred Henry Lewis,
  • Eugene Field,
  • Billings, Josh,
  • Corey Ford,
  • Marc Connelly,
  • Arthur Guiterman,
  • H. C. Bunner,
  • Irwin Edman,
  • Frederick Swartwout Cozzens,
  • Wolcott Gibbs,
  • S. J. Perelman,
  • M,
  • Ludwig Bemelmans,
  • E. B. White,
  • E. E. Cummings,
  • Edgar Allan Poe,
  • Dorothy Parker,
  • Clarence Day,
  • Don Marquis,
  • Phyllis McGinley,
  • James Thurber,
  • Benjamin Franklin,
  • James Russell Lowell,
  • Morris Bishop,
  • Washington Irving,
  • David McCord,
  • William Saroyan,
  • Stephen Vincent Benét,
  • Bret Harte,
  • Francis Steegmuller,
  • H. L. Mencken,
  • Nathaniel Parker Willis,
  • Edward Streeter,
  • Louis Untermeyer,
  • A. J. Liebling,
  • Heywood Broun,
  • Nathan, George Jean,
  • Ring Lardner,
  • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings,
  • Glen Rounds,
  • Charles Heber Clark,
  • Joel Chandler Harris,
  • Cornelia Otis Skinner,
  • George Ade,
  • Carolyn Wells,
  • Richard Lockridge,
  • Booth Tarkington,
  • Anita Loos,
  • Ogden Nash,
  • Sinclair Lewis,
  • Ambrose Bierce,
  • Mark Twain,
  • Geoffrey Hellman,
  • Donald Ogden Stewart,
  • Joseph Mitchell,
  • Sally Benson,
  • Bert Leston Taylor,
  • Roark Bradford,
  • Moffat, Donald W.,
  • Arthur Kober,
  • Nunnally Johnson,
  • Samuel Hoffenstein,
  • James T. Fields,
  • John McNulty,
  • Orpheus C. Kerr,
  • George W. Harris,
  • McKelway, St. Clair,
  • Alva Johnston,
  • Alexander Woolcott,
  • Ruth Ann McKinney,
  • John Mosher,
  • Kenneth Allan Robinson,
  • Robert C. Benchley,
  • Russell Maloney,
  • Frances Warfield,
  • Leonard Q. Ross,
  • Clifford Orr,
  • V. Petroleum Nasby,
  • Katharine Sergeant Angell White,
  • E. J. Kahn Jr.,
  • Clarence Hollister Knapp,
  • Persis Greely Anderson,
  • Sanderson Vanderbilt,
  • Angela Cypher,
  • Lee Strout White,
  • E.B. White and Katherine S. White

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About the authors

  • Clifton Fadiman

    15 May 1904 - 20 June 1999

    5.00

    2 ratings · 110 works

  • Will Cuppy

    1884 - 1949

4.00

1 ratings · 28 works

  • Oliver Herford

    1863 - 1935

    5.00

    1 ratings · 58 works

  • Finley Peter Dunne

    1867 - 1936

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    0 ratings · 32 works

  • Franklin P. Adams

    1881 - 1960

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    0 ratings · 37 works

  • Frank Moore Colby

    1865 - 1925

    4.00

    1 ratings · 32 works

  • Frank Sullivan

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    0 ratings · 28 works

  • Kenneth Fearing

    28 July 1902 - 26 June 1961

    4.20

    5 ratings · 26 works

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes

    1809 - 1894

    4.00

    2 ratings · 198 works

  • Frank R. Stockton

    1834 - 1902

    4.35

    17 ratings · 564 works

  • Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne)

    26 April 1834 - 6 March 1867

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    0 ratings · 115 works

  • Lucretia P. Hale

    1820 - 1900

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    0 ratings · 39 works

  • James M. Cain

    1892 - 1977

    3.78

    41 ratings · 108 works

  • Alfred Henry Lewis

    1857 - 1914

    4.00

    1 ratings · 31 works

  • Eugene Field

    September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895

    4.40

    5 ratings · 291 works

  • Billings, Josh

    1818 - 1885

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  • Corey Ford

    1902 - 1969

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  • Marc Connelly

    1890 - 1980

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    0 ratings · 33 works

  • Arthur Guiterman

    1871 - 1943

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    0 ratings · 35 works

  • H. C. Bunner

    1855 - 1896

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    0 ratings · 40 works

  • Irwin Edman

    1896-11-28 - 1954-09-04

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    0 ratings · 76 works

  • Frederick Swartwout Cozzens

    1818 - 1869

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    0 ratings · 47 works

  • Wolcott Gibbs

    1822-02-21 - 1908-12-09

    4.00

    1 ratings · 37 works

  • S. J. Perelman

    1 February 1904 - 17 October 1979

    4.00

    1 ratings · 45 works

  • M

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  • Ludwig Bemelmans

    27 Apr 1898 - 1 Oct 1962

    4.15

    82 ratings · 143 works

  • E. B. White

    11 July 1899 - 1 October 1985

    4.01

    479 ratings · 171 works

  • E. E. Cummings

    1894 - 1962

    4.10

    20 ratings · 162 works

  • Edgar Allan Poe

    19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849

    4.16

    430 ratings · 4050 works

  • Dorothy Parker

    22 August 1893 - 7 June 1967

    3.60

    10 ratings · 213 works

  • Clarence Day

    1874 - 1935

    4.40

    5 ratings · 42 works

  • Don Marquis

    1878 - 1937

    4.00

    3 ratings · 98 works

  • Phyllis McGinley

    21 March 1905 - 22 February 1978

    4.25

    4 ratings · 44 works

  • James Thurber

    8 December 1894 - 2 November 1961

    3.96

    53 ratings · 286 works

  • Benjamin Franklin

    17 January 1706 - 17 April 1790

    3.97

    61 ratings · 1489 works

  • James Russell Lowell

    1819 - 1891

    4.09

    11 ratings · 429 works

  • Morris Bishop

    1893 - 1973

    4.00

    1 ratings · 95 works

  • Washington Irving

    3 April 1783 - 28 November 1859

    4.11

    65 ratings · 1786 works

  • David McCord

    4.25

    4 ratings · 26 works

  • William Saroyan

    1908-08-31 - 1981-05-18

    4.22

    9 ratings · 226 works

  • Stephen Vincent Benét

    22 Jul 1898 - 13 Mar 1943

    4.36

    14 ratings · 257 works

  • Bret Harte

    1836 - 1902

    4.08

    25 ratings · 633 works

  • Francis Steegmuller

    July 3, 1906 - October 20, 1994

    5.00

    1 ratings · 48 works

  • H. L. Mencken

    1880 - 1956

    3.67

    6 ratings · 267 works

  • Nathaniel Parker Willis

    1806 - 1867

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    0 ratings · 212 works

  • Edward Streeter

    1891-08-01 - 1976-03-31

    5.00

    1 ratings · 28 works

  • Louis Untermeyer

    1 October 1885 - 18 December 1977

    4.29

    7 ratings · 265 works

  • A. J. Liebling

    1904 - 1963

    2.00

    1 ratings · 68 works

  • Heywood Broun

    1888 - 1939

    0

    0 ratings · 35 works

  • Nathan, George Jean

    1882 - 1958

    0

    0 ratings · 57 works

  • Ring Lardner

    1885 - 1933

    4.50

    2 ratings · 134 works

  • Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

    8 August 1896 - 14 December 1953

    3.91

    11 ratings · 33 works

  • Glen Rounds

    1906 - 2002

    4.67

    3 ratings · 67 works

  • Charles Heber Clark

    1841 - 1915

    3.00

    1 ratings · 45 works

  • Joel Chandler Harris

    1848 - 1908

    3.57

    7 ratings · 348 works

  • Cornelia Otis Skinner

    1899-05-30 - 1979-07-09

    4.50

    2 ratings · 85 works

  • George Ade

    1866 - 1944

    0

    0 ratings · 110 works

  • Carolyn Wells

    1862 - 1942

    3.32

    19 ratings · 225 works

  • Richard Lockridge

    1898 - 1982

    3.87

    15 ratings · 101 works

  • Booth Tarkington

    1869 - 1946

    4.60

    10 ratings · 291 works

  • Anita Loos

    1893 - 1981

    3.14

    7 ratings · 67 works

  • Ogden Nash

    19 August 1902 - 19 May 1971

    4.17

    6 ratings · 203 works

  • Sinclair Lewis

    7 February 1885 - 10 January 1951

    3.84

    50 ratings · 320 works

  • Ambrose Bierce

    1842 - 1914?

    3.96

    140 ratings · 1058 works

  • Mark Twain

    30 November 1835 - 21 April 1910

    3.91

    657 ratings · 7217 works

  • Geoffrey Hellman

    1907 - 1977

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    0 ratings · 19 works

  • Donald Ogden Stewart

    1894 - 1980

    5.00

    1 ratings · 18 works

  • Joseph Mitchell

    1908 - 1996

    3.00

    2 ratings · 18 works

  • Sally Benson

    1897 - 1972

    4.50

    4 ratings · 17 works

  • Bert Leston Taylor

    1866 - 1921

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    0 ratings · 17 works

  • Roark Bradford

    1896 - 1948

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    0 ratings · 15 works

  • Moffat, Donald W.

    born 1925

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  • Arthur Kober

    1900 - 1975

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  • Nunnally Johnson

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    0 ratings · 12 works

  • Samuel Hoffenstein

    1889 - 1947

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    0 ratings · 11 works

  • James T. Fields

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    0 ratings · 10 works

  • John McNulty

    1895 - 1956

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    0 ratings · 10 works

  • Orpheus C. Kerr

    1836 - 1901

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    0 ratings · 10 works

  • George W. Harris

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    0 ratings · 9 works

  • McKelway, St. Clair

    1905 - 1980

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    0 ratings · 8 works

  • Alva Johnston

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    0 ratings · 7 works

  • Alexander Woolcott

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  • Ruth Ann McKinney

    born 1951

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  • John Mosher

    born 1934

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    0 ratings · 6 works

  • Kenneth Allan Robinson

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    0 ratings · 6 works

  • Robert C. Benchley

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    0 ratings · 5 works

  • Russell Maloney

    born 1910

    4.00

    1 ratings · 5 works

  • Frances Warfield

    born 1901

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    0 ratings · 4 works

  • Leonard Q. Ross

    1908 - 1997

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    0 ratings · 4 works

  • Clifford Orr

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    0 ratings · 3 works

  • V. Petroleum Nasby

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    0 ratings · 3 works

  • Katharine Sergeant Angell White

    1892 - 1977

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    0 ratings · 3 works

  • E. J. Kahn Jr.

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    0 ratings · 2 works

  • Clarence Hollister Knapp

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  • Persis Greely Anderson

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  • Sanderson Vanderbilt

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  • Angela Cypher

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  • Lee Strout White

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  • E.B. White and Katherine S. White

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      1941

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      Tudor Publishing Company

      1945

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      1941

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      1946

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      1941

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      1941

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      1941

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      1980

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      1941

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      1941

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      1941

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      1941

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      1941

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      Capricorn Books

      1941

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      1941

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      The Modern Library

      1941

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      The Modern Library

      1941-01-01

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      The Modern Library

      1941-01-01

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      1948-01-01

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      Tudor Pub. Co.

      1945

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      [1st Modern Library giant ed.]

      Modern Library

      1948

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      August 1988

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      1962

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      Tudor Pub. Co.

      1945

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      1962