The Best American Humorous Short Stories
作者：Jessup, Alexander, 1871- [Editor]; Bunner, H. C. (Henry Cuyler), 1855-1896 [Contributor]; Chester, George Randolph, 1869-1924 [Contributor]; Cooke, Grace MacGowan, 1863-1944 [Contributor]; Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 [Contributor]; Edwards, Harry Stillwell, 1855-1938 [Contributor]; Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 [Contributor]; Harte, Bret, 1836-1902 [Contributor]; Hastings, Wells, 1879-1923 [Contributor]; Henry, O., 1862-1910 [Contributor]; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 [Contributor]; Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898 [Contributor]; Kirkland, Caroline M. (Caroline Matilda), 1801-1864 [Contributor]; Lampton, William J. (William James), -1917 [Contributor]; Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858 [Contributor]; Morris, George Pope, 1802-1864 [Contributor]; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 [Contributor]; Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902 [Contributor]; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 [Contributor]
体例：题 章数：88
字数：491,220 来源：Project Gutenberg
章节目录
共 88 题- INTRODUCTION
- ALEXANDER JESSUP.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CONTENTS
- PAGE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN AND HIS WATER LOTS[10]
- BY GEORGE POPE MORRIS (1802–1864)
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE ANGEL OF THE ODD[11]
- BY EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809–1849)
- I again nodded my head in assent.
- I nodded again.
- I nodded once more.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE SCHOOLMASTER’S PROGRESS[12]
- By Caroline M.S. Kirkland (1801–1864)
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE WATKINSON EVENING[13]
- By Eliza Leslie (1787–1858)
- FOOTNOTES:
- TITBOTTOM’S SPECTACLES[14]
- BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS (1824–1892)
- FOOTNOTES:
- MY DOUBLE; AND HOW HE UNDID ME[15]
- By Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909)
- 2. “I am very glad you liked it.”
- FOOTNOTES:
- A VISIT TO THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED PUNSTERS[17]
- By Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)
- THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FEMALE PUNSTER.
- SECT. I. OF VERBAL EXERCISES.
- SECT. III. OF DEPORTMENT AT MEALS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY[18]
- By Mark Twain (1835–1910)
- FOOTNOTES:
- ELDER BROWN’S BACKSLIDE[19]
- By Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855- )
- II
- III
- IV
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE HOTEL EXPERIENCE OF MR. PINK FLUKER[20]
- BY RICHARD MALCOLM JOHNSTON (1822–1898)
- II
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE NICE PEOPLE[21]
- By Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896)
- I did.
- I didn’t know, but I said “Yes.”
- I went up to my wife’s room.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE BULLER-PODINGTON COMPACT[22]
- BY FRANK RICHARD STOCKTON (1834–1902)
- FOOTNOTES:
- COLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF[23]
- By Bret Harte (1839–1902)
- STARBOTTLE AND STRYKER.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES[24]
- By O. Henry (1862–1910)
- DEAR MISS TALBOT:
- FOOTNOTES:
- BARGAIN DAY AT TUTT HOUSE[25]
- By George Randolph Chester (1869- )
- II
- III
- IV
- VI
- MR. J. BELMONT VAN KAMP,
- VII
- EDWARD EASTMAN ELLSWORTH, ESQ.,
- VIII
- IX
- XI
- XII
- FOOTNOTES:
- A CALL[26]
- By Grace MacGowan Cooke (1863- )
- FOOTNOTES:
- HOW THE WIDOW WON THE DEACON[27]
- By William James Lampton ( -1917)
- FOOTNOTES:
- GIDEON[28]
- By Wells Hastings (1878- )
- FOOTNOTES:
- END OF VOLUME