Humour

The humour of Germany

The volume is a curated anthology of German wit, assembled by Hans Müller‑Casenov and introduced with a…

癡人說夢記

Sheng Lü

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 3 (of 4).—1874-1892

Charles L. Graves

Mr. Punch’s History of Modern England, Vol. III (1874‑1892) is a illustrated chronicle that blends political…

Europe and elsewhere

Mark Twain

The work is a sweeping essay that surveys Mark Twain’s evolution from a Mississippi‑river pilot and…

Christian Science

Mark Twain

Mark Twain’s “Christian Science” is a two‑part nonfiction work that blends memoir, reportage, and polemic.

Si Klegg, Book 1 His Transformation from a Raw Recruit to a Veteran

John McElroy

John McElroy’s “Si Klegg, Book 1” is a Civil‑War adventure that follows a young Indiana recruit from his…

Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life. Volume 2

Samuel Lover

Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life, Volume 2, by Samuel Lover, is a comic episode set against the bustle of a…

Nasby in Exile or, Six Months of Travel in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, with many things not of travel

David Ross Locke

Nasby in Exile is a travelogue‑turned‑series of sketches that records six months of a joint American tour…

The Comic Almanack, Volume 1 An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

Thackeray, William Makepeace; À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott; Mayhew, Henry; Mayhew, Horace; Smith, Albert

The Comic Almanack, Volume 1 is a Victorian‑era miscellany that blends the format of a traditional almanac…

The Book of Snobs

William Makepeace Thackeray

The work is a satirical essay on the phenomenon of snobbery, presented as a series of mock‑heroic reflections…

Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles Containing one thousand of the latest and best conundrums, gathered from every conceivable source, and comprising many that are entirely new and original

Dean Rivers

Dean Rivers’ Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles presents itself as a compendium of one thousand word‑play…

The American Joe Miller: A Collection of Yankee Wit and Humor

The American Joe Miller presents itself as a deliberately assembled anthology of Yankee wit, introduced by a…

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.)

The volume gathers the most celebrated American humorists of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,…

George Cruikshank's Omnibus

George Cruikshank

The doctor, &c., vol. 7 (of 7)

Robert Southey

The work is a voluminous miscellany assembled by Robert Southey under the title The Doctor, &c., the seventh…

How to be Happy Though Married: Being a Handbook to Marriage

E. J. Hardy

This work, authored by Edward John Hardy and issued in its seventh popular edition in London in 1887,…

The book of Scottish story: historical, humorous, legendary, and imaginative, selected from the works of standard Scottish authors

Various

The volume gathers a broad sampling of nineteenth‑century Scottish short fiction, presenting stories that…

Verse and Worse

Harry Graham

Der Zerbrochene Krug

Heinrich von Kleist

Der Zerbrochene Krug ist ein komödiantisches Theaterstück von Heinrich von Kleist, das bereits im ersten Akt…

The Hand of Ethelberta: A Comedy in Chapters

Thomas Hardy

The Hand of Ethelberta is Thomas Hardy’s light‑hearted foray into comic fiction, positioned between his more…

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (November 1912) Vol. LXXXV: New Series Vol. LXIII, November 1912 to April 1913

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, November 1912, opens the volume with a single short story titled…

"Abe" Lincoln's Anecdotes and Stories A Collection of the Best Stories Told by Lincoln Which Made Him Famous as America's Best Story Teller

The volume is a compilation of anecdotes and stories that Lincoln himself told, assembled to illustrate why…

Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel.

Jean Paul

Jean Paul’s “Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus…

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon

George Washington Plunkitt

The book is a collection of speeches and interviews given by George Washington Plunkitt, a longtime Tammany…