Humour

Schelmuffskys wahrhaftige, kuriöse und sehr gefährliche Reisebeschreibung zu Wasser und zu Lande

Christian Reuter

Der Text ist ein satirischer Reisebericht aus dem späten 17.

The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales

Arthur Scott Bailey

The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber‑Town Tales is a whimsical juvenile story that centers on a proud turkey…

Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

E. W. Cole

Cole’s Funny Picture Book No. 1 is a sprawling anthology of verse, riddles, moral tales and illustrated skits…

Caricature and Other Comic Art in All Times and Many Lands.

James Parton

The work is a scholarly survey of caricature and comic art from antiquity to the late nineteenth‑century,…

The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman

Laurence Sterne

The work is an experimental, self‑referential narrative that treats the life and opinions of Tristram Shandy…

A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)

Henry Carey

This work is a pair of eighteenth‑century satirical pamphlets, A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) and…

This Simian World

Clarence Day

This work is a satirical essay that riffs on the relationship between humanity and its animal ancestors,…

A Cathedral Courtship

Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

A Cathedral Courtship is a light‑hearted turn‑of‑the‑century romance that follows the American young woman…

The Middle-Class Gentleman

Molière

The Middle‑Class Gentleman is a French comedy of manners by Molière that opens in the bustling drawing‑room…

The Eyes Have It

Philip K. Dick

The piece is a short, humor‑laden science‑fiction story that opens with a narrator’s accidental discovery of…

The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts

J. M. Synge

J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World is a three‑act comedy set on the rugged coast of County Mayo.

The Apple Dumpling and Other Stories for Young Boys and Girls

Aunt Fanny

The collection presents a series of short, whimsical tales aimed at children, gathered under the affectionate…

English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them.

Anonymous

English as She is Wrote is a whimsical anthology that gathers together a kaleidoscope of mis‑spelled notices,…

Dolly Reforming Herself: A Comedy in Four Acts

Henry Arthur Jones

Dolly Reforming Herself is a four‑act comedy by Henry Arthur Jones that opens in the drawing‑room of the…

The Pirate's Pocket Book

Dion Clayton Calthrop

The Tale of Grumpy Weasel Sleepy-Time Tales

Arthur Scott Bailey

Arthur Scott Bailey’s “The Tale of Grumpy Weasel Sleepy‑Time Tales” is a lively picture‑book adventure that…

Cat and Dog; Or, Memoirs of Puss and the Captain

Julia Charlotte Maitland

The work is a juvenile tale that presents the world through the eyes of a well‑bred setter, who calls himself…

The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

John D. Sherwood

Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)

Various

Punch’s Volume 25 (July‑December 1853) is a satirical periodical that opens with a mock‑ceremonial “forfeit”…

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

The volume gathers a miscellany of American wit, ranging from a rustic verse about a diligent father and his…

The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain

Mark Twain

This volume gathers the complete range of Mark Twain’s published output, organized by the bibliography of…

English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times.

Graham Everitt

Everitt’s work is a scholarly survey of English caricaturists and graphic humourists from the Napoleonic era…

A laugh a day keeps the doctor away

Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin S. Cobb’s A Laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away is a collection of short, anecdotal jokes that he treats…

Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea

Langdon Elwyn Mitchell

This volume presents Langdon Mitchell’s celebrated four‑act comedy The New York Idea, first staged at New…