The Best American Humorous Short Stories

Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omitted from this Librivox audio book. (Summary by David Wales)

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1 01 Story 1 The Little Frenchman And His Water Lots (1839) by George Pope Morris 14:38
2 02 Story 2 The Angel Of The Odd (1844) by Edgar Allan Poe 27:19
3 03 Story 3 The School Master's Progress (1844) by Caroline M.S. Kirkland 40:35
4 04 Story 4 The Watkinson Evening (1846) by Eliza Leslie 43:22
5 05 Story 5 Titbottom's Spectacles (1854) by George William Curtis 1:02:35
6 06 Story 6 My Double; And How He Undid Me (1859) by Edward Everett Hale 48:48
7 07 Story 7 A Visit To The Asylum For Aged And Decayed Punsters (1861) by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr 17:22
8 08 Story 8 The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County (1865) by Mark Twain 16:10
9 09 Story 0 Elder Brown's Backslide (1885) by Harry Stillwell Edwards 45:02
10 10 Story 10 The Hotel Experience Of Mr Pink Fluker (1886) by Richard Malcolm Johnston 30:19
11 11 Story 11 The Nice People (1890) by Henry Cuyler Bunner 22:25
12 12 Story 12 The Buller-Podington Compact 43:33
13 13 Story 13 Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff (1901) Part 1 by Bret Harte 37:33
14 14 Story 13 Colonel Starbottle For The Plaintiff (1901) Part 2 by Bret Harte 37:42
15 15 Story 14 The Duplicity Of Hargraves (1902) by O. Henry 34:25
16 16 Story 15 Bargain Day At Tutt House (1905) by George Randolph Chester 54:46
17 17 Story 16 A Call (1906) by Grace MacGowan Cooke 34:09
18 18 Story 17 How The Widow Won The Deacon (1911) by William James Lampton 17:59
19 19 Story 18 Gideon (1914) by Wells Hastings 44:49