The Book of Humorous Verse by Various Authors
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Title: The Book of Humorous Verse
Author: Various
Editor: Carolyn Wells
Release Date: December 22, 2007 [eBook #23972]
Language: English
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THE BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSE
Compiled by
CAROLYN WELLS
|Author of| "|Such Nonsense|,"
"|The Whimsey Anthology|,"
|etc.|, |etc.|
New York
George H. Doran Company
Printed in the United States of America
TO ROBERT CHAPMAN SPRAGUE
INTRODUCTION
A hope of immortality and a sense of humor distinguish man from the beasts of the field.
A single exception may be made, perhaps, of the Laughing Hyena, and, on the other hand, not every one of the human race possesses the power of laug