THE LIBRARY

OF

WIT AND HUMOR

PROSE AND POETRY

SELECTED FROM THE LITERATURE OF ALL TIMES AND NATIONS

EDITED, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTES, BY

A. R. SPOFFORD, Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C., and
RUFUS E. SHAPLEY. Author of "Solid for Mulhooly."

ILLUSTRATED WITH FIFTY CHOICE ETCHINGS

ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK

VOLUME III

PHILADELPHIA

GEBBIE & CO., PUBLISHERS

1891

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