{"product_id":"2940013343269","title":"THE BEST AMERICAN HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES","description":"THE BEST AMERICAN HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES....335 PAGES IN PAPERBACK.  A REALLY FUN READ!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have tried to keep a certain unity of aim and impression in selecting these stories. In the first place I determined that the pieces of brief fiction which I included must first of all be not merely good stories, but good short stories. I put myself in the position of one who was about to select the best short stories in the whole range of American literature, but who, just before he started to do this, was notified that he must refrain from selecting any of the best American short stories that did not contain the element of humor to a marked degree. But I have kept in mind the wide boundaries of the term humor, and also the fact that the humorous standard should be kept second--although a close second--to the short story standard. (Edited by Alexander Jessup.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eTHE LITTLE FRENCHMAN AND HIS WATER LOTS (1839) George Pope Morris\u003cbr\u003eTHE ANGEL OF THE ODD (1844) Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003eTHE SCHOOLMASTER'S PROGRESS (1844) Caroline M.S. Kirkland\u003cbr\u003eTHE WATKINSON EVENING (1846) Eliza Leslie\u003cbr\u003eTITBOTTOM'S SPECTACLES (1854) George William Curtis\u003cbr\u003eMY DOUBLE; AND HOW HE UNDID ME (1859) Edward Everett Hale\u003cbr\u003eA VISIT TO THE ASYLUM FOR AGED AND DECAYED PUNSTERS (1861) Oliver Wendell Holmes\u003cbr\u003eTHE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY (1865) Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003eELDER BROWN'S BACKSLIDE (1885) Harry Stillwell Edwards\u003cbr\u003eTHE HOTEL EXPERIENCE OF MR. PINK FLUKER (1886) Richard Malcolm Johnston\u003cbr\u003eTHE NICE PEOPLE (1890) Cuyler Bunner\u003cbr\u003eTHE BULLER-PODINGTON COMPACT (1897) Frank Richard Stockton\u003cbr\u003eCOLONEL STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF (1901) Bret Harte\u003cbr\u003eTHE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES (1902) O. Henry\u003cbr\u003eBARGAIN DAY AT TUTT HOUSE (1905) George Randolph Chester\u003cbr\u003eA CALL (1906) Grace MacGowan Cooke\u003cbr\u003eHOW THE WIDOW WON THE DEACON (1911) William James Lampton\u003cbr\u003eGIDEON (1914) Wells Hastings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking for another good book?  Just enter the name \"TLC BOOKS\" at the search box and you will be taken to our main page, where you will be able to peruse all our titles…many are Christian and Wholesome novels.","brand":"TLC BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073610236144,"sku":"2940013343269","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013343269_p0.jpg?v=1763580089","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013343269","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}