A Treasury of Laughter
Louis Untermeyer
From
the introduction: "...This, then, is a book of humor. If wit and satire
manage to work their way in, it is without my consent. The aim of this
book is the communicaiton of the comic; its object is to make the reader
laugh. If the reader should pause to ponder or philosophize, that is
his right, but it is not my business. This editor's chief concern is
with such pieces in prose, and occasionally in verse, which have made
readers grin, smile, chortle, chirrup, giggle, titter, crow, cackle,
shout--where's that thesaurus? Ah yes--leap, roar, burst and die with
laughter. Obviously not every page in this collection will cause all
these pleasant reactions, or are they meant to. Bu each selection has
its devostees and has won from them the genial chuckle or the
side-splitting guffaw..."
the introduction: "...This, then, is a book of humor. If wit and satire
manage to work their way in, it is without my consent. The aim of this
book is the communicaiton of the comic; its object is to make the reader
laugh. If the reader should pause to ponder or philosophize, that is
his right, but it is not my business. This editor's chief concern is
with such pieces in prose, and occasionally in verse, which have made
readers grin, smile, chortle, chirrup, giggle, titter, crow, cackle,
shout--where's that thesaurus? Ah yes--leap, roar, burst and die with
laughter. Obviously not every page in this collection will cause all
these pleasant reactions, or are they meant to. Bu each selection has
its devostees and has won from them the genial chuckle or the
side-splitting guffaw..."
712 pages, Collection of Humourous Stories, Poems, Essays, Tall Tales, Jokes Boners, Epigrams, Memorable Quips