Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

by Palmer Cox

82 chapters8h 29mEnglish1889

About this book

Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short prose vignettes. From the publisher's preface, "thrice happy is the man who, having seen, can tell the fun; and having told, can picture it for others’ eyes and so roll on the rollicking humor, for the brightening of a world already far too sad." - Summary by Larry Wilson

Chapters (81)

1Ah Tie—That Deadly Pie

233

2New Year’s Callers

268

3Scenes on the Sidewalk

332

4Sam Patterson’s Balloon

1500

5My Canine

164

6Jim Dudley’s Flight

656

7Trials of the Farmer

8A Cunning Dodge

306

9A Terrible Take in

198

10A Family Jar

374

11The Rod of Correction

208

12Gone from his Gaze

131

13St. Patrick’s Day

440

14The Contented Frog

332

15All Fools’ Day

296

16Finding a Horse-shoe

607

17An Evening with Scientists

199

18Our Table Girl

145

19An Old Woman in Peril

337

20For Better or for Worse

179

21Ode on a Bumble-bee

326

22Dudley and the Greased Pig

1166

23Cora Lee

358

24A Brilliant Forensic Effort

363

25Visiting a School

138

26The Rejected Suitor

235

27A Night of Terror

252

28My Drive to the Cliff

268

29Second Sight

247

30The Thief

560

31A Startling Cat-astrophe

150

32A Trip to the Mountains

703

33An Impatient Undertaker

614

34Sermon on a Pin

170

35Dudley’s Fight with the Texan

1259

36Roller Skating

134

37A Terrible Nose

335

38A Masked Battery

439

39The Prize I Didn’t Win

184

40The Countryman’s Tooth

172

41Mining Stocks

158

42Ode on a Flea

286

43Fighting it Out on that Line

275

44Dudley’s Fight with Dr. Tweezer

834

45My Neighbor Worsted

242

46The Breathing Spell

47A Visit to Benicia

430

48Too Much of Indian

197

49Going Up the Spout

610

50The Glorious Fourth

191

51Jim Dudley’s Sermon

1328

52The Poisoned Pet

204

53Seeking for a Wife

455

54David Goyle the Miller Man

579

55Heels Up and Heads Down

194

56The Bitter End

290

57A Trip to the Interior

976

58Hunting with a Vengeance

369

59The Art Gallery

250

60A Rolling Stone

213

61Riding in the Street Cars

536

62Simon Rand

582

63The Value of a Collar

404

64Quaint Epitaphs

350

65Mistaken Identity

294

66Flirting and What Came of It

118

67The Champion Mean Man

1098

68In a Thousand Years

195

69The Cobbler’s End

342

70The Last of his Race

123

71Jim Dudley’s Race

966

72Oleomargarine

184

73Dining Under Difficulties

241

74Answers to Correspondents

178

75Court-room Scenes

292

76The Mason’s Ride

204

77June

165

78The Anniversary

244

79A Country Tour

233

80A Trip Across the Bay

194

81Christmas Eve

312

Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

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