[COMPLETE] Little Masterpieces of American Wit & Humor 1-tg

[Lynnet]

Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1 by Thomas Lansing Masson (1866 - 1934).

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Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes selections by such household favorites as Mark Twain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Benjamin Franklin and Washington Irving. ( Lynne Thompson)

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[TriciaG]

I'll MC.

This is similar to the Wit & Humour of America series, I take it.

EDIT: Set up. I think the file name should be shortened:

littlemasterpiecesofamericanwitandhumor1

to any of the below:

littlemasterpieces1
americanwitandhumor1
witandhumor1

What do you think?

And would you want "various" as the author in the file name, or the editor's name, as it is now?

[Lynnet]

I'll MC.

This is similar to the Wit & Humour of America series, I take it.

Possibly... sounds like it ought to be. I guess Americans are funny people Yes, that was tongue in cheek, having lived here almost 20 years...
I did a quick search and it looks like a couple of the pieces have shown up in short story collections, but this book in its entirety isn't in the catalog. Vol. 2 has just appeared on Gutenberg, which is what drew my attention

You may want to shorten the file name... it's kind of long but I wasn't sure what you'd want to leave out

Edit: OK, I cross-posted... will shorten the name to one you suggested!

[TriciaG]

Looks good so far.

Double quotes cause problems at Archive - Archive cuts off anything after the first double quote in ID tags. So use single quotes (apostrophes) instead.

[AdeledePignerolles]

May I have Section 58, the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, please?

Thanks!

[Lynnet]

May I have Section 58, the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, please?

Thanks!

You may, but please don't record it yet... It will probably not end up as section 58 once I've finished setting up the MW (don't ask... It's complicated ... The order in the book isn't the same as the order in the index...). Little thing called work interrupted earlier but I'll be on the case after dinner!

[AdeledePignerolles]

May I have Section 58, the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, please?

Thanks!

You may, but please don't record it yet... It will probably not end up as section 58 once I've finished setting up the MW (don't ask... It's complicated ... The order in the book isn't the same as the order in the index...). Little thing called work interrupted earlier but I'll be on the case after dinner!

Well, I already did, but that section is last in the MW and in the book. I won't upload it until you get the MW finished, though. Thanks!

[silverquill]

Fun stuff!

Needing to intersperse with the heavier pieces.

If I may throw my hat into the ring early, I'd like several little clusters:

SECTIONS 6, 7, 8 - 12, 13, 14 - 28, 29

Glad to hear there are more volumes . . . .

[Lynnet]

It should be safe to upload now... I don't think I have any more re-ordering to do. Just adding the metadata.

[Lynnet]

Fun stuff!

Needing to intersperse with the heavier pieces.

If I may throw my hat into the ring early, I'd like several little clusters:

SECTIONS 6, 7, 8 - 12, 13, 14 - 28, 29

Glad to hear there are more volumes . . . .

Welcome aboard, Larry. Good to see you back.

[silverquill]

Ooops. Guess I wasn't clear with my sections. Let me try this:

6, 7, 8
12, 13, 14
28, 29

That's eight sections. Sorry about the confusion.

[Lynnet]

Ooops. Guess I wasn't clear with my sections. Let me try this:

6, 7, 8
12, 13, 14
28, 29

That's eight sections. Sorry about the confusion.

I can always put you in for those other sections when you've finished this eight

[Lynnet]

Tricia,
Andrew V. Kelley (of section 51 fame) isn't in the database and I couldn't find him on Wikipedia... Still trying to hunt him down.

[TriciaG]

OK. Let me know if you come up with anything. If not, I'll enter him with no information. There are a lot of authors in the database that have no info.

Moving this to Readers Wanted! Ummm... Short works, I guess? If you want it in Books, let me know and I'll move it there instead.

[Valpal47]

I would like to claim #57: Music by the Choir, please (as well as the bit about Chicago afterward). I am new to the family and I am waiting for the OK on my 1 Minute Test, but I'm sure it's fine.

Valerie Kuhns