Adams, Charles Follen
Bary Jade, To, 1899
Der Oak und der Vine, 1823
Shonny Schwartz, 1206
Yawcob Strauss, 370

Ade, George
Hon. Ransom Peabody, 1429

Adeler, Max (see Charles Heber Clark)

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
Our New Neighbors at Ponkapog, 403

Allen, Nina R.
Women and Bargains, 1352

Amsbary, Wallace Bruce
Anatole Dubois at de Horse Show, 152
De Gradual Commence, 1164
Oncl' Antoine on 'Change, 1891
Rubaiyat of Mathieu Lettellier, 1965
Tim Flanagan's Mistake, 1673
Verre Definite, 1183

Anonymous
Book-Canvasser, The, 1113
Country School, The, 1734
Merchant and the Book-Agent, The, 1124

Appleton, Jack
Modern Farmer, The, 1083

Arp, Bill (see Charles H. Smith)


Bagby, George W.
How "Ruby" Played, 311

Bailey, James Montgomery ("The Danbury News Man")
After the Funeral, 1146
Mr. Stiver's Horse, 464

Baldwin, Joseph G.
Assault and Battery, 1391

Bangs, John Kendrick
By Bay and Sea, 1367
Genial Idiot Discusses Leap Year, The, 2018
Genial Idiot Discusses the Music Cure, The, 1105
Genial Idiot Suggests a Comic Opera, The, 504
Gentle Art of Boosting, The, 1575
University Intelligence Office, The, 1727

Batchelder, Frank Roe
Happy Land, The, 1389
Wicked Zebra, The, 1322

Baxter, Billy (see William J. Kountz, Jr.)

Becker, Charlotte
Modern Advantage, A, 642

Bedott, Widow (see Frances M. Whicher)

Beecher, Henry Ward
Deacon's Trout, The, 212
Organ, The, 217

Belden, J. V. Z.
A Committee from Kelly's, 929

Billings, Josh (see Henry W. Shaw)

Boynton, H. W.
The Golfer's Rubaiyat, 319

Bridges, Madeline
A Mothers' Meeting, 1886

Browne, Charles Farrar ("Artemus Ward")
Tower of London, The, 528
Uncle Simon and Uncle Jim, 539

Bryant, William Cullen
The Mosquito, 1199

Burdette, Robert J.
Archæological Congress, An, 390
Brakeman at Church, The, 1323
Day We Do Not Celebrate, The, 134
"Festina Lente", 2016
Margins, 1297
My First Cigar, 1204
Plaint of Jonah, The, 485
Rollo Learning to Play, 912
Rollo Learning to Read, 448
Soldier, Rest, 1796
Songs Without Words, 1261
Strike at Hinman's, The, 342
What Lack We Yet, 1897

Burgess, Gelett
Bohemians of Boston, The, 519
Nonsense Verses, 1244
Purple Cow, The, 13
Vive la Bagatelle, 280
Willy and the Lady, 2009

Butler, Ellis Parker
The Crimson Cord, 470

Butler, William Allen
Nothing to Wear, 1435


Carleton, Henry Guy
The Thompson Street Poker Club, 1140

Carman, Bliss
Modern Eclogue, A, 645
In Philistia, 567
Sceptics, The, 1626
Spring Feeling, A, 1129
Staccato to O Le Lupe, A, 1499

Carruth, Hayden
Familiar Authors at Work, 289
Uncle Bentley and the Roosters, 1873

Carryl, Charles E.
Nautical Ballad, A, 348

Cary, Phoebe
"Day Is Done, The, 1628
I Remember, I Remember, 652
Jacob, 1898
Marriage of Sir John Smith, The, 803
Psalm of Life, A, 207
Samuel Brown, 259
"There's a Bower of Bean-Vines", 1916
When Lovely Woman, 1834

Challing, John
Rhyme for Christmas, A, 1290

Chambers, Robert W.
Recruit, The, 230

Chester, George Randolph
Especially Men, 937

Clark, Charles Heber ("Max Adeler")
Millionaires, The, 1675

Clarke, Joseph I. C.
Fighting Race, The, 214

Clemens, Samuel L.
Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. Jones, The, 1918
Great Prize Fight, The, 1903
Nevada Sketches, 1805

Cone, Helen Avery
Spring Beauties, The, 805

Cooke, Edmund Vance
Daniel Come to Judgment, A, 1399
Final Choice, The, 1427

Cortissoz, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson
Praise-God Barebones, 765

Cox, Kenyon
Bumblebeaver, The, 1145
Octopussycat, The, 1112
Paintermine, The, 1100
Welsh Rabbittern, The, 1120
Wild Boarder, The, 1163

Cozzens, Frederick S.
Family Horse, The, 715

Crane, Frank
Wamsley's Automatic Pastor, 511

Crayon, Porte (see B. F. Strother)
Culbertson, Anne Virginia
Comin' Thu, 333
Go Lightly, Gal (The Cake-Walk), 317
How Mr. Terrapin Lost His Beard, 1328
How Mr. Terrapin Lost His Plumage and Whistle, 1360
Mr. Hare Tries to Get a Wife, 921
Quit Yo' Worryin, 934
Whar Dem Sinful Apples Grow, 903
Why Moles Have Hands, 202
Woman Who Married an Owl, The, 838

Curtis, George William
Our Best Society, 233

Cutting, Mary Stewart
Not According to Schedule, 1448


Dale, Alan
Wanted—A Cook, 35

Davies, John James
Ballade of the "How To" Books, A, 416

Day, Holman F.
Had a Set of Double Teeth, 1994
When the Allegash Drive Goes Through, 1214

Derby, George H. ("John Phœnix")
Lectures on Astronomy, 847
Musical Review Extraordinary, 824

Devere, William
Walk, 300

Dodge, Mary Abigail ("Gail Hamilton")
Complaint of Friends, A, 604

Dooley, Mr. (see Finley Peter Dunne)

Downing, Major Jack (see Seba Smith)

Drummond, William Henry
De Stove Pipe Hole, 774
Natural Philosophy, 1722
When Albani Sang, 92

Dunne, Finley Peter ("Mr. Dooley")
Mr. Dooley on Expert Testimony, 844
Mr. Dooley on the Game of Football, 1059
Mr. Dooley on Gold-Seeking, 304
Mr. Dooley on Golf, 1630
Mr. Dooley on Reform Candidates, 321


Eggleston, Edward
Spelling Down the Master, 138

Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Fable, 1358


Field, Eugene
Advertiser, The, 1101
James and Reginald, 1171
Lost Chords, 1080
New Year Idyl, A, 2011
Story of the Two Friars, The, 588
Utah, 1305
Warrior, The, 1708
Winter Joys, 1868

Field, Kate
Night in a Rocking-Chair, A, 905
Rival Entertainment, A, 362

Fields, James T.
Cæsar's Quiet Lunch with Cicero, 760
Owl-Critic, The, 1196
Pettibone Lineage, The, 196

Finn, Henry J.
Curse of the Competent, The, 14

Fisk, May Isabel
Evening Musicale, An, 325

Flagg, James Montgomery
Branch Library, A, 1446
Table Manners, 1400

Flower, Elliott
Co-operative Housekeepers, The, 927
Her "Angel" Father, 936
Strike of One, The, 870

Foley, J. W.
Sonnets of the Lovable Lass and the Plethoric Dad, 723

Ford, James L.
Dying Gag, The, 569

Ford, Sewell
In Defence of an Offering, 1248

Foss, Sam Walter
Cable-Car Preacher, A, 647
He Wanted to Know, 1794
"Hullo", 1706
Prayer of Cyrus Brown, The, 1398
She Talked, 264

Franklin, Benjamin
Maxims, 1804
Paper: A Poem, 1548

French, Alice ("Octave Thanet")
Fairport Art Museum, The, 1062

French, Anne Warner ("Anne Warner")
So Wags the World, 1092
Wolf at Susan's Door, The, 626


Gillilan, Strickland W.
Mammy's Lullaby, 542

Gilman, Caroline Howard
Colonel's Clothes, The, 396

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
Similar Cases, 56

Gray, David
Mr. Carteret and His Fellow Americans Abroad, 1462

Greene, Albert Gorton
Old Grimes, 818

Greene, Roy Farrell
Educational Project, An, 1264
Wasted Opportunities, 1132
Woman-Hater Reformed, The, 1359

Greene, Sarah P. McLean
Grandma Keeler Gets Grandpa Ready for Sunday-School 266


Habberton, John
Budge and Toddie, 1692

Hale, Edward Everett
Skeleton in the Closet, The, 1371

Hale, Lucretia P.
Elizabeth Eliza Writes a Paper, 454

Haliburton, T. C. ("Sam Slick")
Road to a Woman's Heart, The, 1487

Hall, Baynard Rust
Camp-Meeting, The, 1265
Selecting the Faculty, 437

Hamilton, Gail (see Mary Abigail Dodge)

Harland, Henry
Invisible Prince, The,1836

Harris, Joel Chandler
My Honey, My Love, 691

Harris, Kennett
Trial that Job Missed, The, 1917

Harte, Francis Bret
Melons, 1
Plain Language from Truthful James, 1997
Society upon the Stanislaus, The, 1078

Hartswick, Jennie Betts
Weddin', The, 1134

Hawthorne, Nathaniel
British Matron, The, 192

Hay, John
Banty Tim, 1173
Distichs, 65
Mystery of Gilgal, The, 1654

Henry, O. (see Sydney Porter)

Herford, Oliver
Alphabet of Celebrities, 1243

Hobart, George V. ("Hugh McHugh")
John Henry in a Street Car, 177

Holley, Marietta ("Josiah Allen's Wife")
How We Bought a Sewin' Machine and Organ, 729

Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, The, 753
Contentment, 1952
Deacon's Masterpiece, or, The Wonderful "One-Hoss Shay," The, 9
Dislikes, 536
Evening, 1175
Height of the Ridiculous, The, 1832
Latter-Day Warnings, 1168

Honeywood, St. John
Darby and Joan, 166

Hooper, J. J.
Simon Starts in the World, 881

Hough, Emerson
Girl and the Julep, The, 1401

Hovey, Richard
Barney McGee, 223
Her Valentine, 1117

Howe, E. W.
Letter from Mr. Biggs, A, 69

Howells, William Dean
Mrs. Johnson, 74


Ironquill (see Eugene F. Ware)

Irvin, Wallace
Ballad of Grizzly Gulch, The, 1073
Boat that Ain't, The, 1764
Crankidoxology, 688
Dutiful Mariner, The, 973
Fall Styles in Faces, 1992
Forbearance of the Admiral, The, 1553
Letter from Home, A, 522
Lost Inventor, The, 1385
Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, 307
Meditations of a Mariner, 713
Niagara Be Dammed, 1551
Rhyme of the Chivalrous Shark, The, 483

Irving, Washington
Wouter Van Twiller, 109


Johnson, Charles F.
Greco-Trojan Game, The, 595

Josiah Allen's Wife (see Marietta Holley)


Kauffman, Reginald Wright
Auto Rubaiyat, The, 546

Kelley, J. F.
Desperate Race, A, 742

Kelly, Myra
Morris and the Honorable Tim, 488

Kiser, S. E.
Budd Wilkins at the Show, 352
Love Sonnets of an Office Boy, 1056
Meeting, The, 1915
Quarrel, The, 68
When Doctors Disagree, 1762
Yankee Dude'll Do, The, 136

Knott, J. Proctor
Duluth Speech, The, 1606

Kountz, William J., Jr. ("Billy Baxter")
Grand Opera, The, 693


Laidlaw, A. H.
It Is Time to Begin to Conclude, 1294

Lampton, William J.
Critic, The, 1336
New Version, The, 574
Possession, 2000

Lanigan, George Thomas
Threnody, A, 1754

Laughlin, E. O. 
Hired Hand and "Ha'nts", The, 419

Leland, Charles Godfrey
Ballad, 355
Breitmann and the Turners, 1217
Breitmann in Politics, 1943
Hans Breitmann's Party, 446
Love Song, 1950

Leland, Henry P.
Dutchman Who Had the "Small Pox", The, 295

Leslie, Eliza
Set of China, The, 808

Lewis, Alfred Henry
Colonel Sterett's Panther Hunt, 98

Lewis, Charles B. ("M. Quad")
Two Cases of Grip, 1239

Locke, David Ross ("Petroleum V. Nasby")
Letter, A, 282

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Notary of Perigueux, The, 1251

Long, John Luther
Seffy and Sally, 372

Longstreet, A. B.
Shooting-Match, The, 666

Loomis, Charles Battell
Araminta and the Automobile, 1825
Gusher, The, 1656

Lorimer, George Horace
Letter from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son, A, 961

Lowell, James Russell
Chief Mate, The, 1482
Courtin', The, 524
What Mr. Robinson Thinks, 131

Lummis, Charles F.
My Cigarette, 1292
Poe-'em of Passion, A, 1879

Lynde, Francis
How Jimaboy Found Himself, 1765


McHenry, May
Melinda's Humorous Story, 975

McHugh, Hugh (see George V. Hobart)

McIntyre, John T.
Talking Horse, The, 1185

MacGowan, Alice
Columbia and the Cowboy, 1582

MacGrath, Harold
Enchanted Hat, The, 1510

Macauley, Charles Raymond
Itinerant Tinker, The, 861

Marble, Danforth
Hoosier and the Salt Pile, The, 357

Masson, Tom
Desolation, 686
Enough, 213
Hard, 1625
It Pays to Be Happy, 1170
Victory, 714

Moody, William Vaughn
Menagerie, The, 24

Morris, George P.
Retort, The, 584

Mott, Ed
Old Settler, The, 1177

Munkittrick, R. K.
April Aria, An, 711
Fate, 1554
Goat, The, 1247
Unsatisfied Yearning, 1835
Winter Dusk, 1975
Winter Fancy, A, 1308

M., C. W.
Triolets, 1262


Nasby, Petroleum V. (see David Ross Locke)

Naylor, James Ball
Comin' Home Thanksgivin, 763

Neff, Elizabeth Hyer
Life Elixir of Marthy, The, 1555

Nesbit, Wilbur D.
Cry from the Consumer, A, 190
Johnny's Pa,      1802
Odyssey of K's, An, 209
Tale of the Tangled Telegram, The, 1709
"Tiddle-iddle-iddle-iddle-Bum! Bum!", 1202
Ye Legend of Sir Yroncladde, 1973

Nicholson, Meredith
Jack Balcomb's Pleasant Ways, 1300

Noble, Alden Charles
Ballade of Ping-Pong, A, 1690
Tragedy of It, The, 194

Nye, Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye")
Dubious Future, The, 1298
Grains of Truth, 985
Grammatical Boy, The, 16
Great Cerebrator, A, 1784
Guest at the Ludlow, A, 1503
Medieval Discoverer, A, 31


O'Connell, Daniel
Drayman, The, 834

O'Reilly, John Boyle
Disappointment, A, 191
Yes, 222

Osbourne, Lloyd
Jones, 1007


Partington, Mrs. (see B. P. Shillaber)

Paul, John (see Charles Henry Webb)

Peck, Samuel Minturn
Little Bopeep and Little Boy Blue, 2015
My Grandmother's Turkey-Tail Fan, 219
My Sweetheart, 544

Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart (see Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward)

Phoenix, John (see George H. Derby)

Porter, Sydney ("O. Henry")
Double-Dyed Deceiver, A, 1927

Price, Warwick S.
Is It I, 1447


Quad, M. (see Charles B. Lewis)

Quick, Herbert
Martyrdom of Mr. Stevens, The, 1151


Rankin, Carroll Watson
Johnny's Lessons, 1570

Read, Opie
Arkansas Planter, An, 556

Rice, Wallace
In Elizabeth's Day, 572
Myopia, 151
Rule of Three, A, 1779

Riley, James Whitcomb
At Aunty's House, 2007
Bear Story, The, 1047
Champion Checker-Player of Ameriky, The, 156
Dos't o' Blues, 486
Down Around the River, 29
Funny Little Fellow, The, 822
Grandfather Squeers, 1571
Hoss, The, 1759
Little Mock-Man, The, 540
Little Orphant Annie, 444
Lugubrious Whing-Whang, The, 1669
My Philosofy, 1076
My Ruthers, 971
Natural Perversities, 350
Nine Little Goblins, The, 1635
Our Hired Girl, 1888
Ponchus Pilut, 624
Raggedy Man, The, 643
"Ringworm Frank", 395
Runaway Boy, The, 832
Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer, 1081
Tree-Toad, The, 418
Up and Down Old Brandywine, 1003
Way It Wuz, The, 261
When the Frost Is on the Punkin, 169

Robinson, Doane
One of the Palls, 1601

Roche, James Jeffrey
Concord Love-Song, A, 1913
V-A-S-E, The, 1603

Roof, Katharine M.
Associated Widows, The, 1338

Rose, Ray Clarke
Simple English,  19

Rose, William Russell
Conscientious Curate and the Beauteous Ballet Girl, The,      1756


Sabin, Edwin L.
Her Brother: Enfant Terrible, 2001
Trouble-Proof, 1801

Saxe, John G.
Briefless Barrister, The, 585
Comic Miseries, 1121
Coquette, The, 1127
How the Money Goes, 1780
Icarus, 1493
Reflective Retrospect, A, 1703
Teaching by Example, 91

Scollard, Clinton
Bookworm's Plaint, A, 1878
Cavalier's Valentine, A, 1782
Holly Song, 1260
Vive La Bagatelle, 1497

Scudder, Horace E.
"As Good as a Play", 749

Shaw, Henry W. ("Josh Billings")
Laffing, 171
Muskeeter, The, 181

Shillaber, B. P. ("Mrs. Partington")
Partingtonian Patchwork, 20

Shute, Henry A.
Real Diary of a Real Boy, The, 1881

Sill, Edward Rowland
Eve's Daughter, 1605

Slick, Sam (see Thomas C. Haliburton)

Smiley, Maurice
Love Sonnets of a Husband, The, 725

Smith, Charles H. ("Bill Arp")
Bill Nations, 1368
Few Reflections, A, 1799
Litigation, 1533
Southern Sketches, 575

Smith, F. Hopkinson
Chad's Story of the Goose, 993
Colonel Carter's Story of the Postmaster, 1052

Smith, Seba ("Major Jack Downing")
My First Visit to Portland, 409

Smith, Sol
Bully Boat and a Brag Captain, A, 1208

Sousa, John Philip
Feast of the Monkeys, The, 183
Have You Seen the Lady? 821

Spofford, Harriet Prescott
Our Very Wishes, 1637
Tom's Money, 1955

Stanton, Frank L.
Backsliding Brother, The, 1972
Bill's Courtship, 836
Billville Spirit Meeting, The, 188
Boy's View of It, A, 393
Famous Mulligan Ball, The, 1103
His Grandmother's Way, 1901
How I Spoke the Word, 1725
Mister Rabbit's Love Affair, 1887
Old Deacon's Version of the Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus, The, 227
Old-Time Singer, An, 1941
Runaway Toys, The, 1671
Settin' by the Fire, 1821
When the Little Boy Ran Away, 1792

Stedman, Edmund Clarence
Diamond Wedding, The, 549

Stevenson, Benjamin
Evan Anderson's Poker Party, 1737

Stinson, Sam S.
Nothin' Done, 1296

Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Aunt Dinah's Kitchen, 335

Strother, B. F. ("Porte Crayon")
Loafer and the Squire, The, 767

Sutherland, Howard V.
Biggs' Bar, 1967
Omar in the Klondyke, 1387


Tabb, John B.
Beecher Beached, The, 232
Fascination, 222
Plagiarism, 316

Taylor, Bayard
Experiences of the A. C., The, 116

Taylor, Benjamin F.
Old-Fashioned Choir, The, 1790

Taylor, Bert Leston
Farewell, 969
Kaiser's Farewell to Prince Henry, The, 1568
Miss Legion, 820
Traveled Donkey, A, 428
When the Sirup's on the Flapjack, 1634
Why Wait for Death and Time, 1866

Thanet, Octave (see Alice French)

Thayer, Ernest Lawrence
Casey at the Bat, 1148

Thorpe, Thomas Bangs
Piano in Arkansas, A, 895

Tompkins, Juliet Wilbor
Mother of Four, A, 1976

Townsend, Edward W.
Cupid, A Crook, 1220

Trowbridge, J. T.
Coupon Bonds, The, 654
Darius Green and His Flying-Machine, 1539

Tucker, Mary F.
Going Up and Coming Down, 806


Vielé, Herman Knickerbocker
Girl from Mercury, The, 779


Ward, Artemus (see Charles Farrar Browne)

Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Old Maid's House: In Plan, The, 60

Ware, Eugene F. ("Ironquill")
Grizzly-Gru, 174
He and She, 1250
Jackpot, The, 2003
Pass, 91
Reason, The, 1890
Shining Mark, A, 1877
Siege of Djklxprwbz, 1246
Whisperer, The, 1822

Warner, Anne (see Anne Warner French)

Warner, Charles Dudley
Garden Ethics, 425

Waterloo, Stanley
Apostasy of William Dodge, The, 1084

Waterman, Nixon
Cheer for the Consumer 740

Webb, Charles Henry ("John Paul")
Abou Ben Butler, 1167
Dictum Sapienti, 1624
Dum Vivimus Vigilamus, 2005
Lost Word, The, 293
Talk, 1307
What She Said About It, 1263

Wells, Carolyn
Economical Pair, The, 602
Experiences of Gentle Jane, 1797
How to Know the Wild Animals, 650
Maxioms, 424
Our Polite Parents, 1688
Stage Whispers, 195
Suppressed Chapters, 817
Turnings of a Bookworm, The, 182
Two Automobilists, The, 573
Two Brothers, The, 281
Two Business Men, The, 583
Two Farmers, The, 258
Two Housewives, The, 566
Two Husbands, The, 587
Two Ladies, The, 548
Two New Houses, The, 221
Two Pedestrians, The, 603
Two Prisoners, The, 641
Two Suitors, The, 229
Two Young Men, The, 565
Wild Animals I Have Met, 414

Wetherill, J. K.
Unconscious Humor, 998

Whicher, Frances M. ("Widow Bedott")
Hezekiah Bedott's Opinion. 1893
Widow Bedott's Visitor, The, 1660

Whitman, Walt
Boston Ballad, A, 1479

Whittier, John Greenleaf
Demon of the Study, The, 1869

Wister, Owen
In a State of Sin, 696


Ybarra, Thomas
Lay of Ancient Rome, A, 2013