Volume 2 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 Ambrose Bierce, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark Twain and Bret Harte. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1
A Bully Boat and a Brag Captain by Sol Smith Read by Bob Scott 11:44
2
The Dog and the Bees by Ambrose Bierce Read by Donald Ruiz, Jr. 1:38
3
Dislikes by Oliver Wendell Holmes Read by Lynne T 7:06
4
Illustrated Newspapers by G.H.Derby Read by Zames Curran 7:45
5
Susan Simpson - author unknown Read by Joyfull 1:35
6
Miss Malony on the Chinese Question by Mary Mapes Dodge Read by Arthur Krolman 8:03
7
The Cross-eyed Woman by Bill Nye Read by Lynne T 1:56
8
The Courtin' by James Russell Lowell Read by Arthur Krolman 6:00
9
The Coquette - a Portrait by John Godfrey Saxe Read by Melvin Lee 3:01
10
Colonel Mulberry Sellers by Mark Twain Read by adamegan 14:31
11
Incidents in a Retired Life from Up the River by Frederick William Shelton Read by James K. White 10:12
12
Melons by Bret Harte Read by Chris Pyle 14:58
13
A Letter from Mr. Ezekiel Bigelow by James Russell Lowell Read by Scott Bennett 7:16
14
Ballad by Charles Godfrey Leland Read by Scott Bennett 3:11
15
Tushmaker's Toothpuller by G.H. Derby Read by Arthur Krolman 7:24
16
The Society Upon the Stanislaus by Bret Harte Read by Melvin Lee 3:30
17
The V-A-S-E by James Jeffrey Roche Read by Zames Curran 3:05
18
Pomona's Novel by Frank R. Stockton Read by Scott Bennett 33:18
19
Fred Trover's Little Ironclad by John Townsend Trowbridge Read by Bob Scott 39:18
20
A Boston Lullaby - author unknown Read by Arthur Krolman 1:42
21
The Artless Prattle of Childhood by Robert Jones Burdette Read by James K. White 9:08
22
The House That Jack Built - author unknown Read by Kimberlie Sasan 4:52
23
St. Peter at the Gate - author unknown Read by Zames Curran 7:02
24
The Thompson Street Poker Club by Henry Guy Carleton Read by Scott Bennett 9:39
25
The Fox and the Crow by George T. Lanigan Read by Joyfull 2:31
26
Behold The Deeds by Henry Cuyler Bunner Read by Melvin Lee 5:17
27
An Insurance Agent's Story - author unknown Read by Arthur Krolman 3:33
28
A Rhyme for Priscilla by Frank Dempster Sherman Read by Arthur Krolman 4:14
29
An Epitaph - author unknown Read by Arthur Krolman 0:50
30
A Rivermouth Romance by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Read by Arthur Krolman 20:11
31
The Bohemians of Boston by Gelett Burgess Read by Joyfull 3:31
32
The Composite Ghost by Marion Couthouy Smith Read by Arthur Krolman 9:58
33
Some Messages Received by Teachers in Brooklyn Public Schools by various parents Read by Jane Muir 4:24
34
The Trout's Appeal - author unknown Read by Arthur Krolman 1:05
35
A Fatal Thirst by Bill Nye Read by Joyfull 4:46
36
Peck's Bad Boy by George W. Peck Read by Arthur Krolman 11:33
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