A treasury of laughter : consisting of humorous stories, poems, essays, tall tales, jokes, boners, epigrams, memorable quips, and devastating crushers / Selected and edited with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer, illustrated by Lucille Corcos.

Includes index

Contents: Pair of sexes ; Rich man / F.P.A. (Franklin P. Adams) -- Fable of the spot-lighters and the spotter ; Ninny who swam away from the life preserver / George Ade -- Obituary poet / Max Adeler -- Jim ; Henry King ; Algernon ; Yak ; Lion ; Four Epigrams: On his books ; On the politician ; On Lady Poltagrue ; Fatigued / Hilaire Belloc -- Elephant cutlet / Ludwig Bemelmans -- Treasurer's report ; Kiddie-kar travel / Robert Benchley -- Between Madison and Park / Sally Benson -- Mule ; Pioneers / Josh Billings -- We have been here before ; Sonnet and limerick ; Limericks long after Lear / Morris Bishop -- Green pastures / Roark Bradford -- My father goes to court / Carlos Bulosan -- Pigs is pigs / Ellis Parker Butler -- Father William ; Jabberwocky ; Humpty Dumpty's recitation ; Mad gardener's song / Lewis Carroll -- Sycophantic fox and the gullible raven ; Vainglorious oak and the modest bulrush / Guy Wetmore Carryl -- "Speaking of operations" / Irvin S. Cobb -- Confessions of a gallo-maniac / Frank Moore Colby -- Another American tragedy ; Mary / John Collier -- Guest / Marc Connelly -- Alas, poor Bollington / A.E. Coppard -- Living in the country / Frederic Swartout Cozzens -- Wit with a whim of iron / Frank Crownin-Shield -- Goldfish ; Pterodactyl ; Plesiosaur / Will Cuppy -- From "Life with father" ; Egg / Clarence Day -- Unselfish hostess / E.M. Delafield -- Alcohol as food ; Mr. Dooley on expert testimony / Finley Peter Dunne -- Seein' things / Eugene Field -- Indomitable duck / Charles G. Finney -- Who was Joe Miller? / Robert O. Foote -- Wanted, dead or alive / Corey Ford -- Brown's descent or, the willy-nilly slide / Robert Frost -- Ring out, wild bells / Wolcott Gibbs -- Rival curates ; Ruler of the Queen's navee ; Etiquette / W.S. Gilbert -- From pillar to post, or How to raise a dog ; Come one, come one or, How to be a host / Jack Goodman, Alan Green -- Wonderful tar baby story / Joel Chandler Ha...