~Snipsnaps and Snickerings of Simon Snodgrass.~ A collection of Laughable Irish Stories, Dutch Blunders, Yankee Tricks and Dodges, Backwoods Boasting, Humors of Horse-trading, Negro Comicalities, Frenchmen's Queer Mistakes, Scotch Shrewdness, and other phases of eccentric character. It is also full of funny engravings.
~The Strange and Wonderful Adventures of Bachelor Butterfly.~ Showing how his passion for Natural history completely eradicated the tender passion implanted in his breast--also detailing his Extraordinary Travels both by sea and land--his Hair-breadth Escapes from fire and cold--his being come over by a Widow with nine small children--and other Perils of a most extraordinary nature. The whole illustrated by about 200 engravings.
~The Laughable Adventures of Messrs. Brown, Jones, and Robinson.~ Showing where they went, and how they went, what they did and how they did it. Here is a book which will make you split your sides laughing. It shows the comical adventures of three jolly young greenhorns, who went travelling, and got into all manner of scrapes and funny adventures. Illustrated with nearly 200 comic engravings.
~The Jolly Joker; or, a Laugh all Round.~ An immense Collection of the Funniest Jokes, Drollest Anecdotes and most Side-Splitting Oddities in existence. The illustrations alone are sufficient for a constant and long-sustained series of good square laughs for all time. 12 mo, 144 pages.
~The Mishaps and Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck.~ This humorous and curious book sets forth, with 188 comic drawings, the misfortunes which befell Mr. Oldbuck; and also his five unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide--his hair-breadth escapes from fire, water and famine--his affection for his poor dog, etc. To look over this book will make you laugh, and you can't help it.
~Uncle Josh's Trunkful Of Fun.~ Containing a rich collection of
_Comical Stories, Cruel Sells_, _Side-Splitting Jokes, Humorous Poetical Drolleries_, _Quaint Parodies, Burlesque Sermons._ _New Conundrums, Mirth-Provoking Speeches._ _Curious Puzzles, Amusing Card Tricks, and_ _Astonishing Feats of Parlor-Magic._
This book is illustrated with nearly 200 funny engravings, and contains, in 64 large octavo double-column pages, at least three times as much reading matter and real fun as any other book of the price.