THE

THE

CYCLOPÆDIA

OF

WIT AND HUMOR;

CONTAINING

CHOICE AND CHARACTERISTIC SELECTIONS

FROM THE

WRITINGS OF THE MOST EMINENT HUMORISTS

OF

AMERICA, IRELAND, SCOTLAND,

AND ENGLAND.

lustrated with Portraits on Steel, and many Hundred Wood Engravings.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM E. BURTON.

VIR

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COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

RSITY

"I have observed, that in Comedy, the best actor plays the part of the droll, he
tome scrub rogue is made the hero, or fine gentleman. So, in this Farce of Life, vis
men pass their time in mirth, whilst fools only are serious.-BOLINGBROKE

UNI

NEW

D. APPLETON

YORK:

AND COMPANY,

90, 92 & 94 GRAND STREET.

LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN.

1870.

OF

LIBRARY

7819

PN 6153

.B8

1870

54316

ENTERED according to Act of Congress in the year 1858 by

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.