Wit and Humor
An Encyclopedia of the Classic Wit
and Humor of all Ages

and Nations

American, British, French, German,
Italian, Spanish, Russian, Scandinavian, Greek,

Roman, Oriental and Miscellaneous

Fifteen Volumes, with Portrait Frontispieces

and Many Cartoons

International Board of Editors
Joel Chandler Harris

Andrew Lang
American

British
Brander Matthews William Hayes Ward
Continenial European Greek, Roman and Oriental
Horatio Sheafe Krans, Associate American

Lionel Strachey, Managing Editor

New York
The Review of Reviews Company

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