Great collection in Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume II. This 184 page small hardback, edited by Thomas L. Maason was published in 1903 and is NOT  a modern reprint. Contents include a Bully Boat and a Brag Captain by Sol Smith; The Dog and the Bees by Ambrose Bierce; Dislikes by Oliver Wendell Holmes; Illustrated Newspapers and Tushmaker's Toothpuller by G. H. Derby; Miss Maloney on the Chinese Question by Mary Mapes Dodge; The Courtin' and A Letter from Mr. Ezekiel Bigelow by James Russell Lowell; The Coquette-A Portrait by John Godfrey Saxe; Colonel Mulberry Selelrs by Samuel L. Clemens; Incidents in a Retired Life by Frederick William Shelton; Melons and The Society Upon the Stanielaus by Brett Harte; Ballad by Charles Godfrey Leland; The V-a-s-e by James Jeffrey Roche; Pomona's Novel by Frank R. Stockton; Fred Trover's Little Ironclad by John Townsend Trowbridge; The Artless Prattle of Childhood by Robert Jones Burdette; St. Peter at the Gate by Anonymous; The Thompson Street Poker Club by Henry Guy Carleton; The Fox and the Crow by George T. Lanigan; Behold the Deeds! by Henry Cuyler Bunner; A Rhyme for Priscilla by Frank Dempster Sherman; A Rivermouth Romance by Thomas Bailey Aldrich; The Bohemians of Boston by Gelett Burgess; The Composite Ghost by Marion Couthouy; A Fatal Thirst by Bill Nye and Peek;s Bad Boy by George W. Peck and several other miscellaneous stories. Some great Americana in this book in good condition. Nice clean pages with no markings. Inside front blank page with large corner clip. Previous owners name from 1927 on same page. Good tight bindings. Front board showing light scarring as seen in photo. Back board with much less. Good lettering on spine. Very nice old book and a GREAT addition to your American classics collection!! Shipping and handling 3.90 Media Mail to US destinations. Canadian residents 15.75 First Class mail. All other welcome but extra postage required and shipped entirely at your risk.