The Comic spirit.
By: Edited by Joseph Littel.
Publisher: McDougal, Littell & Company
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Description: This anthology is designed to present a collection of humorous writings including parody, burlesque, satire, black comedy, cartoons, grafitti, limericks, and jokes.  Writers represented include Lewis Carroll, Ogden Nash, Robert Benchley, Mark Twain, O'Henry, James Thurber, Art Buchwald, Dorthy Parker, and Oscar Wilde.  A collection of essays on humor by E. B. White, Steve Allen, and others is also included.