The Book Of Humour Wit And Wisdom A Manual Of Table Talk PDF Download

Excerpt from The Book of Humour, Wit,& Wisdom: A Manual of Table-Talk Although there is no lack of jest-books in this prolific age of publishing, yet there are few publications of an anecdotal character, which combine this feature with extracts of a moral and philosophical nature. The object of this volume is to combine these elements, and thus to supply what would seem to some extent to be a hiatus. The combination thus attempted will perhaps render this publication not only amusing, but to some extent instructive. All jokes of an indelicate and irreverent character (which, unfortunately, are rife in most anecdote-books) are carefully excluded, and it is hoped that the result is a book adapted for youthful and general perusal. Mingled with the trite jokes, which are so familiar to most readers, will be found numerous extracts possessing prominent historical interest. In embodying the different characteristics thus indicated, the object has been to illustrate the maxim - Delectando Pariterque Monendo. It is curious to find, in the researches necessary for the preparation of a work of this description for the press, how many of the very oldest jokes are re-faced, and made to do duty as novelties in the current literature and table-talk of the day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.