My Double; and How He Undid Me
By Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) It is not often that I trouble the readers of The Atlantic Monthly. I should not trouble them now, but for the importunities of …
Humorous Stories Archive
Titbottom's spectacles
BY GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS (1824-1892) In my mind’s eye, Horatio. Prue and I do not entertain much; our means forbid it. In truth, other people entertain for us. …
The Watkinson Evening
By Eliza Leslie (1787-1858) Mrs. Morland, a polished and accomplished woman, was the widow of a distinguished senator from one of the western states, of which, also, her …
The Schoolmaster's Progress
By Caroline M.S. Kirkland (1801-1864) Master William Horner came to our village to school when he was about eighteen years old: tall, lank, straight-sided, and straight-haired, with a …
The Angel of the Odd
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) It was a chilly November afternoon. I had just consummated an unusually hearty dinner, of which the dyspeptic truffe formed not the least important item, …
The Little Frenchman and His Water Lots
By George Pope Morris (1802-1864) Look into those they call unfortunate, And, closer view’d, you’ll find they are unwise.–Young. Let wealth come in by comely thrift, And not …
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