Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury Anonymous; 2. Robin Goodfellow Ben Jonson; 3. The Despairing Lover William Walsh; 4. A Reasonable Affliction Matthew Prior; 5. The Turnip Crier Samuel Johnson; 6. On a Fat Man Abel Evans; 7. Abroad and at Home Jonathan Swift; 8.
Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Thomas Gray; 9. Elegy on Mrs Mary Blaize Oliver Goldsmith; 10. The Grand Tour Samuel Boyce; 11. The Diverting History of John Gilpin William Cowper; 12. The Razor-Seller Peter Pindar (John Wolcot); 13. King Canute and his Nobles Peter Pinddar (John Wolcot); 14. The Sailor's Consolation Charles Dibdin; 15. Lodgings for a Single Gentleman George Colman; 16.
The Second Samson George Colman; 17. Kitty of Coleraine Edward Lysaght; 18. The rain Anonymous; 19. Always Audible Samuel Taylor Coleridge; 20. On a Volunteer Singer Samuel Taylor Coleridge; 21. Feigned Courage Charles Lamb; 22. The Triumph of the Whale Charles Lamb; 23. The Collegian and the Porter Horace Smith; 24.
The Jester Condemned to Death Horace Smith; 25. Contented John Jane Taylor; 26. The Glove and the Lions James Henry Leigh Hunt; 27. Miss Ellen Gee of Kew Anonymous; 28. The Jackdaw of Rheins Thomas Ingoldsby; 29. The Captain Stood on the Carronade Frederick Marryat; 30. Domestic Asides Thomas Hood; 31. Our Village Thomas Hood; 32.
The Superiority of Machinery Thomas Hood; 33. Faithless Sally Brown Thomas Hood; 34. Fable Ralph Waldo Emerson; 35. The Height of the Ridiculous Oliver Wendell Holmes; 36. The Ballad of the Oysterman Oliver Wendell Holmes; 37. A Tragic Story William Makepeace Thackeray; 38. The Sorrows of Werther William Makepeace Thackeray; 39. The Snuff-Boxes Anonymous; 40.
The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs Edward Lear; 41. The Blind Man and the Elephant John Godfrey Saxe; 42. A Puzzle Anonymous; 43. The Owl Critic James Thomas Fields; 44. Sad Memories Charles Stuart Calverley; 45. You Are Old, Father William Lewis Carroll; 46. The Mad Gardener's Song Lewis Carroll; 47. A Nightmare William Schwenck Gilbert; 48.
Etiquette William Schwenck Gilbert; 49. A Threnody George Thomas Lanigan; 50. Ben the Stoker Thomas Edward Spencer; 51. The Princess Ming Eugene Field; 52. The Limitations of Youth Eugene Field; 53. A Post Impressionist Arthur Conan Doyle; 54. Sage Counsel Arthur Quiller-Couch; 55. De Gustibus- St John Hankin; 56.
Rebecca Hillaire Belloc; 57. Henry King Hillaire Belloc; 58. The Hen John Joy Bell; 59. Off the Ground Walter de la Mare; 60. Five Eyes Walter de la Mare; 61. The Rolling English Road Gilbert Keith Chesterton; 62. Captain Stratton's Fancy John Masefield; 63. The Wine of Life Cicely Fox Smith; 64.
Follow the Sea Cicely Fox Smith; 65. Miss Thompson Goes Shopping Martin Armstrong; 66. Ducks Frederick William Harvey; 67. Two Sparrows Humbert Wolfe; 68. Smells Christopher Morley; 69. Chocolates Guy Boas; 70. Rastus A. B.
Cox; 71. Tim, an Irish Terrier Winifred M. Letts; 72. Roundabouts and Swings Patrick R. Chalmers; 73. The Sad Story of a Motor Fan H. A. Field; 74.
A Quate-So Story Anonymous; 75. The Cheerful Crocodile T. Bolt; 76. The Sea Eva L. Ogden.