The Silly Syclopedia

by Noah Lott

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

161 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1905

Reviews

[Timothy Ferguson · Rating 1 out of 5]

I listened to the Librivox version of this.

A series of puns of variable quality


Funny in places, but perhaps best listened to in chapters, between other longer works. Listening to serveral chapters sequentially, because of the format, wears down the capacity to enjoy puns.

In part this may be because it seems like the recording has been speeded up slightly, perhaps 5 or 10%, so there is no pause between puns.

[Cindi · Rating 4 out of 5]

An old book from 1905 with the sole purpose of adding a generous dose of humor to the literary world and to the lives of its readers. It definitely has succeeded. ^_^ Be prepared to be trolled, teased, and led to laughter from the author's "name" and book dedication, throughout the entire alphabet, and all the way through the "poor man's cookbook".

This book was a delight to read and share with others and provided many laughs every time I looked within and read the pages.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listened to a LibraVox recording, version of which is not listed here.

As someone else mentioned, the puns were wonderful, but would have been much better if there were slightly longer pauses between them.
I somehow missed that the book included a great deal beyond the Dictionary, as I thought the book would finish at the end of the alphabet.
Some of this was superfluous, I thought. And the cookbook made a bit too much fun of the poor. But I expect it was more accepted at the time.

I thought the reading was helped by having different readers. It kept up the interest. It is probably more interesting to read a physical copy of the book, as you could dip in and out of different sections.