A Treasury of Mark Twain the Greatest Humor of the Greatest American Humorist

by Edward Lewis, Robert Myers, James Parkinson (Illustrator)

You'll never be short an opening for your next speech or essay or board meeting...
How can you go wrong with:
"Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething."
& that's just one of many in this slim edition of humor & wit with many illustrations.

60 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1967

Reviews

[Freddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Men think they think upon great political questions, and they do; but they think with their party, not independently; they read its literature but not that of the other side; they arrive at convictions but they are drawn from a partial view of the matter in hand and are of no particular value.”

[Charles · Rating 5 out of 5]

In only a few words, the best social satirists and humorists can make a point that other people need pages to express. There have been none better at this than Mark Twain, and that is demonstrated in this book. The comments are short, generally 4 or 5 to an eight inch by five inch page. Yet, they are packed with a very effective meaning.
There is nothing highbrow about the messages, Twain was not known as a writer where the reader needed a dictionary to understand his work. A joy to read over and over again, Twain has often been called a master of folk wisdom. Clearly, the emphasis should be on the second word.

[JW van der Merwe · Rating 3 out of 5]

In reading the book I realized that the times have changed. Things that were funny in his time has lost its reference. Nevertheless, many are still funny but you have to think because Mark Twain was no simpleton and he also played himself into some of the sayings. For example "It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy." Many sayings can be used in speeches

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a fun read! I love Mark Twain’s humor and wisdom. I laugh out loud when I read his words. And he says a great deal—in very few words. He would have been an interesting man to hear speak, and I love his books.

[Annburnett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of humorous quotes by Mark Twain.