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Books in the Humorous genre:

He Rather Enjoyed It (1926)

A collection of ten short stories about Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, that self absorbed promoter of the impossible.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Heart of a Goof (1926)

Nine short stories about golf narrated by the Oldest Member.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Mansfield Park (1926)

Sir Thomas Bertram considers he is bestowing a great favor on Fanny Price when he takes her into his home, but in the end finds himself in her debt. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (1926)

In Northanger Abbey Catherine Morland spends six weeks in Bath where she makes the acquaintance of General Tilney’s son and daughter. When the General invites her to return with them to Northanger Abbey she is prepared for all the gothic horror... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Pride and Prejudice (1926)

When Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy refuses to dance with her, Elizabeth Bennett is confirmed in her prejudice that he is filled with pride. On further acquaintance she is forced to revise her opinion. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 (1926)

This later printing of the first omnibus volume contains: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) Read online at archive.org.... View More

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 2 (1926)

This second volume of the later omnibus edition contains: Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880) The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880) The Farmer’s Boy (1881) The Queen of Hearts (1881) ... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 3 (1926)

This third omnibus includes four R. Caldecott picture books: Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882) The Milkmaid (1882) The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883) A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883) ... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 4 (1926)

This final omnibus contains the last four of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: Come Lasses and Lads (1884) Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884) An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885) The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885) ... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

The Behind Legs of the ’Orse (1927)

A collection of short stories.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Kleber Hall

Carry On, Jeeves! (1927)

A collection of short stories about Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s personal gentleman Jeeves. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

Divots (1927)

Nine short stories about golf narrated by the Oldest Member.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Fun and Fantasy (1927)

A collection of illustrations from Punch.Verses by E. V. Knox.

Author(s): E. V. Knox
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Life on the Mississippi (1927)

Mark Twain’s account of his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover
Walter Stewart

Meet Mr. Mulliner (1927)

Nine short stories narrated by Mr. Mulliner, he of the many nephews. These originally appeared in The Strand and Liberty magazines.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets, etc. (1927)

Selections from Lear, mainly nonsense alphabets and botany.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

One Wonderful Week (1927)

Bank clerk Harold Altridge enters on a week of cataclysm after cataclysm -- a phantasmagoria of adventure, romance and mystery -- that leaves him half dead and the reader holding his sides with laughter.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Pups and Pies (1927)

An omnibus edition containing That Pup, Mike Flannery, The Thin Santa Claus, The Water Goats and The Great American Pie Company.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Various

The Small Bachelor (1927)

George Finch comes into some money and decides to move to New York and be a painter. He soon falls in love with Molly Waddington, but she comes with complicated relations, and there are crooks hovering around with their eye on her pearls. Read online... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): G. Hartmann

The Small Bachelor (1927)

George Finch comes into some money and decides to move to New York and be a painter. He soon falls in love with Molly Waddington, but she comes with complicated relations, and there are crooks hovering around with their eye on her pearls. Read online... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Frank Marston

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