"It is almost too dainty a book to be touched, and yet it is sure to be well thumbed whenever it falls into the hands of a lover of genuine poetry."
THE
JEST-BOOK
THE CHOICEST ANECDOTES AND SAYINGS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED
By MARK LEMON
16mo. Green Vellum. Vignette Title. Price, $1.75.
BOSTON POST.
"Gentlemen, prepare to smile. Here is an interest for a minute or a dull day. Mark Lemon gives us the result of his recondite searches and seizures in the regions of infinite jest. Like all good jesters, he has the quality of sound philosophy in him, and of reason also, for he discriminates closely, and serves up his wit with a deal of refinement in it."
HARTFORD PRESS.
"So exquisitely is the book printed, that every jest in it shines like a new gold dollar. It is the apotheosis of jokes.... There is jollity enough in it to keep the whole American press good humored."