Apprehension, dissolved, as cause of laughter. See Fear.
Apuleius, [290].
Arabian Nights, [264].
Aristophanes, [282], [292], [348], [352], [357], [360], [371], [378].
Aristotle, [120], [412], [413], [416], [417] note, [418], [420].
Art, amusing function of, [343] (Chapter XI.); origin of, [344]; scope for exhibition of laughable in, [345]; humour in essays, etc., [390], [391] (see Fiction, Comedy).
Artificial, comedy, [371]; world of comedy, [373], [377].
Assimilation in social evolution, [276], [286].
Assimilative force of laughter, [272].
Austen, Jane, [378].