The Wit of Women / Fourth Edition

by Kate Sanborn

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	CHAP.	PAGE.
Alcott, Louisa: “Transcendental Wild Oats”	IV.	[68]
American Early Writers: Some of them who were thought Witty—Anne Bradstreet; Mercy Warren; Tabitha Tenney	III.	[47]
Satirical Poem, by Mercy Warren	III.	[47]
Mrs. Sigourney’s Johnsonese Humor;Extracts from her Note-Book	III.	[48]
Miss Sedgwick’s Witty Imagination,	III.	[49]
Mrs. Caroline Gilman’s humorous Poem, “Joshua’sCourtship”	III.	[49]
Andersen, Hans, Reference to Woman Dramatist in his Autobiography	X.	[196]
Aphorisms by the Queen of Roumania (Carmen Sylva)	I.	[24]
“Auction Extraordinary”	VIII.	[176]
“Aunty Doleful’s Visit,” by M.K.D.—“IfI can’t do anything else, I can cheer you up a little”	VI.	[118]
Barnum and Phœbe Cary	V.	[102]
Bates, Charlotte Fiske: “Hat, Ulster and All,” SatiricalPoem, Quatrain and Epigram	VIII.	[175]
“Beechers,” Old Family Epigram applied to the	I.	[22]
Behn, Aphra: Wrote Comedies; her unsavory Wit	X.	[195]
Bellows, Isabel Frances: “A Fatal Reputation” (for wit)—“A picnic, that most ghastly device of the human mind”	VII.	[129]
Bremer, Frederika, her genuine Humor; First Quarrel with her “Bear”	II.	[41]
Brine, Mary D.: Poems, “Kiss Pretty Poll”	VIII.	[158]
“ “ “Thanksgiving Day—Then and Now”	VIII.	[159]
Burleigh, Pun on, by Queen Elizabeth	I.	[16]
Butter, Punning Poem on, by Caroline B. Le Row	I.	[18]
Cary, Phœbe, “The wittiest woman in America”:Her quick retorts and merry repartees; her parodies and humorous poems	V.	[101]
Champney, Lizzie W.: “An Unruffled Bosom”—aTragical Tale of a Negress who “knew Washington”	VIII.	[171]
Clarke, Lady, and her Irish Songs	II.	[44]
Cleveland’s, Elizabeth Rose, Pun	I.	[21]
Cleaveland’s, Mrs., “No Sects in Heaven”	IV.	[69]
Clemmer, Mary: Her Life of Phœbe Cary	V.	[102]
Comedies—Few written by Women; Five Englishwomen produced successful;Susanna Centlivre wrote nearly a score—contain some wit, but old-fashioned; Aphra Behn wroteseveral comedies, witty but coarse	X.	[195]
Cooke’s, Rose Terry, “Knoware”	IV.	[68]
“ “ “ “MissLucinda’s Pig”	IV.	[69]
“ “ “ Story of “AGift Horse”	IV.	[71]
Coolidge, Grace F.: “The Robin and Chicken”	IX.	[188]
Conclusion. See “Fireworks.”
Cone, Helen Gray: Satirical Poems—“Cassandra Brown”	IX.	[180]
“ “ “ “The Tender Heart”	IX.	[182]
Corbett, E.T.: “The Inventor’s Wife,” a Poetical Lament	VIII.	[170]
Critic, article in, on “Woman’s Sense of Humor”	I.	[13]
Cynicism of Frenchwomen	I.	[23]
Davidson, Lucretia: “Auction Extraordinary” (Sale of Old Bachelors)	VIII.	[176]
Deffand, Madame du	I.	[23]
Diaz, Mrs. Abby M., writer of the famous “William Henry Letters”	IV.	[69]
Dodge, Mary Mapes—“inimitable satirist”: “The Insanity of Cain”	IV.	[68]
“ “ “ “Miss Molony on the Chinese Question” (read before the Prince of Wales)	IV.	[69]
“Dromy,” Satirical Notes on Derivation of	II.	[35]
“Eliot’s, George,” Humor; Examples from “Adam Bede” and “Silas Marner”	II.	[45]
Epigrams, Makers of	I.	[21]
“ by Jane Austen: on the Name of“Wake”	I.	[21]
“ “ LadyTownsend: on the Herveys—applied to the Beechers; on Walpole	I.	[22]
“ “ Miss Evans: on a Musical Woman	I.	[22]
“ “ Hannah More	I.	[22]
“ “ “Ouida”	I.	[22]
“ “ Miss Phelps	I.	[29]
“ “ Mrs.Rose Terry Cooke	I.	[30]
“ “ Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney	I.	[31]
“ “ Marguerite de Valois; by Madame de Lambert; by Sophie Arnould; by Madame de Sévigné	I.	[24]
“ “ Lady Harriet Ashburton	I.	[25]
“ “ Mrs. Carlyle, “herself an epigram;” by Hannah F. Gould, on Caleb Cushing	I.	[26]
“ “ Mrs Gail Hamilton”	I.	[27]
“ “ Kate Field	I.	[27]
“ Mrs. Whicher’s“Widow Bedott”	I.	[31]
“ Marietta Holley’s “Josiah Allen’s Wife”	I.	[31]
Eytinge, Margaret: “Indignant Polly Wog”	VIII.	[157]
“Fanny, Aunt”: Jeu d’esprit on Minerva	I.	[29]
“Fanny Fern’s” Arithmetical Mania	III.	[54]
“Fanny Forrester’s” Letter to N.P. Willis	III.	[52]
Ferrier’s, Mary, Genial Wit; Scott’s Description of her; her “Sensible Woman,” Satirical	II.	[39]
“Fireworks”: Miscellaneous Closing Display of Wit:
Mrs. Rollins’ illustration of woman’s quickness at repartee	X.	[202]
Mrs. Stanton’s Reply to Horace Greeley; Miss Margaret Fuller;Mademoiselle Mars	X.	[203]
Madame Louisa Ségur; Miss Cleveland; Lydia Maria Child	X.	[204]
Madame de Staël; Madame Récamier	X.	[206]
French Women’s Cynicism	I.	[23]
“Gail Hamilton”	IV.	[68]
Gaskell’s, Mrs., Humor	II.	[36]
“Gell and Gill”	I.	[21]
Genlis, Madame de	X.	[196]
Genuine Fun—Sketches from C.M. Kirkland	IV.	[67]
Gilman, Mrs. Caroline: A New England Ballad, “Joshua’sCourtship”	III.	[49]
Gordon, Anna A.: “’Skeeters have the Reputation”	VIII.	[160]
“Grace Greenwood’s” many Puns	I.	[17]
“ “ “Mistress O’Rafferty on the Woman Question”	VI.	[108]
Greek Lady’s Wit	I.	[15]
Hale, Lucretia P.: “Peterkin Letters”	IV.	[69]
“ “ “ “The First Needle,” a poetical Bit of History	VIII.	[150]
Hall, Louisa: “The Indian Agent”—“With affectionateinterest he looked into the very depths of their pockets”	VI.	[103]
“Hamilton, Gail”: “Both Sides,” an amusing poetical Satire	IX.	[191]
Holley’s, Miss, “Samantha”	IV.	[69]
Hudson’s, Mary Clemmer, Opinions on Wit; her Anecdotes of Phœbe Cary	V.	[100]
Humor, Miss Jewett’s	I.	[27]
Irish Fun	VI.	[107]
Jewett, Sarah Orne: “The Circus at Denby”	VII.	[141]
Jones’, Amanda T., Poem, “Dochther O’Flannigan and hisWondherful Cures”	VI.	[109]
Kirkland, Caroline M.: “Borrowing Out West”	IV.	[67]
Le Row, Caroline B.: Poetic Pun on the “Butter Woman”	I.	[18]
Lothrop, Harriette W. (nom de plume “Margaret Sidney”):“Why Polly Doesn’t Love Cake”	IX.	[189]
“Lover and Lever,” Epigram on, by C.F. Bates	I.	[28]
McDowell, Mrs., “Sherwood Bonner:” ”Aunt Anniky’sTeeth”	V.	[85]
“My soul and body is a-yearnin’ fur a han’sum chaneyset o’ teef”	V.	[86]
Pen-Portrait of Dr. Alonzo Babb	V.	[87]
His first Tooth	V.	[89]
How Anniky Lost her “Teef”	V.	[91]
Ned Cuddy’s Letter	V.	[94]
Specimens of her Wit: The Radical Club—a Satirical Poem	V.	[97]
McLean, Miss Sallie: “Cape Cod Folks”	IV.	[69]
Mitford’s, Mary Russell, “Talking Lady”	II.	[36]
Mohl, Madame	I.	[25]
Montagu’s, Lady, Famous Speech	I.	[14]
More’s, Hannah, Contest of Wit with Johnson	II.	[34]
Morgan’s, Lady, A “Fast Horse”	I.	[16]
“ “ Receptions	II.	[44]
Mott, Lucretia	X.	[204]
Moulton, Louisa Chandler: “The Jane Moseley was a Disappointment”	VII.	[144]
Mowatt, Anna Cora: Her Popular Play of “Fashion”	X.	[196]
Murfree, Miss (nom de plume “Charles Egbert Craddock”):“A Blacksmith in Love”	VII.	[135]
“New York to Newport”—a Trip of Trials	VII.	[144]
Old-fashioned Wit—Examples: Bon-mots of “Stella”;Jane Taylor; Miss Burney; Mrs. Barbauld	II.	[32]
Hannah More	II.	[ 33]
“Ouida’s” Epigrams	I.	[22]
Parodies: Phœbe Cary’s on “Maud Muller”not justifiable; Grace Greenwood on Mrs. Sigourney	IX.	[186]
Lilian Whiting’s on Kingsley’s “Three Fishers”	IX.	[187]
Perry, Carlotta: “A Modern Minerva”	IX.	[179]
Pickering, Julia: “The Old-Time Religion”—“I allus did dispise dem stuck-up ’Piscopalians”	VI.	[114]
Poems, Laughable and Satirical:
“The First Needle,” L.P. Hale	VIII.	[150]
“The Funny Story,” J. Pollard	VIII.	[152]
“Wanted, a Minister,” M.E.W. Skeels	VIII.	[153]
“The Middy of 1881,” May Croly Roper	VIII.	[156]
“Indignant Polly Wog,” M. Eytinge	VIII.	[157]
“Kiss Pretty Poll,” M.D. Brine	VIII.	[158]
“Thanksgiving Day—Then and Now,” M.D. Brine	VIII.	[159]
“Concerning Mosquitoes,” A.A. Gordon	VIII.	[160]
“The Stilts of Gold;“ “Just So,“ M.V. Victor	VIII.	[161]
“The Inventor’s Wife,” E.T. Corbett	VIII.	[170]
“An Unruffled Bosom,” L.W. Champney	VIII.	[171]
“Hat, Ulster and All,” C.F. Bates	VIII.	[175]
“Auction Extraordinary,” L. Davidson	VIII.	[176]
“A Sonnet,” J. Pollard	VIII.	[152]
Puns: Miss Mary Wadsworth’s; Louisa Alcott’s; GraceGreenwood prolific in; a Mushroom Pun; a Pillar-sham Pun	I.	[17]
Horseshoe Pun	I.	[18]
Miss Cleveland’s	I.	[21]
Queen Elizabeth’s	I.	[16]
“Radical Club,” Satirical Poem	V.	[97]
Rollins, Mrs. Alice Wellington, article in Critic	I.	[13]
“ “ “ “	VII.	[122]
Rollins, Mrs. Ellen H. (nom de plume “E.H.Arr”), pre-eminently gifted as a humorist—
Extracts from her “Old-Time Child Life”	VII.	[124]
“Effect of the Comet”	VII.	[126]
“Doctrines are pizen things”	VII.	[128]
Roper, May Croly: Poem	VIII.	[156]
Schayer, Mrs. Julia, Author of “Struggling Genius,”an amusing Domestic Drama; Extracts from the Play, “Nursery,” “Study,”and “Dining-Room” Scenes	X.	[196]
“Sherwood Bonner.” See McDowell,Mrs. Sigourney, Mrs., her melancholy Style	IX.	[186]
Skeels, Mrs. M.E.W.: Satirical Poem	VIII.	[153]
Thanksgiving Growl, A (poetical)	VI.	[120]
Verplanck’s, Mrs., Comedy, “Sealed Instructions”	X.	[196]
Victor, Metta Victoria: “Miss Slimmins Surprised”	IV.	[81]
“ “ “ “The Stilts of Gold” (a reminiscence of Hood’s “Miss Kilmansegg and herPrecious Leg”)	VIII.	[161]
“Vokes Family” Farces (written by an aunt of the performers), “Belles of the Kitchen” and “Fun in a Fog”	X.	[196]
Waldron, Adelaide Cilley, “Kitten Tactics”	IX.	[190]
Walker’s, Mrs., famous Epigram	I.	[28]
Weissenthurn, Madame von: her Comedies fill fourteen volumes	X.	[196]
Whicher, Mrs., “Widow Bedott”	IV.	[68]
White’s, Richard Grant. Opinion of Woman’s Wit	I.	[13]
Whiting, Miss Lilian: “The Three Poets”	IX.	[187]
Williams, Alice: “Plighted,”	IX.	[183]
Wilson, Arabella: “O Sextant of the Meetinouse”	VIII.	[177]
Woman’s Wit, Search for, Neglected by Men	I.	[13]
Women Poets generally Despondent	I.	[14]
“ Humorous Newspaper Correspondents: Mrs. Runkle; Mrs. Rollins; Gail Hamilton	IX.	[185]
Women Inclined to Ridicule Foibles of their Sex	IX.	[186]
Woolson, Constance Fenimore: Her “Miss Lois”(housekeeping, with Chippewa squaws for servants)	VII.	[139]

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