“Here are to be found short stories, dialogues, whimsical-serious essays, strings of modern apothegms, bits of verse, and what not.”—Nation.


Ind. 63: 1007. O. 24, ’07. 40w.

“To speak of the volume comprehensively is not easy, considering its hodge-podge make-up, nor are any of the component elements important enough in themselves to need particularization. Mr. Masson’s wit is facile, occasionally smart, often pungent, never very penetrating.”

+ −Nation. 85: 423. N. 7, ’07. 240w.

“There is always a touch of whimsicality in the treatment, whether the author is writing a treatise on the decadence of husbands or a pathetic short story. There is always also vivacity of style, a sense of humor, and much good-natured irony intertwined with warm human feeling.”

+N. Y. Times. 12: 715. N. 9, ’07. 160w.

Masson, Thomas L., comp. Humor of love: an anthology. **$2.50. Moffat.

6–45700.

A two-volume anthology; one, a selection of humorous writings on love in verse, the other, a similar treatment in prose.