# Famous funny fellows

Author: Clemens, William Montgomery, 1860-1931

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74088

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Famous+funny+fellows+Clemens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The rollicking newspaper humor of the day is of modern origin. It is even yet young in years. Humorists and newspaper wits were once--say a score of years ago--considered a rarity in America. At that time humor of the day meant the productions of a very few--Mark Twain, Joe Neal, Artemus Ward, Major Jones, and one or two others. To-day it means a certain _jeu d’esprit_ that can readily be discovered in almost every first-class newspaper extant. In fact, every American journal of any prominence possesses its salaried paragrapher, who is required to produce, at stipulated intervals, a certain quantity of original humor, whether or no the said paragrapher be in a humorous mood.

## Chapters

- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/famous-funny-fellows-74088/chapters/10/index.md)