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The book was published in 1888 by Charles L. Webster & Company. When that firm collapsed in 1894, Harper and Brothers took over the publication of all of Clemens' work. The Library of Humor was a valuable piece, containing many copyrighted works by many distinguished and popular authors. Secretary of Harper and Brothers Frederick A. Duneka had ...
This was followed by The Return of Conan the Librarian and Conan the Librarian on the Information Highway. The author of these stories is the fictitious "Hadley V. Baxendale" (a pun on the famous law case Hadley v. Baxendale). This Conan is an ordinary librarian who lives in the mythical "Information Age". [10]
"Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism" is a speech delivered by Mark Twain in Paris at the Stomach Club in spring, 1879. The Stomach Club was a collection of U.S. expatriate writers and artists, such as Edwin Austin Abbey.
The Facetiae is an anthology of jokes by Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459), first published in 1470. It was the first printed joke book. The collection, "the most famous jokebook of the Renaissance", [1] is notable for its inclusion of scatological jokes and tales, six of the tales involving flatulation humor and six involving defecation.
Image credits: colmscomics Regarding the audience’s takeaway, Colm commented: “Honestly, if they read my comics and get a little chuckle, even just internally, then I would be happy.
It is notable for being an early example of Dr. Seuss' distinct illustration style. [citation needed] All boners in the book are anonymous. Harry Hansen writes that "presumably these lines come out of the mouths of babes". [1] Gary K. Wolfe concludes that these are humorous schoolboy mistakes. [3] Some examples: [1] "King James I wrote the Bible".
This led to a parody of the style by incorporation of a pun, called a Tom Swiftly after the archetypal example: "'We must hurry,' said Tom Swiftly." At some point, this kind of humor was called a Tom Swifty, and that name is now more prevalent. A much earlier example may be found, for example, in Dickens' Our Mutual Friend: "How Do You Like ...
In the show, the Library of the Netherlands is an archive that contains all of the knowledge in the universe. Librarians formed the Order of the Librarians, a group that protects that knowledge. The Library is staffed by Zelda Schiff, a prim, glasses-and-cardigan-wearing librarian whose biggest concern is the possible defacement of library books.