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Title The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of all ages and nations, 10
Author From Ruteboeuf to Balzac, French Authors
Editor Lionel Strachey
Year 1906
Publisher The Review of reviews company
Source djvu
Progress To be proofread
Transclusion Index not transcluded or unreviewed
Volumes Tome X


Portrait of Molière Frontispice

Brander Matthews
   Introduction: The Humor of Continental Europe XV

Ruteboeuf (Born about 1230),
   The Ass's Testament 3

Doun de Laverne (13th Century).
   How a Peasant Won Paradise by Wit ... 7

Eustache Deschamps (1338-1415).
   Advice to a Friend on Marriage 13

François Villon {1431-1485).
   Ballad of Proverbs 15
   All Things Except Myself I Know, - - - 16

Margaret, Queen of Navarre (1492-1549).
   One Ducat for a Horse.— "The Heptameron" . - 18
   A Lady's Passion for a Cordelier Cured with a Stick.— "The Heptameron" 20
   The Miracle of the Lighted Candle.— "The Heptameron 26