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"The Wit of Women," by Miss Kate Sanborn, [Funk& Wagnalls,] proves that the authoress is one of thoserare women who are gifted with a sense of humor. Fortunatelyfor her, the female sense of humor, when it doesexist, is not affected by such trifles as "chestnuts." Therefore,women will read with pleasure Miss Sanborn'schoice collection of these dainties. There are, however,many new anecdotes in Miss Sanborn's collection, and,taken as a whole, it may fairly be said to establish thefact that there have been feminine wits not inferior to thebest of the opposite sex.
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BY
KATE SANBORN
FOURTH EDITION
NEW YORK
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
LONDON AND TORONTO
1895
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by
FUNK & WAGNALLS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.
Miss Addie Boyd, of the Cincinnati"Commercial," and Miss Anna M.T.Rossiter, alias Lilla M. Cushman, of theMeriden "Recorder," will probably representthe gentler sex in the conventionof paragraphers which meets next month.They are a pair o' graphic writers andequal to the best in the profession.—WaterlooObserver.
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It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready forharvesting.
While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration anddiscussion, is now threadbare, the wit of women has beenalmost utterly ignored and unrecognized.
With the joy and honest pride of a discoverer, I presentthe results of a summer's gleaning.
And I feel a cheerful and Colonel Sellers-y confidence inthe success of the book, for every woman will want to ownit, as a matter of pride and interest, and many men willbuy it just to see what women think they can do in thisline. In fact, I expect a call for a second volume!
Kate Sanborn.
Hanover, N.H., August, 1885.
My thanks are due to so many publishers, magazineeditors, and personal friends for material for this book,that a formal note of acknowledgment seems meagre andunsatisfactory. Proper credit, however, has been givenall through the volume, and with special indebtedness toMessrs. Harper & Brothers and Charles Scribner's Sons ofNew York, and Houghton, Mifflin & Co. of Boston.I add sincere gratitude to all who have so generouslycontributed whatever was requested.