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Browne was born on April 26, 1834 in Waterford, Maine. Artemus Ward was the pen name of Charles Farrar Browne, who was born in Waterford, Maine. The son of a surveyor, storekeeper, and farmer, at 13 he was apprenticed to a printer.
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7 works of Artemus Ward American humor writer (1834-1867) This ebook presents a collection of 7 works of Artemus Ward. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - The Complete Works of Artemus Ward - I - Essays, Sketches, and Letters - The Complete Works of Artemus Ward - II - War - The Complete Works of Artemus Ward - III - Stories and Romances - The Complete Works of Artemus Ward - IV - To California and Return - The Complete Works of Artemus Ward - V - The London Punch Letters - The Complete Works of Artemus Ward - VI - Artemus Ward's Panorama - The Complete Works of Artemus Ward VII - Miscellaneous
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(Excerpt from Artemus Ward His Book In the first place whi...)
Excerpt from Artemus Ward His Book In the first place while the editor of this selection is still out of hearing in the next room I should like to praise the good judgment he has shown in it and still more I should like to praise the simple manner of the very interesting memoir which he has prefaced it with Another myself we will say might have been tempted to overdo it by imparting to the droller s life the pathos of his early death or by exaggerating his importance among the humorists whose humor the world has decided to call distinctively American But Mr Johnson has not made either of these mistakes He has felt what was characteristic in the author s experiences and he has had the self restraint to leave time the censor of his qualities I wish his forbearance might govern me in what I have to say of the extravaganzas once the whole English speaking world s delight which after half a century of fitful and not over vigorous survival have been selected here for a sort of final appeal I will own that when I talked his enterprise over with the editor I began to have my misgivings of it after a first flush of enthusiasm About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at www forgottenbooks com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses state of the art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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Publisher, G. W. Carleton, four humorous volumes: ARTEMUS WARD ;H is BOOK. I ssued, May 17, 1862. ARTEMUS WARD;%IS TRAVELS. Sept. 23, 1865. ARTEMUS WARD ;IN LONDON. July 13, 1867. ARTEMUS WARD ;H is PANORAMA. June 26, 1869. Besides these works, Art emus left unpublished, scattered manuscripts for another volume, which was to have been entitled Essays and Sketches. Throughout these five volumes more than fifteen hundred pages of droll sayings an attempt has been made to preserve the authors wittiest things; to re-arrange and give them all to the public and to posterity hi one convenient volume a handy compendium of the best things which Artemus Ward ever said in lectures, or published in the Plaindealer, Vanity Fair, London Punch, and in the four books above mentioned. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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Charles Farrar Browne (1834-1867) was an American humorous writer, best known under the nom de plume Artemus Ward. He began life as a compositor and occasional contributor to the daily and weekly journals. In 1858, he published in the Cleveland Plaindealer the first of the "Artemus Ward" series, which in a collected form achieved great popularity in both America and England. In 1860 he became editor of Vanity Fair magazine, a humorous New York weekly, which proved a failure. About the same time he began to appear as a lecturer, and by his droll and eccentric humor attracted large audiences. In 1866 Ward visited England, where he became exceedingly popular both as a lecturer and as a contributor to Punch magazine. The "Artemus Ward" stories were collected in The Complete Works of Artemus Ward (in seven parts).
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Browne was born on April 26, 1834 in Waterford, Maine. Artemus Ward was the pen name of Charles Farrar Browne, who was born in Waterford, Maine. The son of a surveyor, storekeeper, and farmer, at 13 he was apprenticed to a printer.
He set type for several newspapers in New England before a Boston printshop hired him in 1851.
His first humorous sketches, signed "Chub, " appeared in the Boston Carpet-bag.
During the next 2 years he was a printer in several Ohio towns.
Similar pieces appeared in this paper and then in Vanity Fair.
His writings were collected in Artemus Ward: His Book (1862), Artemus Ward: His Travels (1865), and Artemus Ward in London (1867).
In time, though, Ward dropped the assumed character and illiterate touches without discontinuing his use of the humor of diction.
Among his many readers was Abraham Lincoln, who read one of Ward's pieces to his Cabinet the day he presented his Emancipation Proclamation. Ward profited not only from writings but also from his lectures between 1860 and 1867.
Wearing a funereal expression, he pleased audiences by solemnly saying the most absurd things.
Walter Blair examines Ward in relation to other humorists in Native American Humor, 1800-1900 (1937) and Horse Sense in American Humor, from Benjamin Franklin to Ogden Nash (1942).
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Browne was also known as a member of the New York Bohemian set.