Best Short Stories

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Best Short Stories, by VariousThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Best Short StoriesAuthor: VariousRelease Date: April 20, 2005 [EBook #15667]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BEST SHORT STORIES ***Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jennifer Goslee and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.BEST SHORT STORIESCollected by THOMAS L. MASSONPublished by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY for REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. 1922A FOREWORD TO EVERYBODYThere is a wide difference of opinion, even among the most discriminating critics, as to what constitutes the point of agood joke. Aside from varying temperaments, this is largely due to one's experience with life in general. Or intimateacquaintance with certain phases of life gives us a subtler appreciation of certain niceties, which would be lost uponthose who have not traveled over that particular path. The doctor, the lawyer, the family man, and the soldier, each havetheir minds sensitized to their own fields of thought. Human nature, however, works according to universal laws, and areally first-class joke strikes home to the majority.The compiler of this collection has had it in mind to get as much variety as possible, while at the same time to use onlysuch ...