Titles to Make You Smile: From the Good Old Days

These titles reflect the compiler's notions of the humorous, wry, ironic or unusual, and should not be construed as reflecting any other opinion or judgment, nor the editorial opinion of SUL/AIR News. Contributions for this feature are eagerly solicited. Submit any oddities to: bkunde@sulmail.stanford.edu

The following include a contribution from Andy Norton.

Delightful and ingenious novells [microform] : being choice and excellent stories of amours, tragical and comical / lately related by the most refin'd wits, under borrowed names ; with interludes between each novel ... -- London : Printed for Benjamin Crayle, 1685.
AKL9078 / MFILM 015 4 64:3 / Green Library.

The lucky louse; or, Blood will tell, being an exciting & authentic story of life & luck in the California mines during the days when gold was free, & illustrating a most ingenious method for getting rid of it, etc, &c. Now for the first time recorded by Ezra Dane. -- San Francisco : L. Kennedy [c1933]
AKZ4154 / 817.4 .D17L / LIBRARY.

The matchless rogue, or, A brief account of the life of Don Thomazo the unfortunate son [microform] : together with the just commendations of the gentlemans ingenious answer to Malice defeated, intituled, some reflections on Madam Cellier's case, with due respect to the honourable title of captain, which himself says he is worthy of / Elizabeth Cellier. -- London : Printed for Elizabeth Cellier ..., 1680.
AGK3917 / MFILM 015 4 1487:31 / Green Library.

The ugly-girl papers, or, Hints for the toilet / Mrs. S. D. Powers. -- New York : Harper, c1874.
AMB2367 / 646.7 .P887 / Stanford Auxiliary Library.

The woman that lives without eating : being an authentic narrative of Mrs. Simeon Hays, of Chester, Warren Co., N.Y. / A. Milne. -- Glen's Falls [N.Y.] : Messenger Book and Job Office, 1858.
UTBG14970880-B / Library of Congress.

--submitted by Brian Kunde