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The Joke

by Justin Smith,

By Justin E. H. Smith, from “The Fundamentals of Gelastics,” a work in progress. Smith’s latest book, Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference (Princeton), will be published in June. In…

Laugher curve

by Kenneth H. Craik,

How many does it take?

by David Lance Goines,

On writing jokes

by Newman Levy,

Obliging

by Harper’s Staff,

A supposititious joke

by Harper’s Staff,

Full instructions

by Harper’s Staff,

Two famous jokes

by David Ker,

The major’s stratagem

by David Ker,

A reminiscence of West Africa

Editor’s drawer

by Harper’s Staff,

Editor’s drawer

by Harper’s Staff,

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The Joke

Laugher curve

How many does it take?

On writing jokes

Obliging

A supposititious joke

Full instructions

Two famous jokes

The major’s stratagem

Editor’s drawer

Editor’s drawer

October 1878

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