THE

MENTAL AND MORAL

PHILOSOPHY OF LAUGHTER:

VISTA OF THE LUDICROUS SIDE OF LIFE.

BY

EDWIN PAXTON HOOD,

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AUTHOR OF 'OLD ENGLAND," GENIUS AND INDUSTRY,"

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JOHN MILTON, THE PATRIOT AND POET," ETC.

LONDON:

PARTRIDGE & OAKEY, PATERNOSTER ROW.

MDCCCLII.

270. C. 147.