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This title was published by
four Chicago firms. Geo M. Hill and Company (1899-1900), Madison Book
Co. (1902-1903), Reilly and Britton Co. (the successor to the Madison Book Company) and Reilly and Lee and Co.
The Geo. M. Hill edition has 774 pages and the text is identical to the
earlier Wit and Humor of the Age.
The Madison Book Co. title has not been seen. I believe it was
published in 1903.
The later Reilly and Britton and Reilly and Lee editions are reprints
of the first 546 pages of "Wit and Humor of the Age".
The Geo. M. Hill and Co. book has eight Peck vignettes whereas the
later reprints include only five short vignettes by George W. Peck. See
below.
Robert W. Patton held the copyright as of 1901. I do not know what his
relationship is to this title.
The Reilly and Britton book was published in 1904 and the Reilly and
Lee starting in 1919.
Geo. M. Hill and Co.
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Reilly and Britton Co.
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Reilly and Lee Co. Title Page
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Here are the George W. Peck vignettes that are included in
this volume.
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