18 MAY 1872, page 21

Mark Twain.•

THE United States are taking a lead in the humorous literature of the day. Bret Harte and Colonel John Hay and Artemus Ward are not alone. Their humour, it is true, is of a much......

Mr. Henry Klngsley's Short Stories.•

A FEW of our best novelists write short stories which are almost as good as their novels. Mr. Trollope, Miss Thackeray, and Mr. George Macdonald are of the number. Some of our......