Shopping Girl - How to tell a story, and other essays

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Editorial Reviews: The Humorous Story an American Development. Its Difference from Comic and Witty Stories. I DO not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, for I have been al most daily in the company of the most expert story-tellers for many years. There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind the humorous. I will talk mainly about that one. The humorous story is American, the comic story is English^the witty story isJFrencrh The "humorous story depends for its effect upon thfTmanner~oi the telling; the comic story andjt upon ihejngAcr. The humorous story may be spun out to great length, and may wander around as much as it pleases, and arrive nowhere in partic ular; but the comic and witty stories must be brief and end with a point.