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An Essay on Laughter

by James Sully

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — Introductory
  4. 4Chapter II — The Smile and the Laugh
  5. 5Chapter III — Occasions and Causes of Laughter
  6. 6Chapter IV — Varieties of the Laughable
  7. 7Chapter V — Theories of the Ludicrous
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Origin of Laughter
  9. 9Chapter VII — Development of Laughter During the First Three Years…
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The Laughter of Savages
  11. 11Chapter IX — Laughter in Social Evolution
  12. 12Chapter X — Laughter of the Individual: Humour
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Laughable in Art: Comedy
  14. 14Chapter XII — Ultimate Value and Limitations of Laughter

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