Henry Wheeler Shaw was one of the "brightest and most popular humorous men of the day" (J. Derby 239).
Billings thinks Americans are better humorists but less witty than the English. He also remarks that too many men get swept up in trying to be witty.
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Henry Wheeler Shaw was one of the "brightest and most popular humorous men of the day" (J. Derby 239).
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