Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 1105 Fanning, C. E. (Clara Elizabeth) 1878 1938 Fanning, Clara Elizabeth Edmund, Peggy Wilson, H. W. (Halsey William) 1868 1954 Wilson, Halsey William Williams, Harold Workman Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sandra Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Toaster's Handbook: Jokes, Stories, and Quotations" by Peggy Edmund and Harold Workman Williams is a collection of humorous anecdotes, jokes, and quotations compiled for the purpose of aiding speakers in delivering toasts, likely written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a resource for those faced with the daunting task of speaking in social situations, providing a variety of material that is both entertaining and thought-provoking to lighten the mood and engage an audience. The opening of the book begins with a preface that captures the anxieties associated with making a toast at a gathering. It sets the tone for the handbook as a light-hearted manual intended to rescue nervous speakers from their fears by presenting a well-organized selection of jokes and stories categorized under various subjects. Notably, the preface emphasizes the importance of humor in social interactions and suggests that the sense of humor can smooth over the complexities of public speaking. The subsequent sections are aimed at guiding readers on how to respond to their audience effectively, promoting a sense of camaraderie and laughter while delivering a toast. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en American wit and humor Toasts Quotations PN Text Category: Humour Category: How To ... 1094768 2025-08-05T15:33:40.932891 text/html 1019397 2024-10-28T19:32:33 text/html 484359 2025-08-05T15:34:11.596674 application/epub+zip 505514 2025-08-05T15:33:49.910862 application/epub+zip 496604 2025-08-05T15:33:45.772779 application/epub+zip 978586 2025-08-05T15:34:22.957654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 951037 2025-08-05T15:34:06.301769 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 847943 2022-09-06T20:46:34.826174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 849732 2025-08-05T15:33:30.823868 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 829903 2024-10-28T19:32:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17196 2025-08-05T15:34:23.148612 application/rdf+xml 17692 2025-08-05T15:33:46.473829 image/jpeg 3685 2025-08-05T15:33:46.108810 image/jpeg 448025 2025-08-05T15:33:41.009870 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia