Title: Just some of the jokes are funny, others are outdated
Product review: This joke book was compiled by Mark Lemon (1809-1870) in 1865 and, unfortunately, many of the 1700 jokes, usually only a paragraph long, are no longer funny or are ruined by the heavy outdated language of England or the difference between the English and American culture. Others are clever, but do not rise to the level of being funny. For example: A stranger to law courts hearing a judge call a sergeant "brother," expressed his surprise. "Oh," said one present, "they are brothers - brothers in law." Or to quote another joke: The government, having threatened to proceed rigorously against those who refused to pay the assessed taxes, offered to them a remission of one fourth. "This at least," said one sufferer, "may be called, giving them some quarter."
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