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Digital Library @ Villanova University (General Dime Book Publishers imprint edition)
Northern Illinois University (Charles T. Dearing imprint edition) |
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Series: |
Beadle's Dime Speakers
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no. 15 |
Alternate Title: |
Carl Pretzel's Komikal Speaker: A New Collection of Droll, Whimsical, Laughable and Odd Pieces for Recitation, in Schools, Exhibitions, Young People's Societies, and Parlor Entertainments |
Subjects / Tags: |
American wit and humor Humorous recitations Recitations Speeches, addresses, etc., American Wit and humor |
Contents: |
Don'd Been Afraid (Work, page 9) Gamboling (Work, pages 10-11) Indemberance (Work, pages 11-12) Gretchen Und Me Go Oud (Work, pages 12-13) Hope (Work, page 14) Schandal (Work, pages 14-15) "Dot Musquiter" (Work, pages 15-17) A Leedle Gal-Child's Dream (Work, pages 17-18) Dhere Vas No Crying High Above (Work, pages 18-20) Carl Pretzel's Leedle Speedchers (Work, pages 20-22) "Pells, Pells, Dot Court House Pells" (Work, pages 22-23) The Puzzled Dutchman (Work, page 23) Address to a School (Work, pages 24-25) His Sphere (Work, pages 26-27) The Wolf and the Lamb (Work, pages 28-29) The Lion in Love (Work, pages 29-30) The Treachery of Jones (Work, pages 31-32) Don't Call a Man a Liar (Work, pages 32-34) Carl Pretzel's Lecture on Man (Work, pages 34-36) Bust (Work, pages 37-39) Simon Short's Son Samuel (Work, pages 39-41) Reckermemper Der Poor (Work, pages 41-42) Natural History (Work, pages 42-44) The Cart Before the Horse (Work, pages 44-45) "To See Ourselves As Others See Us" (Work, pages 46-47) Sorrowful Tale of a Servant Girl (Work, pages 48-52) The Loafers' Society (Work, pages 52-53) "It's the Early Bird" (Work, pages 53-54) Music (Work, pages 54-56) On Lager (Work, pages 56-58) Caudle's Wedding Day (Work, pages 58-61) Dot Young Viddow Clara (Work, pages 62-63) The Best Cow in Peril (Work, pages 63-64) Frequent Critters (Work, pages 64-67) In For The Railroad (Work, pages 67-68) Song of the Sink (Work, pages 68-71) The Case of Young Bangs (Work, pages 71-73) Pretzel's Speech Before The Illinois Assembly (Work, pages 74-75) The Cannibal Man (Work, pages 75-76) Boss Bagshaw (Work, pages 76-77) Pretzel As A Soldier (Work, pages 78-80) The Raccoon (Work, pages 80-82) My Childhood (Work, page 83) Scheider's Ride (Work, pages 84-85) Boy Suffrage (Work, pages 85-89) Gardening (Work, pages 89-91) He Vas Dhinkin' (Work, pages 91-92) Abner Jones' Testimony (Work, pages 92-93) By A Money-Changer's Window (Work, pages 93-94) |
Author: |
Pretzel, Carl, 1841-1892
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Dates: |
1873 (Charles T. Dearing imprint edition) 1873 (General Dime Book Publishers imprint edition) |
Publishers: |
Charles T. Dearing imprint edition:
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898)
(New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street)
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United States
General Dime Book Publishers imprint edition: Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street) -- United States |
OCLC Number: |
03661728 (Charles T. Dearing imprint edition) |
Edition Descriptions: |
Charles T. Dearing imprint edition:
Also includes: Publisher's Note (department) and publisher's advertisements. General Dime Book Publishers imprint edition: Also includes: Publisher's Note (department) and publisher's advertisements. |
Length: |
94 pages |
Notes: |
"This speaker was announced April 19, 1873, in the Saturday Journal, as already published. It was also advertised in Dime Novel No. 279, which appeared April 8, 1879."--Johannsen, A. House of Beadle and Adams and its dime and nickel novels |
Known Editions
Charles T. Dearing imprint editionGeneral Dime Book Publishers imprint edition
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