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Northern Illinois University
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Series: |
Beadle's Dime Speakers
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no. 22 |
Alternate Title: |
The Dime Jolly Speaker: A Special Collection of Pieces Droll, Laughable and Humorous, from the Best American Wits and Humorists, with Numerous Originals and Adaptations |
Subjects / Tags: |
American wit and humor Humorous recitations Recitations Speeches, addresses, etc., American Wit and humor |
Contents: |
My Grandfather's Clock (Work, pages 9-10) Mark Twain's Oration on the 19th Century (Work, pages 11-13) Mary's Leetle Ram (Work, page 13) A Familiar Lecture on Science (Work, pages 14-15) Old and New Time (Work, pages 16-17) Clayfoot's Spirit Race (Work, pages 17-18) The Village School (Work, pages 19-20) A Sermon for the Sisters (Work, pages 20-21) The Designing Young Man (Work, pages 22-23) De Filosofy of Fun (Work, pages 23-25) The Disappointed Discoverer (Work, pages 25-28) A "Heathen's" Score (Work, pages 28-30) "Der Dog Und Der Lobster" (Work, pages 30-31) The Young Tramp (Work, pages 32-33) The Delights of the Season (Work, pages 33-34) The Delights of Spring (Work, pages 35-38) Josh Billings's Views (Work, pages 38-43) This Side and That (Work, pages 43-44) Nocturnal Mewsings (Work, page 44) The Lunatic's Reverie (Work, page 45) A Bathettic Ballad (Work, pages 46-50) The Ear— An Eassay on a Prominent Topic (Work, pages 51-53) Backbone (Work, pages 54-55) A Weak Case (Work, pages 55-56) They May Be Happy Yet (Work, pages 57-58) Orpheus (Work, pages 58-60) Perseus (Work, pages 60-62) Rigid Reformation (Work, pages 63-64) The Funny Man (Work, pages 64-65) Don't Give It Away (Work, page 66) A Dark Warning (Work, pages 67-69) An Awful Warning (Work, pages 69-71) De Parson Sowed De Seed (Work, pages 71-72) Pompey's Thanksgiving Turkey (Work, pages 72-73) The New Essay on Man (Work, pages 73-76) A New Declaration (Work, pages 76-79) The Jolly Old Fellow (Work, pages 80-81) My First Coat (Work, pages 81-83) The Fire-Brigade (Work, page 83) A Patriotic "Splurge" (Work, pages 84-85) The Good Old Times, Indeed! (Work, pages 86-89) Stealing Fire—The Story of Prometheus Modernized (Work, pages 89-91) The Owl and the Pussy Cat (Work, page 92) |
Date: |
June 21, 1879 |
Publisher: |
Beadle and Adams (1872-1898)
(New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street)
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United States
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OCLC Number: |
1078406098 |
Edition Description: |
Also includes: publisher's advertisements. |
Length: |
92 pages |
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