The Edward T. LeBlanc Memorial Dime Novel Bibliography

Item - The Dime Jolly Speaker

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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

Beadle's Dime Speakers edition

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

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