The Century Reciter. Humorous, serious, and dramatic selections

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HUMOROUS, SERIOUS, and DRAMATIC SELECTIONS compiled and edited by H. SAVILE CLARKE AND LEOPOLD WAGNER LONDON FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1S95 CONTENTS. PAGE Comedy ..... Thomas Bailey Aldrich 69 Coming Home .... Alfred Berlyn . 1 74 Concerning Waiter3 . . . Percy Beeve . 348 Crrect Card, The .... Frank Desprez . 167 Crooked Answers .... Henry S. Leigh . 39 Cuckoo Clock, The . . . Edward Johns . 310 Day of Rest, A . . . . ___ D. Lowry . 76 Dead Mother, The .... Bohert Buchanan 101 Dean's Dilemma, The . . . A. W. Pinero . 28 Death of Columba, The . . . Professor Blackie 104 Death of the Flowers, The . . W. C. Bryant . 34 Deed of Grace, A . . . . H. L. Childe- Pemberton 215 Defying the Lightning . . . Bohert Ganthony 229 Demon Ship, The .... Thomas Hood . 302 " Der Dale of a Tog " . . .

Anon. . . . 146 Discovery of Tobacco, The . . Geo.Manville Fcnn 219 Diver, The Schiller . .118 Dog's Tale, A Walter Browne . 190 Doncaster St. Leger, The . . Sir F. Hastings Doyle 152 Don't Ceare Bev. W. Barnes . 267 Dream of Eugene Aram, The . Thomas Hood .210 Dream of the Future, A . . Denis Florence MacCarthy 256 Engine Driver's Story, The . . Leopold Wagner . 203 Evening in Tuscany, An . . Owen Meredith . 333 Execution, The .... Bev. B. H. Barham 220 Exeunt Omnes . . . .A.B. Marshall . 112 Extemporising a Melodrama . . Bev. B. __?. Barham 295 Fairy Queen, The . . . . W. Theodore Parkes 297 Fallen Star, A . . . . A. W. Pinero . 106 Farmer Gould's Story . . . Henry J. Barker 140 Fatal Tryst, The .... Anon. ... 8 Fell from Aloft .... Brandon Thomas 170 Figures of Speech . . . . Owen Meredith . 73 PAGE Abbot's Curse, The . . .

Susan K. Phillips 263 About Cats .... Jerome K. Jerome. 248 Admiral Bimble, K.C.B. . . W. Sapte, Jun. ."331 Admiral Guarinos, The . . . Anon. . . .46 Alfred Mynn . . . . A. J. Prowse . 6 American Forest Girl, The . . Mrs. Hemans . 18 Amorous Alphabet, The . . Walter Parke . 362 Arcadia Mixture, The . . . J. M. Barrie . 102 At the Opera .... Owen Meredith . 242 At the Seaside .... LAndon Meadows . 315 Avenged Alfred Berlyn . 136 Baby Baboon, The . . . Walter Parke . 352 Baby May W. C. Bennett . 240 Baby's Battle, A . . . . H. Savile Clarke 17 Bath of the Streams, Tho . . Denis Florence MacCarthy 294 Bearing Your " Cross " . . . Anon.. . .175 Behind Time .... Alexander Anderson 156 Bells of Shandon, The . . . Bev. Francis Mahoney 360 Bingen on the Ehine . . . Hon. Mrs. Norton 340 Blood on the Wheel . . .