Artemus Ward : complete

Front matter

FOOD

For INFANTS and INVALIDS.

MELLIN'S FOOD is similar to Breast Milk Chemically and as beneficial Physiologically.

Contents

ARTEMUS WARD : HIS BOOK.

VAGE

ONE OF MR WARD'S BUSINESS LETTERS, 37

Part I.— On The Rampage

1. ON THE STEAMER, 190

3. MEXICO, o 196

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6. mr pepper, 206

7. Horace greeley's ride to placerville, 206

8. to reese river, 210

9. great salt lake citt, 213 10. the mountain fever, 215 ii. "i am here," . . 217

13. a piece is spoken, . 223

15. PHELPS'S ALMANAC, 225

17. VERY MUCH MARRIED, 234 jg THE REVELATION OF JOSEPH SMITH, . 237

Part Ii.— Perlite Litteratoor

2. ARTEMUS WARD'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 252

5. THE NOBLE RED MAN, 264

7. A ROMANCE : WILLIAM BARKER, THE YOUNG PATRIOT, 268

CONTENTS. ix

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9. A ROMANCE : ONLY A MECHANIC, 273

11. a mormon romance : reginald gloverson, 279

13. artemus ward to the prince of wales, 289

14. affairs round the village green, 294

15. agriculture, . 301

16. o'bourcy's "arrah-na-pogue," 305

ARTEMUS WARD AMONG THE FENIANS.

ARTEMUS WARD AMONG THE FENIANS, 318

ARTEMUS WARD IN WASHINGTON, 324

ARTEMUS WARD'S LECTURE.

INTRODUCTION BY T. W. ROBERTSON, 331

PREFATORY NOTE BY EDWARD P. HINGSTON, 337

THE LECTURE, 357

Appendix

AUTOGRAPH OF ARTEMUS WARD, 403 x CONTENTS.

ARTEMUS WARD IN LONDON, AND OTHER HUMOROUS

PAPERS.

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INTKODUOTOKY, 407

2. PEESONAL RECOLLECTIONS, 413

3. THE GREEN LION AND OLIVER CROMWELL, 4] 7

6. THE TOWER OP LONDON, 432

7. SCIENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY, 436

8. A VISIT TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 441

11. ARTEMUS WARD ON HEALTH, . 455

12. A FRAGMENT, 457

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES,

1. RED HAND : A TALE OF REVENGE, 461

3. HOW OLD ABE RECEIVED THE NEWS OF HIS NOMINATION, 470

4. ROBERTO THE ROVER : A TALE OF SEA AND SHORE, 471

5. ABOUT EDITORS, 475

6. EDITING, 476

7. POPULARITY, 478

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8. A LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN THE WAY, 479

0. scenes outside the fair ground, 483

1. coloured people's church, 486

2. spirits, 488

3. mr blowhard, 490

4. market morning, 491

6. from a homely man, 498

7. the elephant, 500

9. HOW THE NAPOLEON OF SELLERS WAS SOLD, 503 !0. ON AUTUMN, 505 !1. PAYING FOR HIS PROVENDER BY PRAYING, 506 !2. HUNTING TROUBLE, 507 !3. DARK DOINGS, 508 'A. A HARD CASE, 509 15. REPORTERS, 510 !6. HE HAD THE LITTLE VOUCHER IN HIS POCKET, 511 17. THE GENTLEMANLY CONDUCTOR, 51 3 !8. ARTEMUS WARD AMONG THE MORMONS, REPORTED BY HIMSELF, OR

SOMEBODY ELSE, 514

HIS BOOK.

AT THE DOOR OF THE TENT.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Show is about to commence. You could not well expect to go in without paying, but you may fay without going in. J can say no fairer than tliat.