16mo., Illuminated Paper Cover ~30 cts.~ Boards ~50 cts.~
~Howard's Recitations.~ Comic, Serious and Pathetic. Collection of fresh Recitations in Prose and Poetry, suitable for Anniversaries, Exhibitions, Social Gatherings, and Evening Parties. Contents:
Miss Malony on the Chinese Question Kit Carson's Ride Buck Fanshaw's Funeral Knocked About Puzzled Dutchman Shamus O'Brien Naughty Little Girl Bells of Shandon No Sect in Heaven Rory O'Moore's Present "Mother's Fool" Queen Elizabeth--a Comic Oration The Starling Lord Dundreary's Riddle The Stuttering Lass The Irish Traveler The Remedy as Bad as the Disease A Subject for Dissection The Heathen Chinee Mona's Waters A Showman on the Woodchuck How Happy I'll Be A Frenchman's Account of the Fall Isabel's Grave Parson and the Spaniel An Irishman's Letter Irish Letter The Halibut in Love The Merry Soap-Boiler The Unbeliever The Voices at the Throne Dundreary Proposing The Fireman Paul Revere's Ride Annie and Willie's Prayer A Frenchman on Macbeth The New Church Organ Katrina Likes me Poody Vell How to Save a Thousand Pounds How I Got Invited to Dinner Patient Joe Jimmy Butler and the Owl The Menagerie Old Quizzle Infidel and Quaker The Lawyer and the Chimney-Sweeper Bill Mason's Bride Judging by Appearances The Death's Head Betsey and I are Out Betsey Destroys the Paper Father Blake's Collection Blank Verse in Rhyme Roguery Taught Banty Tim Antony and Cleopatra Deacon Hezekiah The Frenchman and the Landlord The Family Quarrel--A Dialogue on the Sixteenth Amendment The Guess Atheist and Acorn Brother Watkins Hans in a Fix To-Morrow The Highgate Butcher The Lucky Call Challenging the Foreman Country Schoolmaster The Matrimonial Bugs and the Travelers Peter Sorghum in Love Tim Tuff Nick Van Stann The Debating Society Deacon Stokes To Our Honored Dead The Dying Soldier The Yankee Fireside The Suicidal Cat The Son's Wish
16 mo. 180 pages. Paper covers. Price ~30 cts.~ Bound in boards, cloth back ~50 cts.~
~Spencer's Book of Comic Speeches and Humorous Recitations.~ A collection of Comic Speeches and Dialogues, Dramatic Scenes and Characteristic Soliloquies and Stories Suitable for School Exhibitions. Contents:
Comic Prologue and Introduction The Yankee Landlord His Eye was Stern The Goddess of Slang Dick, the Apprentice Courting in French Hollow The Case Altered Fox and the Ranger The Declaration The Warrantee Deed A Night's Adventure Julia--Comic Love Scene Saying not Meaning Negro Burlesque for 3 males The Nimmers Gucom and the Back-log Widow Bedott's Mistake How a Bashful Lover "Popped the Question" Crossing Dixie My Last Shirt The Three Black Crows The Barber's Shop Paddy O'Rafther Decidedly Cool Frenchman and the Rats The Jester Condemned to Death Kindred Quacks Hans Breitmann's Party The Generous Frenchman Saint Jonathan Stump Speech The Rival Lodgers The Frenchman and the Mosquitoes The Maiden's Mishap The Removal Talking Latin Praying for Rain Darkey Photographer Paddy and his Musket Hezekiah Bedoit Uncle Reuben's Tale Mr. Caudle has been to a Fair Chemist and his Love Disgusted Dutchman The Frightened Traveler Jewess and her Son Clerical Wit--True Lies The School House Daniel _versus_ Dishclout Spectacles The Pig A Stray Parrot Dame Fredegonde Toby Tosspot Courtship and Matrimony Rings and Seals The Biter Bit Pat and the Gridiron Barmecide's Feast The Country Pedagogue The Middle-aged Man and Two Widows Saratoga Waiter--Negro Scene for 2 males The Wrangling Pair--A Poetical Dialogue for Male and Female A Connubial Eclogue The Italian from Cork Gasper Schnapps' Exploit Epilogue--Suitable for Conclusion of an Entertainment