The Speaker's Garland and Literary Bouquet: Combining 100 Choice Selections, Nos. 1 - Embracing Rare Poetical Gems, Fine Specimens of Oratory, Popular Patriotic Effusions, Thrilling Sentiment, Impassioned Eloquence, Tender Pathos, and Sparkling Humor ...

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Contents

Father Lead
42
Indemberance
44
Bondage of Drink
52
Remarkable Instance of Presence of Mind
54
Land Poor
60
Lawyers and the Cat
61
What is that to Thee
64
Appeal of the Missigans
66
Only a Curl
70
Little Evangelist
78
Othellos Apology
84
Little Martyr
85
Four Lives
87
Whistler
91
Browns
94
Suicidal Cat
97
Lines Written in a Churchyard
99
Mr Blifkins First Baby
104
Blacksmith of Ragenbach
107
After the Battle
116
Fast Mail and the Stage
117
Anger and Enumeration
118
Shadow on the Wall
120
Brook
121
Soldiers Pardon
126
Away from the Winecup Away
128
Beggars Petition
130
Laugh and Grow
132
Charity
139
Old Farmer Gray Gets Photographed
143
Fatal Glass
147
Orator Puff
149
Christmas
152
Binley and 46
157
Once More
172
Regulus to the Carthaginians
176
Mark Twains Story of The Bad Little Boy S L Clemens ix
177
Containing 100 Choice Selections Nos 5 6 7 and 8
8
Lides to Bary Jade
13
Guilty or Not Guilty
14
Seeing Through
15
Buck Fanshaws Funeral
18
Bootblack
20
Little Gretchen
21
Waiting by the Gate
28
Mr Caudle and his Second Wife
33
Beginning Again
46
Lights and Shades
47
x
48
Old House in the Meadow
51
Thomas Moore
56
Bill and I
66
F Smarius
67
Old Professor
71
Selling a Coat
74
Goin Home Today
76
World for Sale
77
Sister Pleads for a Brothers Life
81
Progress
82
Morning Argus Obituary Department The Max Adeler x
86
Cook of the Period
98
Sisters
99
Benevolence
105
Passing Away
106
Wax Work
109
Gracious Answer
114
Best Cow in Peril
124
Welcome
126
By the Alma River
135
Prisoner for Debt
136
Signs and Omens
139
Count Candespinas Standard
140
Stray Child
146
When the Tide Goes
147
Little Steenie
22
Boys Last Request
24
Portrait
33
Man with a Cold in his Head
36
Bascombs Baby
41
Love and
43
Sublimity of the Bible
45
Chinese Story
47
Guards Story
49
Wifes Appeal
52
Building the Chimney
56
Cockney Wail
62
My First Political Speech
66
Battle of Lexington
78
Conductor Bradley
83
Gods Anvil
85
Brotherhood
87
Wife Children and Friends
93
Mother Home and Heaven
94
Charlie Machree
100
Blifkins the Ruralist
101
xi
112
Weary Soul
117
Passing
131
Sorrowful Tale of a Hired Girl
132
Gone with a Handsomer
135
Monster Cannon
137
Pilgrims and the Peas
143
Gods Acre
144
Lost and Found
145
Boy
147
ChocheBang and ChichilBloo
162
Mark Twains Story of The Good Little Boy S L Clemens xi
169
Better than Gold
174
Gentle Alice Brown
179
BeJust and Fear
192
Lucky Call
193
Psalm of Hope
194
the index must necessarily accord therewith hence this explanation
199
xii
7
God is Nowhere
8
Chameleon Thes
11
Statue in Clay
15
Mark Twain and the Interviewer
16
Poor Little
21
Sister of Charity
22
Year that is to Come
26
Man who Felt Sad
30
Leap of Curtius
33
Schlausheimer dont Gonciliate
38
Night of Terror
42
Black Horse and His Rider
53
Stigma
63
Sumners Tribute to William Penn
67
Shelling Peas
69
She Wanted an Epitaph
77
Chinese Dinner
86
Cut Behind
96
Stranger in the Pew
103
Story of the Little Rid
104
Countrys Greatest Evil
124
Popping Corn
125
ix
130
Gone Before
135
Constant Reader
139
Francis Wayland xi
157
Phantoms of St Sepulchre
162
Centennial Oration
172
Columbia
175
Uncle Danls Apparition and Prayer S L Clemens C D Warner
178
Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius
Drink Drink Drink
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