With New Illustrations From Original Sketches, Photographs, Memoranda, and Authentic Sources, by Williams, Opper, and Hopkins.

NEW YORK

JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY

1888

CHESTNUT-BURR. I.—THE SHAKESPEARE-BACON PUZZLE WRESTLED WITH CONSCIENTIOUSLY.

CHESTNUT-BURR II—HOW THE GLORIOUS FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED AT WHALEN'S GROVE LAST YEAR.

ENCOURAGING GREEN JOKES.

CHESTNUT-BURR III—BILL NYE FINDS COLOROW FULL OF ODD TRAITS.

AWKWARDNESS OF CARRYING WHISKY ABOUT.

THE RIGHT SORT OF BOY.

CHESTNUT-BURR IV—BILL NYE PAYS A BRIEF VISIT TO A PROFESSIONAL STAR READER.

INGRATITUDE OF THE HUMAN HEART.

CHESTNUT-BURR V—CONCERNING THE FRENCH MASTERPIECES AT THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN.

CHESTNUT-BURR VI—BILL NYE DIAGNOSTICATES THE PLAINT OF A COUNTRY COUSIN.

E. L. T.

MEN ARE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.

CHESTNUT-BURR VII—BILL NYE IN THE ROLE OF AN UTE INDIAN JENKINS.

SURE CURE FOR BILIOUSNESS.

CHESTNUT-BURR VIII—IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT BILL NYE IS CAPTURED BY A POLITICAL SIREN.

VIRTUE ITS OWN REWARD.

A GOOD PAINTING FOR THE CAPITOL.

CHESTNUT-BURR IX—BILL NYE DESCANTS UPON YOUNG IVES'S IDEAS IN FINANCE.

THE ANTI-CLINKER BASE-BURNER BEE.

CHESTNUT-BURR X—A FEW REMARKS ON OUR HOSTELRY SYSTEM AS IT NOW PREVAILS.

PITY FOR SAD-EYED HUSBANDS.

MARRIAGE.

CHESTNUT-BURR XI—WILLIAM NYE VISITS ROYALTY FROM THE HOME OF THE HAM SANDWICH.

THAI X DID MOT DU'

A WORD OF EXPLANATION.

CHESTNUT-BURR—THE HUMORIST INTERVIEWS HIS GRACE THE DUKE IN THE IMPROVED STYLE.

THE CHINESE COMPOSITOR.

THE TRUE AMERICAN.

CHESTNUT-BURR—XII "THE OLD MAN ELOQUENT."

CHESTNUT-BURR XIV—THE AMENDE HONORABLE.

SWEET INFLUENCES OF CHANGING SEASONS.

THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.

CHESTNUT-BURR. XV—A BIG CORNER ON PORK.

CHESTNUT-BURR XVI-PATRICK OLESON.

PLEASURES OF SPRING.

AN UNCLOUDED WELCOME.

TOO MUCH GOD AND NO FLOUR.

CHESTNUT-BURR. XVII—LONGING FOR HOME.

DIGNITY.

CHESTNUT-BURR XVIII—THE TRUE HISTORY OF DAMON AND PYTHIAS.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

A TRYING SITUATION.

CHESTNUT-BURR XIX—A STORY OF SPOTTED TAIL.

CHESTNUT-BURR XX—THE ROMANCE OF HORSE-SHOEING.

A CHILD'S FAITH.

HOW TO PRESERVE TEETH.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXI—EXPERIENCE ON THE FEVERISH HORNET.

THE PICNIC PLANT.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXII—ANCIENT BRIC-A-BRAC

JOINT POWDER.

CHESTNUT-BURR XIII—THE TWO-HEADED GIRL.

OUR COMPLIMENTS.

CHESTNUT-BURR XIV—A PATHETIC EPISODE IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

THE SECRET OF HEALTH.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXV—BILL NYE ESSAYS A NOVELETTE.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXVI—THE DAUGHTER OF BOB TAIL FLUSH.

LOAFING AROUND HOME.

THE PLUMAGE OF THE OSTRICH.

SOME EARNEST THOUGHTS.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXVII—OUR GREAT NATIONAL MOTTO.

A GRAVE QUESTION.

THOUGHTS.

CHESTNUT-BURR XVIII—BILL NYE AT A TOURNAMENT.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXIX—A SOCIAL CURSE—THE MAN WHO INTERRUPTS.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXX—A DISCOURSE ON CATS.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXXI—THE GREAT ORATION OF SPARTACUS.

CHESTNUT-BURR—WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING.

PIGEON-TOED PETE.

CHESTNUT-BURR—CONCERNING THE SWALLOW.

THE HAPPY CODFISH.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXXIV—A NOVEL WAY OF MARKING CLOTHES.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXXV—THE UNHAPPY HUMORIST.

LARAMIE'S HANDKERCHIEF.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVI—THE SODA LAKES OF WYOMING.

THE COSTLY WATERMELON.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVII—VIEWS OF CHICAGO.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVIII—A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.

MODERN FICTION IS UNRELIABLE.

CHESTNUT-BURR XXXIX—SOME FACTS OF SCIENCE.

A HAT DEPOSIT IN THE BLACK HILLS.

CHESTNUT-BURR XL—SORROWS OF A ONE-LEGGED MAN.

THE TRUE POET LOVES SECLUSION.

A PIE OPENER

CHESTNUT-BURR XLI—REVELATION IN UTAH.

THE MODEL SLEEPING-CAR.

CHESTNUT-BURR XLII—THE TONGUE-DESTROYING FRENCH LANGUAGE.

CARVING SCHOOLS.

CHESTNUT-BURR XLIV—ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.

HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REVOLVER DIFFICULTY.

THE FEMALE ARTISTE.

CHESTNUT-BURR XLV—FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.

A LESSON FROM THE MULE.

CHESTNUT-BURR XLVI—PERFORMANCE OF THE PHOENIX.

FIRMNESS.

PUGILIST OR STATESMAN.

CHESTNUT-BURR NYE AS A CRITIC AND NYE AS A POET.

POETIC CHESTNUTS

POEMS BY BILL NYE

APOSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE.=

ODE TO SPRING.

FANTASIA FOR THE BASS DRUM; ADAPTED FROM THE GERMAN BY WILLIAM VON NYE.=

THE PICNIC SNOOZER'S LAMENT.

ODE TO THE CUCUMBER.=

APOSTROPHE ADDRESSED TO O. WILDE.=

ADJUSTABLE CAMPAIGN SONG.=

THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.=

A BUSHEL OF SMALLER CHESTNUTS.

THE TRUE TALE OF WILLIAM TELL.

WHY WE WEEP.

ETIQUETTE FOR THE YOUNG.

SWEET SAINT VALENTINE.

CARRYING REVOLVERS.

THE AGITATED HEN.

A FRONTIER INCIDENT.

BANKRUPT SALE OF LITERARY GEMS.

OFFICE OF THE MORMAN BAZOO.

HINTS ON LETTER-WRITING.

SUDDEN FAME.

THE ENGLISH JOKE.