Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse
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HUMOROUS READINGS
RECITATIONS.
HUMOROUS READINGS
RECITATIONS
IN PROSE AND VERSE.
SELECTED AND EDITED
SELECTED AND EDITED
LEOPOLD WAGNER,
London and New York: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. 1889.
London and New York: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. 1889.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
HUMOROUS READINGS
RECITATIONS.
ACCOMPANIED ON THE FLUTE.
F. Anstey.
F. Anstey.
THE TROUBLES OF A TRIPLET.
W. Beatty-Kingston.
W. Beatty-Kingston.
SLIGHTLY DEAF.
Bracebridge Hemming.
Bracebridge Hemming.
THE LADY FREEMASON.
H. T. Craven.
Moral.
Moral.
H. T. Craven.
Moral.
Moral.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT!
From the French of M. Charles Monselet, by F. B. Harrison.
From the French of M. Charles Monselet, by F. B. Harrison.
THE FATAL LEGS.
Walter Browne.
Walter Browne.
THE CALIPH'S JESTER.
(FROM THE ARABIC.)
(FROM THE ARABIC.)
A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF NOTHING.
Wilkie Collins.
Wilkie Collins.
GEMINI AND VIRGO.
C. S. Calverley.
C. S. Calverley.
KING BIBBS.
James Albery.
James Albery.
MOLLY MULDOON.
Anonymous.
Anonymous.
THE HARMONIOUS LOBSTERS.
Robert Reece.
Robert Reece.
THE PROVINCIAL LANDLADY.
H. Chance Newton.
H. Chance Newton.
MY MATRIMONIAL PREDICAMENT.
Leopold Wagner.
Leopold Wagner.
ETIQUETTE.
W. S. Gilbert.
W. S. Gilbert.
A LOST SHEPHERD.
Frank Barrett.
Frank Barrett.
A MATHEMATIC MADNESS.
F. P. Dempster.
F. P. Dempster.
WAITING AT TOTTLEPOT.
J. Ashby-Sterry.
J. Ashby-Sterry.
MARRIED TO A GIANTESS.
Walter Parke.
Walter Parke.
THE VISION OF THE ALDERMAN.
Henry S. Leigh.
Henry S. Leigh.
THE DEMON SNUFFERS.
Geo. Manville Fenn.
Geo. Manville Fenn.
THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER.
Lewis Carroll.
Lewis Carroll.
MY BROTHER HENRY.
J. M. Barrie.
J. M. Barrie.
A NIGHT WITH A STORK.
W. E. Wilcox.
W. E. Wilcox.
THE FAITHFUL LOVERS.
F. C. Burnand.
F. C. Burnand.
THE WAIL OF A BANNER-BEARER.
Arthur Matthison.
Arthur Matthison.
THE DREAM OF THE BILIOUS BEADLE.
Arthur Shirley.
Arthur Shirley.
MY FRIEND TREACLE.
Watkin-Elliott.
Watkin-Elliott.
THE VOICE OF THE SLUGGARD.
Anonymous.
Anonymous.
ARTEMUS WARD'S VISIT TO THE TOWER OF LONDON.
Ch. Farrar Browne.
Ch. Farrar Browne.
MR. CAUDLE HAS LENT AN ACQUAINTANCE THE FAMILY UMBRELLA.
Douglas Jerrold.
Douglas Jerrold.
DOMESTIC ASIDES.
Tom Hood.
Tom Hood.
THE CHARITY DINNER.
Litchfield Moseley.
Litchfield Moseley.
ACTING WITH A VENGEANCE.
W. Sapte, Jun.
W. Sapte, Jun.
MY FORTNIGHT AT WRETCHEDVILLE.
George Augustus Sala.
George Augustus Sala.
THE SORROWS OF WERTHER.
W. M. Thackeray.
W. M. Thackeray.
MORAL MUSIC.
(By An Experimenter.)
(By An Experimenter.)
BILLY DUMPS, THE TAILOR.
Charles Clark.
Charles Clark.
ON PUNNING.
Theodore Hook.
Theodore Hook.
SEASIDE LODGINGS.
Percy Reeve.
THE END.
THE END.
Percy Reeve.
THE END.
THE END.
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