Humorous Readings and Recitations, in Prose and Verse

CONTENTS.

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Accompanied on the Flute	F. Anstey	1
The Troubles of a Triplet	W. Beatty-Kingston	8
Slightly Deaf	Bracebridge Hemming	10
The Lady Freemason	H. T. Craven	18
What Happened Last Night!	F. B. Harrison	24
The Fatal Legs	Walter Browne	27
The Caliph's Jester	From the Arabic	29
A Journey in Search of Nothing	Wilkie Collins	32
Gemini and Virgo	C. S. Calverley	37
King Bibbs	James Albery	41
Molly Muldoon	Anonymous	48
The Harmonious Lobsters	Robert Reece	52
The Provincial Landlady	H. Chance Newton	57
My Matrimonial Predicament	Leopold Wagner	58
Etiquette	W. S. Gilbert	62
A Lost Shepherd	Frank Barrett	65
A Mathematic Madness	F. P. Dempster	70
Waiting at Tottlepot	J. Ashby-Sterry	72
Married to a Giantess	Walter Parke	75
The Vision of the Alderman	Henry S. Leigh	79
The Demon Snuffers	Geo. Manville Fenn	80
The Walrus and the Carpenter	Lewis Carroll	86
My Brother Henry	J. M. Barrie	89
A Night with a Stork	W. E. Wilcox	92
The Faithful Lovers	F. C. Burnand	95
The Wail of a Banner-Bearer	Arthur Matthison	96
The Dream of the Bilious Beadle	Arthur Shirley	99
My Friend Treacle	Watkin-Elliott	101
The Voice of the Sluggard	Anonymous	107
Artemus Ward's Visit to the Tower of London	Chas. Farrar Browne	108
Mr. Caudle has lent an Acquaintance the Family Umbrella	Douglas Jerrold< Clyx.com