Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by DICK & FITZGERALD, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. PRINTED IN U. S. A. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION............................... PROLOGUE.................................... HERE SHE GOES-AND THERE SHE GOES.. PASTOR M'KNOCK'S ADDRESS............ THE BACHELOR'S REASONS FOR TAKING A WIFE.... THE SPANISH Valet and the Waiting MAID............ THE JACKDAW OF RHEIMS................................... JONATHAN AND THE ENGLISHMEN........ ARTEMUS WARD'S TRIP TO RICHMOND... THE AUCTIONEER AND THE LAWYER....... THE KNIGHTS; OR, BOTH RIGHT AND BOTH WRONG.. HOW THE LAWYER GOT A PATRON SAINT... INTRODUCTION. WEEPING Philosophers there were of old, If of that whimpering sect one wretch remain Whom the gods literally "dissolved in tears," Culled from all sources, here the flowers of wit, Must catch their point, and, tickled by it, roar; 5 Dramatic scenes, that in the evening read, "Business is business; " but its toil and care, But, “hold, enough!" the nervous reader cries, J. B. |