This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents
• 55 illustrations
CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by Melville D. Landon
PART I.
ESSAYS, SKETCHES, AND LETTERS.
Mr. Ward's first Business Letter
On "Forts"
The Shakers
High-handed Outrage at Utica
Atlantic Cable Celebration at Baldinsville
Among the Spirits
On the Wing
The Octoroon
Oberlin
The Showman's Courtship
The Crisis
Wax Figures vs. Shakspeare
Among the "Free Lovers"
A Visit to Brigham Young
The Press
Edwin Forrest as Othello
The Show Business and Popular Lectures
Woman's Rights
The Prince of Wales
Ossawatomie Brown
Joy in the House of Ward
Boston. (A. Ward to his Wife.)
How "Old Abe"received the News of his Nomination
Interview with President Lincoln
Interview with Prince Napoleon
Agriculture.
Busts
A Hard Case
Affairs around the Village Green
PART II.
WAR.
The Show is Confiscated.
Thrilling Scenes in Dixie.
Fourth of July Oration
The War Fever in Baldinsville.
A War Meeting.
The Draft in Baldinsville.
Surrender of Cornwallis.
Things in New York.
In Canada.
The Noble Red Man.
Artemus Ward in Richmond.
Artemus Ward to the Prince of Wales.
PART III.
STORIES AND ROMANCES.
Moses the Sassy; or, The Disguised Duke.
Marion: A Romance of the French School.
William Barker, the Young Patriot
A Romance--The Conscript.
A Romance--Only a Mechanic.
Roberto the Rover; A Tale of Sea and Shore.
Red Hand: A Tale of Revenge.
Pyrotechny: A Romance after the French.
A Mormon Romance--Reginald Gloverson.
PART IV.
TO CALIFORNIA AND RETURN.
On the Steamer.
The Isthmus.
Mexico.
California.
Washoe.
Mr. Pepper.
Horace Greeley's Ride to Placerville.
To Reese River.
Great Salt Lake City.
The Mountain Fever.
"I am Here."
Brigham Young.
Hurrah for the Road.
Very Much Married.
PART V.
THE LONDON PUNCH LETTERS.
Arrival in London.
Personal Recollections.
The Green Lion and Oliver Cromwell.
At the Tomb of Shakespeare.
Introduction to the Club.
The Tower of London.
Science and Natural History.
A Visit to the British Museum.
PART VI.
ARTEMUS WARD'S PANORAMA.
Prefactory Note.
The Egyptian Hall Lecture.
Program of the Egyptian Hall Lecture.
Program of the Dodworth Hall Lecture.
PART VII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Cruise of the Polly Ann.
Betsy-Jain Re-organized.
A. Ward's Autobiography.
The Serenade.
O'Bourcy's "Arrah-na-Pogue."
Artemus Ward among the Fenians.
Artemus Ward in Washington.
Scenes Outside the Fair Grounds.
The Negro Question.
Artemus Ward on Health.
A Fragment--At North Berwick.
"1101326256"
• a linked Table of Contents
• 55 illustrations
CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by Melville D. Landon
PART I.
ESSAYS, SKETCHES, AND LETTERS.
Mr. Ward's first Business Letter
On "Forts"
The Shakers
High-handed Outrage at Utica
Atlantic Cable Celebration at Baldinsville
Among the Spirits
On the Wing
The Octoroon
Oberlin
The Showman's Courtship
The Crisis
Wax Figures vs. Shakspeare
Among the "Free Lovers"
A Visit to Brigham Young
The Press
Edwin Forrest as Othello
The Show Business and Popular Lectures
Woman's Rights
The Prince of Wales
Ossawatomie Brown
Joy in the House of Ward
Boston. (A. Ward to his Wife.)
How "Old Abe"received the News of his Nomination
Interview with President Lincoln
Interview with Prince Napoleon
Agriculture.
Busts
A Hard Case
Affairs around the Village Green
PART II.
WAR.
The Show is Confiscated.
Thrilling Scenes in Dixie.
Fourth of July Oration
The War Fever in Baldinsville.
A War Meeting.
The Draft in Baldinsville.
Surrender of Cornwallis.
Things in New York.
In Canada.
The Noble Red Man.
Artemus Ward in Richmond.
Artemus Ward to the Prince of Wales.
PART III.
STORIES AND ROMANCES.
Moses the Sassy; or, The Disguised Duke.
Marion: A Romance of the French School.
William Barker, the Young Patriot
A Romance--The Conscript.
A Romance--Only a Mechanic.
Roberto the Rover; A Tale of Sea and Shore.
Red Hand: A Tale of Revenge.
Pyrotechny: A Romance after the French.
A Mormon Romance--Reginald Gloverson.
PART IV.
TO CALIFORNIA AND RETURN.
On the Steamer.
The Isthmus.
Mexico.
California.
Washoe.
Mr. Pepper.
Horace Greeley's Ride to Placerville.
To Reese River.
Great Salt Lake City.
The Mountain Fever.
"I am Here."
Brigham Young.
Hurrah for the Road.
Very Much Married.
PART V.
THE LONDON PUNCH LETTERS.
Arrival in London.
Personal Recollections.
The Green Lion and Oliver Cromwell.
At the Tomb of Shakespeare.
Introduction to the Club.
The Tower of London.
Science and Natural History.
A Visit to the British Museum.
PART VI.
ARTEMUS WARD'S PANORAMA.
Prefactory Note.
The Egyptian Hall Lecture.
Program of the Egyptian Hall Lecture.
Program of the Dodworth Hall Lecture.
PART VII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Cruise of the Polly Ann.
Betsy-Jain Re-organized.
A. Ward's Autobiography.
The Serenade.
O'Bourcy's "Arrah-na-Pogue."
Artemus Ward among the Fenians.
Artemus Ward in Washington.
Scenes Outside the Fair Grounds.
The Negro Question.
Artemus Ward on Health.
A Fragment--At North Berwick.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward [Illustrated]
This edition features
• a linked Table of Contents
• 55 illustrations
CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by Melville D. Landon
PART I.
ESSAYS, SKETCHES, AND LETTERS.
Mr. Ward's first Business Letter
On "Forts"
The Shakers
High-handed Outrage at Utica
Atlantic Cable Celebration at Baldinsville
Among the Spirits
On the Wing
The Octoroon
Oberlin
The Showman's Courtship
The Crisis
Wax Figures vs. Shakspeare
Among the "Free Lovers"
A Visit to Brigham Young
The Press
Edwin Forrest as Othello
The Show Business and Popular Lectures
Woman's Rights
The Prince of Wales
Ossawatomie Brown
Joy in the House of Ward
Boston. (A. Ward to his Wife.)
How "Old Abe"received the News of his Nomination
Interview with President Lincoln
Interview with Prince Napoleon
Agriculture.
Busts
A Hard Case
Affairs around the Village Green
PART II.
WAR.
The Show is Confiscated.
Thrilling Scenes in Dixie.
Fourth of July Oration
The War Fever in Baldinsville.
A War Meeting.
The Draft in Baldinsville.
Surrender of Cornwallis.
Things in New York.
In Canada.
The Noble Red Man.
Artemus Ward in Richmond.
Artemus Ward to the Prince of Wales.
PART III.
STORIES AND ROMANCES.
Moses the Sassy; or, The Disguised Duke.
Marion: A Romance of the French School.
William Barker, the Young Patriot
A Romance--The Conscript.
A Romance--Only a Mechanic.
Roberto the Rover; A Tale of Sea and Shore.
Red Hand: A Tale of Revenge.
Pyrotechny: A Romance after the French.
A Mormon Romance--Reginald Gloverson.
PART IV.
TO CALIFORNIA AND RETURN.
On the Steamer.
The Isthmus.
Mexico.
California.
Washoe.
Mr. Pepper.
Horace Greeley's Ride to Placerville.
To Reese River.
Great Salt Lake City.
The Mountain Fever.
"I am Here."
Brigham Young.
Hurrah for the Road.
Very Much Married.
PART V.
THE LONDON PUNCH LETTERS.
Arrival in London.
Personal Recollections.
The Green Lion and Oliver Cromwell.
At the Tomb of Shakespeare.
Introduction to the Club.
The Tower of London.
Science and Natural History.
A Visit to the British Museum.
PART VI.
ARTEMUS WARD'S PANORAMA.
Prefactory Note.
The Egyptian Hall Lecture.
Program of the Egyptian Hall Lecture.
Program of the Dodworth Hall Lecture.
PART VII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Cruise of the Polly Ann.
Betsy-Jain Re-organized.
A. Ward's Autobiography.
The Serenade.
O'Bourcy's "Arrah-na-Pogue."
Artemus Ward among the Fenians.
Artemus Ward in Washington.
Scenes Outside the Fair Grounds.
The Negro Question.
Artemus Ward on Health.
A Fragment--At North Berwick.
• a linked Table of Contents
• 55 illustrations
CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH by Melville D. Landon
PART I.
ESSAYS, SKETCHES, AND LETTERS.
Mr. Ward's first Business Letter
On "Forts"
The Shakers
High-handed Outrage at Utica
Atlantic Cable Celebration at Baldinsville
Among the Spirits
On the Wing
The Octoroon
Oberlin
The Showman's Courtship
The Crisis
Wax Figures vs. Shakspeare
Among the "Free Lovers"
A Visit to Brigham Young
The Press
Edwin Forrest as Othello
The Show Business and Popular Lectures
Woman's Rights
The Prince of Wales
Ossawatomie Brown
Joy in the House of Ward
Boston. (A. Ward to his Wife.)
How "Old Abe"received the News of his Nomination
Interview with President Lincoln
Interview with Prince Napoleon
Agriculture.
Busts
A Hard Case
Affairs around the Village Green
PART II.
WAR.
The Show is Confiscated.
Thrilling Scenes in Dixie.
Fourth of July Oration
The War Fever in Baldinsville.
A War Meeting.
The Draft in Baldinsville.
Surrender of Cornwallis.
Things in New York.
In Canada.
The Noble Red Man.
Artemus Ward in Richmond.
Artemus Ward to the Prince of Wales.
PART III.
STORIES AND ROMANCES.
Moses the Sassy; or, The Disguised Duke.
Marion: A Romance of the French School.
William Barker, the Young Patriot
A Romance--The Conscript.
A Romance--Only a Mechanic.
Roberto the Rover; A Tale of Sea and Shore.
Red Hand: A Tale of Revenge.
Pyrotechny: A Romance after the French.
A Mormon Romance--Reginald Gloverson.
PART IV.
TO CALIFORNIA AND RETURN.
On the Steamer.
The Isthmus.
Mexico.
California.
Washoe.
Mr. Pepper.
Horace Greeley's Ride to Placerville.
To Reese River.
Great Salt Lake City.
The Mountain Fever.
"I am Here."
Brigham Young.
Hurrah for the Road.
Very Much Married.
PART V.
THE LONDON PUNCH LETTERS.
Arrival in London.
Personal Recollections.
The Green Lion and Oliver Cromwell.
At the Tomb of Shakespeare.
Introduction to the Club.
The Tower of London.
Science and Natural History.
A Visit to the British Museum.
PART VI.
ARTEMUS WARD'S PANORAMA.
Prefactory Note.
The Egyptian Hall Lecture.
Program of the Egyptian Hall Lecture.
Program of the Dodworth Hall Lecture.
PART VII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Cruise of the Polly Ann.
Betsy-Jain Re-organized.
A. Ward's Autobiography.
The Serenade.
O'Bourcy's "Arrah-na-Pogue."
Artemus Ward among the Fenians.
Artemus Ward in Washington.
Scenes Outside the Fair Grounds.
The Negro Question.
Artemus Ward on Health.
A Fragment--At North Berwick.
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Publication date: | 07/28/2011 |
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