CHAPTER IV.

CHESTNUT-BURR XIX—A STORY OF SPOTTED TAIL.

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

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.

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

THE TRUE POET LOVES SECLUSION.

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.

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.=

THE TRUE TALE OF WILLIAM TELL.

WHY WE WEEP.

ETIQUETTE FOR THE YOUNG.

SWEET SAINT VALENTINE.

CARRYING REVOLVERS.

THE AGITATED HEN.

BANKRUPT SALE OF LITERARY GEMS.

OFFICE OF THE MORMAN BAZOO.

HINTS ON LETTER-WRITING.

SUDDEN FAME.

THE ENGLISH JOKE.

BILL NYE'S SPARKS By Edgar Wilson Nye (Bill Nye) 1896

CONTENTS

BIOGRAPHICAL

BILL NYE'S SPARKS

REQUESTING A REMITTANCE

A PATENT ORATORICAL STEAM ORGANETTE FOR RAILWAY STUMPING

VERITAS

THE DRUG BUSINESS IN KANSAS

THE PERILS OF IDENTIFICATION

A FATHER'S LETTER

IN THE SOUTH

IN THE PARK

LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD.

HE SEES THE CAPITAL

HE SEES THE NAVY

MORE ABOUT WASHINGTON

A GREAT BENEFACTOR

THE COUPON LETTER OF INTRODUCTION

HOW TO TEACH JOURNALISM

THE GREAT WESTERN CLAIRVOYANT,

HIS GARDEN

WRITTEN TO THE BOY

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

THE FARMER AND THE TARIFF.

A CONVENTIONAL SPEECH

A PLEA FOR ONE IN ADVERSITY

THE RHUBARB-PIE

A COUNTRY FIRE

BIG STEVE

SPEECH OF RED SHIRT, THE FIGHTING CHIEF OF THE SIOUX NATION

TO THE POOR SHINNECOCK

WEBSTER AND HIS GREAT BOOK

BILL NYE'S RED BOOK By Edgar Wilson Nye Illustrated by J. H. Smith 1891

CONTENTS

BILL NYE'S RED BOOK

MY SCHOOL DAYS.

RECOLLECTIONS OF NOAH WEBSTER.

TO HER MAJESTY.

HABITS OF A LITERARY MAN.

A FATHER'S LETTER.

ARCHIMEDES.

TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT.

ANATOMY.

MR. SWEENEY'S CAT.

THE HEYDAY OF LIFE.

THEY FELL.

SECOND LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.

MILLING IN POMPEII.

BRONCHO SAM.

HOW EVOLUTION EVOLVES.

HOURS WITH GREAT MEN.

CONCERNING CORONERS.

DOWN EAST RUM.

RAILWAY ETIQUETTE.

B. FRANKLIN, DECEASED.

LIFE INSURANCE AS A HEALTH RESTORER.

THE OPIUM HABIT.

MORE PATERNAL CORRESPONDENCE.

TWOMBLEY'S TALE.

ON CYCLONES.

THE ARABIAN LANGUAGE.

VERONA.

THE WEEPING WOMAN.

THE CROPS.

LITERARY FREAKS.

A FATHER'S ADVICE TO HIS SON.

ECCENTRICITY IN LUNCH.

INSOMNIA IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS.

ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR.

I TRIED MILLING.

OUR FOREFATHERS.

IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

PREVENTING A SCANDAL.

ABOUT PORTRAITS.

THE OLD SOUTH.

KNIGHTS OF THE PEN.

THE WILD COW.

SPINAL MENINGITIS.

SKIMMING THE MILKY WAY.

A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.

CATCHING A BUFFALO.

JOHN ADAMS.

THE WAIL OF A WIFE.

BUNKER HILL.

A LUMBER CAMP.

MY LECTURE ABROAD.

THE MINER AT HOME.

AN OPERATIC ENTERTAINMENT.

DOGS AND DOG DAYS.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

ACCEPTING THE LARAMIE POSTOFFICE.

A JOURNALISTIC TENDERFOOT.

THE AMATEUR CARPENTER.

THE AVERAGE HEN.

WOODTICK WILLIAM'S STORY.

IN WASHINGTON.

MY EXPERIENCE AS AN AGRICULTURIST.

A NEW AUTOGRAPH ALBUM.

A RESIGN.

MY MINE.

MUSH AND MELODY.

THE BLASE YOUNG MAN.

HISTORY OF BABYLON.

LOVELY HORRORS.

THE BITE OF A MAD DOG.