The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters
by Artemus Ward
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Chapters (66)
- CONTENTS.
- PUBLISHERS' PREFACE TO THE NEW (1898) EDITION.
- INTRODUCTION BY T.W. ROBERTSON.
- ARTEMUS WARD.
- 1.1. ONE OF MR. WARD'S BUSINESS LETTERS.
- 1.2. ON "FORTS."
- 1.3. THE SHAKERS.
- 1.4. HIGH-HANDED OUTRAGE AT UTICA.
- 1.5. CELEBRATION AT BALDINSVILLE IN HONOR OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
- 1.6. AMONG THE SPIRITS.
- 1.7. ON THE WING.
- 1.8. THE OCTOROON.
- 1.9. EXPERIENCE AS AN EDITOR.
- 1.10. OBERLIN.
- 1.11. THE SHOWMAN'S COURTSHIP.
- 1.12. THE CRISIS.
- 1.13. WAX FIGURES VS. SHAKESPEARE.
- 1.15. A VISIT TO BRIGHAM YOUNG.
- 1.16. SCANDALOUS DOINGS AT PITTSBURG.
- 1.17. THE CENSUS.
- 1.18. AN HONEST LIVING.
- 1.19. THE PRESS.
- 1.20. EDWIN FOREST AS OTHELLO.
- 1.21. THE SHOW BUSINESS AND POPULAR LECTURES.
- 1.22. WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
- 1.23. WOULD-BE SEA DOGS.
- 1.24. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
- 1.25. PICCOLOMINI.
- 1.26. LITTLE PATTI.
- 1.27. OSSAWATOMIE BROWN.
- 1.28. JOY IN THE HOUSE OF WARD.
- 1.29. BOSTON. (A. WARD TO HIS WIFE.)
- 1.30. HOW OLD ABE RECEIVED THE NEWS OF HIS NOMINATION.
- 1.31. INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
- 1.32. INTERVIEW WITH THE PRINCE NAPOLEON.
- 1.33. AGRICULTURE.
- 1.34. BUSTS.
- 1.35. A HARD CASE.
- 1.36. AFFAIRS AROUND THE VILLAGE GREEN.
- 1.37. ABOUT EDITORS.
- 1.38. EDITING.
- 1.39. POPULARITY.
- 1.40. A LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN THE WAY.
- 1.41. COLORED PEOPLE'S CHURCH.
- 1.42. SPIRITS.
- 1.43. MR. BLOWHARD.
- 1.44. MARKET MORNING.
- 1.45. WE SEE TWO WITCHES.
- 1.46. FROM A HOMELY MAN.
- 1.47. THE ELEPHANT.
- 1.48. HOW THE NAPOLEON OF SELLERS WAS SOLD.
- 1.49. ON AUTUMN.
- 1.50. PAYING FOR HIS PROVENDER BY PRAYING.
- 1.51. HUNTING TROUBLE.
- 1.52. DARK DOINGS.
- 1.53. REPORTERS.
- 1.54. HE HAD THE LITTLE VOUCHER IN HIS POCKET.
- 1.55. THE GENTLEMANLY CONDUCTOR.
- 1.56. MORALITY AND GENIUS.
- 1.57. ROUGH BEGINNING OF THE HONEYMOON.
- 1.58. A COLORED MAN OF THE NAME OF JEFFRIES.
- 1.59. NAMES.
- 1.60. HE FOUND HE WOULD.
- 1.61. "BURIAL IN RICHMOND AND RESURRECTION IN BOSTON."
- 1.62. A MAYORALTY ELECTION.
- 1.63. FISHING EXCURSION.
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