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THE
BOW–
LEGGED
GHOST,
And
OTHER
· STORIES,
PEOPLE
I'VE
SMILED
WITH,
THIRTY
YEARS
OF WIT.,
T
B E
Author has dcall 'wit h the funny
side of life iu a manner particula rly
soru"ec~en~~
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LEGGED GHOST" are not unlike those
in " David H a run1,
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sturdy,:houest folk,
with cha racteristics peculia rly their own.
~rhe
author's cosmopolitan experie nce
as a journalist and shrewd observer is
evinced in every line of his
Dialect Stories,-Laughable Truths,
- Droll Comments on Eminent Per•on–
ages,-Whlmseys in Rhyme,- Fin de
Sieclc Events,- Ridiculous Happenings ,
-Ludicrous Vagaries of the Editorial
Sanctum,- etc., etc.
A book which cannot
fail
to prove
a ttractive and entertaining to a ll classes
of readers.
Handsomely bound In Cloth, gold side
and bock stomps, s81 pages, $1.2s.
M
AR.SHALL
P.
WILDER.
is a model en–
tertainer a nd lecturer. He portrays
the humorous side of noted person–
ages, and brings out many cha racteristic
qualities not known to the general public.
No ta le, no joke in this treasury of wit
that could not receive the
san ction
of a
priest. He has visited the best, the truest
and the noblest of our la nd, and gives
us 'their thoughts and experiences.
PRES. WILLIAM McKINLEY says: ''Your
visit
to
the White House was most welcomed."
H. R . H. KING EDWARD VII.: "Very clever
little gentleman.''
Two portraits of the Author; 268
pages; 12mo; Silk Cloth, gold lettering,
$1.2s-.
Paper, stamped In two colors, soc.
T
HIS
book contains the bes( anecdotes,
the best wit 'and humor, a nd the
brightest sayings of prominent char–
acters of both the Old and New World.
MIRTH ON EVERY PAGE,
LAUGHTER IN EVERY LINE.
''The most popular book of humor ever published
in the United States.
"-Boston Times.
"As a whole, the volume is an entertaining and
side-splitting affail", which will divert many a leisure
hour.''- Baltimort Jferald.
Handsome English
Silk Cloth ;
stamped In gold and inks; r2mo, $1.:>s.
Paper, soc.
By
LEON
MEAD,
with
a Proem
by
JAMES
WHITCOMB
RILEY.
By
MARSHALL
P. WILDER,
Humorist
and
Lecturer.
By
ELI
PERKINS
(Melville D.
Landon),
The Famous
American
Humorist.
Any ofthe above books sent all charges prepaid, upon nceipt ofprice, by
THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO.,
Akron,
O.