The Universal Reciter. Various

VAIN REGRETS.

       ON THE SHORES OF TENNESSEE.

       THE BLACK REGIMENT. PORT HUDSON.

       THE THIEF OF TIME.

       THE RAIN-DROPS.

       THE SCOLDING OLD DAME.

       THE GREEN GOOSE.

       MIGRATORY BONES, *

       THE RED CHIGNON.

       THE KNIFE-GRINDER.

       PREACHING TO THE POOR.

       THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED.

       A HORSE-CAR INCIDENT.

       SOCRATES SNOOKS.

       PAUL REVERE'S RIDE.

       A PLEASURE EXERTION.

       SHAMUS O'BRIEN, THE BOLD BOY OF GLINGALL—A TALE OF '98

       "WHICH AM DE MIGHTIEST, DE PEN OR DE SWORD?"

       JUVENILE PUGILISTS.

       THE OLD MAN IN THE STYLISH CHURCH.

       THE OLD MAN IN THE MODEL CHURCH.

       THE SAN FRANCISCO AUCTIONEER.

       PAT-ENT GUN.

       A PSALM OF LIFE.

       THE LAST MAN.

       THE MANTLE OF ST. JOHN DE MATHA.

       THE POLISH BOY.

       THAT HIRED GIRL.

       THE BELL OF THE "ATLANTIC."

       THE OWL—A SMALL BOY'S COMPOSITION.

       THE FLOWERS.

       THE HYPOCHONDRIAC.

       THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD.

       PLEDGE WITH WINE.

      RECITERS AND PENNY READINGS.

      Humorous Books.

      OH! TELL ME, I SAID, RAPID STREAM OF THE VALLEY,

      THAT BEAR'ST IN THY COURSE THE BLUE WATERS AWAY,

      CAN THE JOYS OF LIFE'S MORNING AWAKE BUT TO VANISH,

      CAN THE FEELINGS OF LOVE BE ALL DOOM'D TO DECAY?

      AN ECHO REPEATED—"ALL DOOM'D TO DECAY."

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A Horse Car Incident	194
A love of a Bonnet	87
An Eruption of Mount Vesuvius	100