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Library of Humorous American Works, 



With Illustrations by Darley. 



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THEATRICAL APPRENTICESHIP STREAKS OF SQUATTER LIFE 



V/ 



Anecdotal Recollections 



OF 



SOL. SMITH, Esq. 



COilEDIAN, LAWYER, ETC. ETC. 



TH-EIGHT ORIGINAL DESIGNS. 

 CONTENTS. 

 Early Scenes — Wanderings in the West — 

 Cincinnati in Early Life—" One Man in his 

 Time plays many Parts" — Expedient to gain 

 a Liyelihood — Early Days of Edwin Forrest— 

 The Manager in Distress— Pittsburgh Thea- 

 tricals — Philadelphia Gardens in 1824 — The 

 Old Chatham Theatre — Star-gazing in New 

 York — Concerts in New Jersey — Getting thro' 

 a Winter — Strolling in Canada — The Murder- 

 ous Alleghanians— Dawning of the Drama in 

 Lewistown — Floating do^n the Stream — The- 

 atricals in Kentucky — Anecdotal Recollec- 

 tions since 1827— A Theatrical Dentist— The 

 Kiral Vocalists — Pettifogging in St. Louis — 

 A Friendly Game of Poker— Tom the Curtain 

 Man — The Manager and Planter, Signor Mat- 

 thieu— Letter to Eev. A. Ballard— ^^ly First 

 and Last Sermon — Tennessee Door-keeper — 

 The Player and the Phrenologist — Interview 

 with an Editor, &c. &c. 



"A very whimsical apprenticeship it is, 

 making it impossible to preserve, while read- 

 ing it, the slightest approach to gravity. In- 

 deed, we have seldom met with a book so 

 irresistibly provocative of a perpetual ' broad 

 grin.' It is as good as a plaj^, and a play of 

 the richest comedy." — Jeffersonian. 



Price 50 Cents. {Complete.) 

 MAJOR JONES' 

 SKETCHES OF TRAVEL. 



COilPRISING THE SCENES^ IXCIDENTS AND 

 ADYEXTERES IX HIS 



TOUH FEOM GEOEGIA TO CANADA. 



With Eight Original Engravings, from 

 Designs by Darley. 



THIRD EDITION. 



"Not only fun, but information is to he 

 gained from them." — Saturday Post. 



"It contains palpable and amusing hits 

 cn the people and customs of different 

 places." — Baltimore Patriot. 



" The wit is of the ' Sam Slick' sort."--iV. 

 3' CoTnm^rcial. 

 S 



FAR-WEST SCENES. 



A SERIES OP HUMOROUS SKETCHES DTB- 

 SCRIPTIVE OF INCIDENTS AND CHA- 

 RACTER IN THE WILD WEST. 



BY "SOLITAIRE," 

 (JOHN S. ROBB, of St. Louis, Mo.) 



AUTHOR OP "SWALLOWIXa OYSTERS ALIVE." 



With Eight Humorous Illustrations by Darley. 

 CONTENTS. 



The Western Wanderings of a Typo—" Not 

 a Drop more. Major, unless it's sweetened"— 

 Nettle Bottom Ball- A Cat Story— A Spiritual 

 Sister — Hoss Allen's Apology — Natural Act- 

 ing — A Canal Adventure — The Standing Can- 

 didate — An Emigrant's Perils — Fun with a 



Bar" — Telegraphing an Express — The Pre- 

 emption Eight — Yaller Pledges — GeorgeMun- 

 day,the Hatless Prophet — Courting in French 

 Hollow — The Second Advent — Settlement 

 Fun — "Doing" a Landlord — Who is Sir 

 George Simpson? — Letters from a Baby — 

 Seth'' Tinder's First Courtship— The Death 

 Struggle—'- Who are They V 



'•'Mr. Eobb is better known probably as 

 ' Solitaire,' under which name he has written 

 some very broad, farcical sketches of Western 

 manners for the Reveille^ of St. Louis. Some 

 of the sketches in this volume are spirited 

 and cleverly written, and they are all lively 

 and full of animal spirits ; but they are too 

 brief to contain a development of character. 

 The best sketch is the story of ' Old Sugar,' 

 which is illustrated by an exceedingly fine 

 drawing by Darley. We fee], after inspecting 

 the designs in this book, that we have here- 

 tofore underrated the comic powers of this 

 admirable artist ; there are evidences in some 

 of these designs of a very high order of ge- 

 nius." — N. Y. Mirror. 



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MATpS JONES' COUSTSHIP. 



Twelfiu.Edition, loiih Two Additional Letters, 

 AND THIRTEEN HUMOROUS PLATES. 



CONTENTS. 



Major Jones' Courtship detailed, with other 

 Scenes and Adventures, 'in a Series of Letters 

 by himself. 



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