Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New
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1. Front matter2. CHESTNUT-BURR. I.—THE SHAKESPEARE-BACON PUZZLE WRESTLED WITH CONSCIENTIOUSLY.3. CHESTNUT-BURR II—HOW THE GLORIOUS FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED AT WHALEN'S GROVE LAST YEAR.4. ENCOURAGING GREEN JOKES.5. CHESTNUT-BURR III—BILL NYE FINDS COLOROW FULL OF ODD TRAITS.6. AWKWARDNESS OF CARRYING WHISKY ABOUT.7. THE RIGHT SORT OF BOY.8. CHESTNUT-BURR IV—BILL NYE PAYS A BRIEF VISIT TO A PROFESSIONAL STAR READER.9. INGRATITUDE OF THE HUMAN HEART.10. CHESTNUT-BURR V—CONCERNING THE FRENCH MASTERPIECES AT THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN.11. CHESTNUT-BURR VI—BILL NYE DIAGNOSTICATES THE PLAINT OF A COUNTRY COUSIN.12. MEN ARE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.13. CHESTNUT-BURR VII—BILL NYE IN THE ROLE OF AN UTE INDIAN JENKINS.14. SURE CURE FOR BILIOUSNESS.15. CHESTNUT-BURR VIII—IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT BILL NYE IS CAPTURED BY A POLITICAL SIREN.16. VIRTUE ITS OWN REWARD.17. CHESTNUT-BURR IX—BILL NYE DESCANTS UPON YOUNG IVES'S IDEAS IN FINANCE.18. THE ANTI-CLINKER BASE-BURNER BEE.19. CHESTNUT-BURR X—A FEW REMARKS ON OUR HOSTELRY SYSTEM AS IT NOW PREVAILS.20. PITY FOR SAD-EYED HUSBANDS.21. MARRIAGE.22. CHESTNUT-BURR XI—WILLIAM NYE VISITS ROYALTY FROM THE HOME OF THE HAM SANDWICH.23. THAI X DID MOT DU'24. A WORD OF EXPLANATION.25. CHESTNUT-BURR—THE HUMORIST INTERVIEWS HIS GRACE THE DUKE IN THE IMPROVED STYLE.26. THE CHINESE COMPOSITOR.27. THE TRUE AMERICAN.28. CHESTNUT-BURR—XII "THE OLD MAN ELOQUENT."29. CHESTNUT-BURR XIV—THE AMENDE HONORABLE.30. SWEET INFLUENCES OF CHANGING SEASONS.31. THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.32. CHESTNUT-BURR. XV—A BIG CORNER ON PORK.33. CHESTNUT-BURR XVI-PATRICK OLESON.34. PLEASURES OF SPRING.35. AN UNCLOUDED WELCOME.36. TOO MUCH GOD AND NO FLOUR.37. CHESTNUT-BURR. XVII—LONGING FOR HOME.38. DIGNITY.39. CHESTNUT-BURR XVIII—THE TRUE HISTORY OF DAMON AND PYTHIAS.40. CHAPTER I.41. CHAPTER II.42. CHAPTER III.43. CHAPTER IV.44. CHESTNUT-BURR XIX—A STORY OF SPOTTED TAIL.45. CHESTNUT-BURR XX—THE ROMANCE OF HORSE-SHOEING.46. HOW TO PRESERVE TEETH.47. CHESTNUT-BURR XXI—EXPERIENCE ON THE FEVERISH HORNET.48. THE PICNIC PLANT.49. CHESTNUT-BURR XXII—ANCIENT BRIC-A-BRAC50. JOINT POWDER.51. CHESTNUT-BURR XIII—THE TWO-HEADED GIRL.52. OUR COMPLIMENTS.53. CHESTNUT-BURR XIV—A PATHETIC EPISODE IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN.54. THE SECRET OF HEALTH.55. CHESTNUT-BURR XXV—BILL NYE ESSAYS A NOVELETTE.56. CHESTNUT-BURR XXVI—THE DAUGHTER OF BOB TAIL FLUSH.57. LOAFING AROUND HOME.58. THE PLUMAGE OF THE OSTRICH.59. SOME EARNEST THOUGHTS.60. CHESTNUT-BURR XXVII—OUR GREAT NATIONAL MOTTO.61. A GRAVE QUESTION.62. THOUGHTS.63. CHESTNUT-BURR XVIII—BILL NYE AT A TOURNAMENT.64. CHESTNUT-BURR XXIX—A SOCIAL CURSE—THE MAN WHO INTERRUPTS.65. CHESTNUT-BURR XXX—A DISCOURSE ON CATS.66. CHESTNUT-BURR XXXI—THE GREAT ORATION OF SPARTACUS.67. CHESTNUT-BURR—WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING.68. PIGEON-TOED PETE.69. CHESTNUT-BURR—CONCERNING THE SWALLOW.70. THE HAPPY CODFISH.71. CHESTNUT-BURR XXXIV—A NOVEL WAY OF MARKING CLOTHES.72. CHESTNUT-BURR XXXV—THE UNHAPPY HUMORIST.73. LARAMIE'S HANDKERCHIEF.74. CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVI—THE SODA LAKES OF WYOMING.75. THE COSTLY WATERMELON.76. CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVII—VIEWS OF CHICAGO.77. CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVIII—A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.78. MODERN FICTION IS UNRELIABLE.79. CHESTNUT-BURR XXXIX—SOME FACTS OF SCIENCE.80. CHESTNUT-BURR XL—SORROWS OF A ONE-LEGGED MAN.81. THE TRUE POET LOVES SECLUSION.82. CHESTNUT-BURR XLI—REVELATION IN UTAH.83. THE MODEL SLEEPING-CAR.84. CHESTNUT-BURR XLII—THE TONGUE-DESTROYING FRENCH LANGUAGE.85. CARVING SCHOOLS.86. CHESTNUT-BURR XLIV—ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.87. HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REVOLVER DIFFICULTY.88. THE FEMALE ARTISTE.89. CHESTNUT-BURR XLV—FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.90. A LESSON FROM THE MULE.91. CHESTNUT-BURR XLVI—PERFORMANCE OF THE PHOENIX.92. FIRMNESS.93. PUGILIST OR STATESMAN.94. CHESTNUT-BURR NYE AS A CRITIC AND NYE AS A POET.95. APOSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE.=96. FANTASIA FOR THE BASS DRUM; ADAPTED FROM THE GERMAN BY WILLIAM VON NYE.=97. THE PICNIC SNOOZER'S LAMENT.98. ODE TO THE CUCUMBER.=99. APOSTROPHE ADDRESSED TO O. WILDE.=100. ADJUSTABLE CAMPAIGN SONG.=101. THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.=102. THE TRUE TALE OF WILLIAM TELL.103. WHY WE WEEP.104. ETIQUETTE FOR THE YOUNG.105. SWEET SAINT VALENTINE.106. CARRYING REVOLVERS.107. THE AGITATED HEN.108. OFFICE OF THE MORMAN BAZOO.109. HINTS ON LETTER-WRITING.110. SUDDEN FAME.111. THE ENGLISH JOKE.