Front matter
Reading edition
Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

Monarchs of Minstrelsy, from “Daddy” Rice to Date
By Edw. Le Roy Rice Author of “1000 Men of Minstrelsy, and 1 Woman;” “Minstrelsy That Was, and Is;” “A Ramble Among the Minstrels,” etc.

Kenny Publishing Company 22-24 North William Street New York City, N. Y.
Copyright, 1911. BY Mrs. EMMA L. RICE All Rights Reserved

EDW. LE ROY RICE.
To My Mother (The Best I Ever Had) This Book is Affectionately Dedicated.