The Universal ReciterLITERARY BOUQUET,Reading editionChapter navigation86 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterCONTAININGLITERARY BOUQUET,81 CHOICE PIECESUNIVERSAL RECITER.WILKINS ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS.THE MARINERS WIFE.SNYDER'S NOSE.THE MISER'S FATE.SHE WOULD BE A MASON.SAMBO'S DILEMMA.PAT AND THE FOX.TO MY MOTHER.WHAT AILED "UGLY SAM."SATAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN.PATRICK'S COLT.THE WORLD FOR SALE.HOW WE HUNTED A MOUSE.THE DYING HEBREW.GIVE ME BACK MY HUSBAND.THE ONE-HOSS SHAY; OR, THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE.THE INJURED MOTHER.THE MILLS OF GOD.THE MENAGERIE.IGNORANCE IS BLISSTHE VULTURE OF THE ALPS.FALSTAFF'S BOASTINGON TO FREEDOM.THE MURDERED TRAVELLER.DAVID'S LAMENT OVER ABSALOM.THE BOY ARCHER.A VENTRILOQUIST ON A STAGE-COACH.THERE'S BUT ONE PAIR OF STOCKINGS TO MEND TO-NIGHT.A LOVE OF A BONNETDRAFTED.AN ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS.A PLEA FOR THE OX.HERE SHE GOES, AND THERE SHE GOES.DAVID AND GOLIATH.THE WIDOW BEDOTT'S POETRY.THE TWO WEAVERS.MISS MALONEY ON THE CHINESE QUESTION.THE BIG OYSTER.A PRECIOUS PICKLE.MY MOTHER'S BIBLE.ENLISTING AS ARMY NURSE.ONLY SIXTEEN.THE GRIDIRON.THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR.LORD DUNDREARY AT BRIGHTON.THE VOICES AT THE THRONE.MY FRIEND'S SECRET.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.Previous chapter ←CONTAININGNext chapter →81 CHOICE PIECESAll chapters and sections (86)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsCONTAININGLITERARY BOUQUET,81 CHOICE PIECESUNIVERSAL RECITER.WILKINS ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS.THE MARINERS WIFE.SNYDER'S NOSE.THE MISER'S FATE.SHE WOULD BE A MASON.SAMBO'S DILEMMA.PAT AND THE FOX.TO MY MOTHER.WHAT AILED "UGLY SAM."SATAN'S ADDRESS TO THE SUN.PATRICK'S COLT.THE WORLD FOR SALE.HOW WE HUNTED A MOUSE.THE DYING HEBREW.GIVE ME BACK MY HUSBAND.THE ONE-HOSS SHAY; OR, THE DEACON'S MASTERPIECE.THE INJURED MOTHER.THE MILLS OF GOD.THE MENAGERIE.IGNORANCE IS BLISSTHE VULTURE OF THE ALPS.FALSTAFF'S BOASTINGON TO FREEDOM.THE MURDERED TRAVELLER.DAVID'S LAMENT OVER ABSALOM.THE BOY ARCHER.A VENTRILOQUIST ON A STAGE-COACH.THERE'S BUT ONE PAIR OF STOCKINGS TO MEND TO-NIGHT.A LOVE OF A BONNETDRAFTED.AN ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS.A PLEA FOR THE OX.HERE SHE GOES, AND THERE SHE GOES.DAVID AND GOLIATH.THE WIDOW BEDOTT'S POETRY.THE TWO WEAVERS.MISS MALONEY ON THE CHINESE QUESTION.THE BIG OYSTER.A PRECIOUS PICKLE.MY MOTHER'S BIBLE.ENLISTING AS ARMY NURSE.ONLY SIXTEEN.THE GRIDIRON.THE FORGING OF THE ANCHOR.LORD DUNDREARY AT BRIGHTON.THE VOICES AT THE THRONE.MY FRIEND'S SECRET.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.CONTAINING← CONTAINING81 CHOICE PIECES →