Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales / "The fiddle and the bow," "The paradise of fools," "Visions and dreams"
Published by DeLONG RICE & COMPANY. Nashville, Tenn.
Copyrighted, 1896. All rights reserved by DeLong Rice & Co.
UNIVERSITY PRESS CO., NASHVILLE, TENN.
This volume presents the first publication of the famous lectures of Governor Robert L. Taylor. His great popularity as an orator and entertainer, and his wide reputation as a humorist, have caused repeated inquiries from all sections of the country for his lectures in book form; and this has given rise to an earlier publication than was expected.
The lectures are given without the slightest abridgment, just as delivered from the platform throughout the country. The consecutive chain of each is left undisturbed; and the idea of paragraphing, and giving headlines to the various subjects treated, was conceived merely for the convenience of the reader.
In the dialect of his characters, the melody of his songs, and the originality of his quaint, but beautiful conceptions, Governor Taylor's lectures are temples of thought, lighted with windows of fun.
DeLong Rice.
Robt. L. Taylor
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Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales.
"VISIONS AND DREAMS."
ILLUSTRATED.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
"THE FIDDLE AND THE BOW."
CHERISH THE LITTLE ONES.
FAT MEN AND BALD-HEADED MEN.
THE VIOLIN, THE POET LAUREATE OF MUSIC.
THE CONVICT AND HIS FIDDLE.
A VISION OF THE OLD FIELD SCHOOL.
THE QUILTING AND THE OLD VIRGINIA REEL.
THE CANDY PULLING
THE BANQUET.
THERE IS MUSIC ALL AROUND US.
THE TWO COLUMNS.
THERE IS A MELODY FOR EVERY EAR.
MUSIC IS THE WINE OF THE SOUL.
THE OLD TIME SINGING SCHOOL.
THE GRAND OPERA.
MUSIC.
"THE PARADISE OF FOOLS."
THE PARADISE OF CHILDHOOD.
THE PARADISE OF THE BAREFOOTED BOY.
THE PARADISE OF YOUTH.
THE PARADISE OF HOME.
BACHELOR AND WIDOWER.
PHANTOMS.
THE FALSE IDEAL.
THE CIRCUS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THE PHANTOM OF FORTUNE.
CLOCKS.
THE PANIC.
"BUNK CITY."
"YOUR UNCLE."
FOOLS.
A BLOTTED PICTURE.
"VISIONS AND DREAMS."
THE HAPPY LONG AGO.
DREAMS OF THE YEARS TO COME.
FROM THE CAVE-MAN TO THE "KISS-O-PHONE."
DREAMS.
VISIONS OF DEPARTED GLORY.
NATURE'S MUSICIANS.
PREACHER'S PARADISE.
BROTHER ESTEP AND THE TRUMPET.
"WAMPER-JAW" AT THE JOLLIFICATION.
THE TINTINNABULATION OF THE DINNER BELLS.
PHANTOMS OF THE WINE CUP.
THE MISSING LINK.
NIGHTMARE.
INFIDELITY.
THE DREAM OF GOD.
Syrup of Figs
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Artistic Home Decorations.
TAPESTRY PAINTING.
WALL PAPER.
DECORATIONS.
DECORATIVE ADVICE.
Artistic Home Decorations.
MANUAL OF ART DECORATIONS.
SCHOOL.
TAPESTRY MATERIALS.
GOBLIN PRINTED BURLAPS.
GOBLIN ART DRAPERY.
Young People.