It contains an unlimited quantity of hits at every body, of which every one must good-naturedly take his share, to pay for the privilege of laughing at his neighbors, and Embellished with one hundred and fifty-four Humorous Illustrations, designed by John McLenan, whose reputation as an Artist is world-wide.
CONTENTS.
Explanation—The Author's Apology—Introduction—The Pipe, and Who Smoked it—Who Came and Where He Came From—Fight Number One—Who Whipped, Who Died, and How Many Run Away—Fight Number Two—How Many Rounds, and Who Couldn't Come to Time—A Free-Love Marriage—The Gathering of the Clans—What They Went to Work at, and How Much They Got a Month—How the Hero Did a Great Many Things, and Who Helped Him—A Single-Handed Game of Brag—What a Woman Did—What the Hero Worshipped—Fight Number Three, with Variations—Matrimonial Endearments—Fight Number Four—A Compromise, and What Came of it—How a Woman got her Spunk Up, and Left the Country—The Consequences—Mother and Child both Doing Well—He Continues His Studies—His Progress—He still Continues His Studies—His Further Progress—Who Died, and What They did with Him—Funereal and Solemn—A Marriage, and What Came of it—Family Jars, and a Departure—Spirit Rappings and Spirit Drinking Mixed—What He Didn't—What His Mother Did, and Where She Went to—Cuffee Triumphant—An Unexpected Smash—Demolition of The Hero.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
"We said of Doesticks' first work that it was a quaint teacher of morality and a promoter of good works, we are ready to reiterate in respect to this volume. There is not a vulgarity nor an indecency in its pages, but clothed in unusual garb, the burden of its song is morality, virtue, temperance, economy, patriotism. It rebukes pretension, it scathes deception, it withers arrogance, it exposes emptiness. Chapter IX.—What a Woman Did—is one of the best arguments for national union to be found."—Newark Daily Advertiser.
"'Plu-ri-bus-tah' is a burlesque—broad almost beyond the scope of the imagination."—Charleston, S.C. Standard.
"Doesticks loves to indulge in a merry laugh at the expense of his neighbors, as a good Christian is bound to do."—New York Tribune.
"This is far the cleverest thing that Doesticks has done."—N.Y. Evening Post.
"It overflows with fun, and doctors should recommend it to all their patients who may be troubled with the spleen. Every leaf contains a sketch worthy of Punch."—Boston Traveller.
"It is full of wit, sarcasm and fun. It is longer than Hiawatha, broader than Hudibras, and deeper than Punch."—Philadelphia Sun.