Humour of the North

Ottawa,
August, 1910.

CONTENTS

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JOSEPH HOWE (1804-1873):
The Blue Nose	[ 1]
To Mary	[ 3]
A Toast (To Haliburton)	[ 5]

THOMAS CHANDLER HALIBURTON (1796-1865):
Sheepskins and Politics	[ 8]
The Doctor	[ 11]
Mother Hunt's Chickens	[ 15]
The Deacon's Bargain	[ 19]

WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND (1854-1907):
The Corduroy Road	[ 22]
Dominique	[ 30]
How Bateese came Home	[ 34]

MRS. EVERARD COTES (1862- ):
The Japanese Reporter	[ 46]

JAMES McCARROLL (1814-1890):
The Gray Linnet	[ 59]

GEORGE THOMAS LANIGAN (1845-1886):
The Ahkoond of Swat	[ 61]
The Amateur Orlando	[ 64]
The Plumber's Revenge	[ 71]
The Merchant of Venice	[ 77]
The Unfortunate Elephant	[ 78]
The Coroner and the Banana Peel	[ 79]
The Rhinoceros and the Dromedary	[ 80]
The Hen and the Tailor	[ 82]
The Glow-worm and the Famished Nightingale	[ 83]
The Centipede and the Barbaric Yak	[ 85]
The Honest Newsboy	[ 87]
The Villager and the Snake	[ 88]
The Ostrich and the Hen	[ 90]

JAMES DEMILLE (1836-1880):
The Senator's Laundry	[ 91]

THE BLUE NOSE

Let the Student of Nature in rapture descant,

On the Heaven's cerulean hue;