[CONTENTS.]

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[I].THE BEGINNINGS OF BURLESQUE1
[II].THE "PALMY" DAYS33
[III]."CLASSICAL" BURLESQUE44
[IV].BURLESQUE OF FAËRIE72
[V].BURLESQUE OF HISTORY99
[VI].BURLESQUE OF SHAKESPEARE121
[VII].BURLESQUE OF MODERN DRAMA146
[VIII].BURLESQUE OF OPERA174
[IX].BURLESQUE OF FICTION AND SONG193
[X].THE NEW BURLESQUE207

A BOOK OF BURLESQUE.


[I.]

THE BEGINNINGS OF BURLESQUE.