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MR. WARD DELIVERING HIS GREAT UNION SPEECH. [See Page 209.]

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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by CHARLES F. BROWN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

To
CHARLES W. COE, ESQ.,
OF CLEVELAND, OHIO,
(A Friend all the Year Round,)
This Book is Dedicated.

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CONTENTS.

• ONE OF MR. WARD'S BUSINESS LETTERS. 17
• THE SHAKERS. 20
• HIGH-HANDED OUTRAGE AT UTICA. 34
• THE ATLANTIC CABLE. 36
• AMONG THE SPIRITS. 41
• ON THE WING. 49
• THE OCTOROON. 54
• EXPERIENCE AS AN EDITOR. 62
• OBERLIN. 64
• THE SHOWMAN'S COURTSHIP. 69
• THE CRISIS. 74
• WAX FIGURES vs. SHAKSPEARE. 82
• AMONG THE FREE LOVERS. 86
• SCANDALOUS DOINGS AT PITTSBURG. 91
• A VISIT TO BRIGHAM YOUNG. 95
• THE CENSUS. 103
• AN HONEST LIVING. 106
• THE PRESS. 107
• EDWIN FORREST AS OTHELLO. 111
• THE SHOW BUSINESS AND POPULAR LECTURES. 117
• WOMAN'S RIGHTS. 119
• WOULD-BE SEA DOGS. 123
• ON "FORTS." 124
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• PICCOLOMINI. 130
• LITTLE PATTI. 135
• MOSES THE SASSY. 141
• THE PRINCE OF WALES. 148
• OSSAWATOMIE BROWN. 157
• JOY IN THE HOUSE OF WARD. 163
• CRUISE OF THE POLLY ANN. 170
• INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN. 176
• THE SHOW IS CONFISCATED. 189
• THRILLING SCENES IN DIXIE. 198
• FOURTH OF JULY ORATION. 206
• THE WAR FEVER IN BALDINSVILLE. 217
• INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE NAPOLEON. 223

MISCELLANEOUS.

• MARION:-A ROMANCE OF THE FRENCH SCHOOL. 235
• LETTER FROM A GORY MEMBER OF THE HOME GUARD. 241
• EAST SIDE THEATRICALS. 244
• SOLILOQUY OF A LOW THIEF. 250
• SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS. 253
• THE WIFE. 261
• A JUVENILE COMPOSITION. 263
• A POEM BY THE SAME. 264

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NEW ENGLAND RUM, AND ITS EFFECTS. [See Page 214.]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

• FRONTISPIECE—ARTEMUS WARD FOR THE UNION. 4
• NEW ENGLAND RUM. 11
• THE SHAKERS. 22
• "ON THE WING." 48
• THE CRISIS. 76
• VISIT TO BRIGHAM YOUNG. 94
• EDWIN FORREST AS OTHELLO. 110
• ON "FORTS." 126
• MOSES THE SASSY. 140
• JOY IN THE HOUSE OF WARD. 162
• INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN. 178
• THE SHOW IS CONFISCATED. 188
• PICCOLOMINI, A CHILD OF THE REGIMENT. 208
• THE WAR FEVER IN BALDINSVILLE. 216
• MEMBER OF THE HOME GUARD. 240
• EAST SIDE THEATRICALS. 248

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At the Door of the Tent.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Show is about to commence. You could not well expect to go in without paying, but you may pay without going in. I can say no fairer than that.