BILL NYE'S CHESTNUTS OLD AND NEW
With New Illustrations From Original Sketches, Photographs, Memoranda, and Authentic Sources, by Williams, Opper, and Hopkins.
By Bill Nye
1888
CONTENTS
CHESTNUT-BURR. I.—THE SHAKESPEARE-BACON PUZZLE WRESTLED
WITH CONSCIENTIOUSLY.
CHESTNUT-BURR II—HOW THE GLORIOUS FOURTH WAS CELEBRATED
AT WHALEN'S GROVE LAST YEAR.
CHESTNUT-BURR III—BILL NYE FINDS COLOROW FULL OF ODD
TRAITS.
AWKWARDNESS OF CARRYING WHISKY ABOUT.
CHESTNUT-BURR IV—BILL NYE PAYS A BRIEF VISIT TO A
PROFESSIONAL STAR READER.
INGRATITUDE OF THE HUMAN HEART.
CHESTNUT-BURR V—CONCERNING THE FRENCH MASTERPIECES AT
THE ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
CHESTNUT-BURR VI—BILL NYE DIAGNOSTICATES THE PLAINT OF A
COUNTRY COUSIN.
CHESTNUT-BURR VII—BILL NYE IN THE ROLE OF AN UTE INDIAN
JENKINS.
CHESTNUT-BURR VIII—IN AN UNGUARDED MOMENT BILL NYE IS
CAPTURED BY A POLITICAL SIREN.
CHESTNUT-BURR IX—BILL NYE DESCANTS UPON YOUNG IVES'S
IDEAS IN FINANCE.
THE ANTI-CLINKER BASE-BURNER BEE.
CHESTNUT-BURR X—A FEW REMARKS ON OUR HOSTELRY SYSTEM AS
IT NOW PREVAILS.
CHESTNUT-BURR XI—WILLIAM NYE VISITS ROYALTY FROM THE
HOME OF THE HAM SANDWICH.
CHESTNUT-BURR—THE HUMORIST INTERVIEWS HIS GRACE THE DUKE
IN THE IMPROVED STYLE.
CHESTNUT-BURR—XII "THE OLD MAN ELOQUENT."
CHESTNUT-BURR XIV—THE AMENDE HONORABLE.
SWEET INFLUENCES OF CHANGING SEASONS.
CHESTNUT-BURR. XV—A BIG CORNER ON PORK.
CHESTNUT-BURR XVI-PATRICK OLESON.
CHESTNUT-BURR. XVII—LONGING FOR HOME.
CHESTNUT-BURR XVIII—THE TRUE HISTORY OF DAMON AND
PYTHIAS.
CHESTNUT-BURR XIX—A STORY OF SPOTTED TAIL.
CHESTNUT-BURR XX—THE ROMANCE OF HORSE-SHOEING.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXI—EXPERIENCE ON THE FEVERISH HORNET.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXII—ANCIENT BRIC-A-BRAC
CHESTNUT-BURR XIII—THE TWO-HEADED GIRL.
CHESTNUT-BURR XIV—A PATHETIC EPISODE IN NORTHERN
WISCONSIN.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXV—BILL NYE ESSAYS A NOVELETTE.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXVI—THE DAUGHTER OF BOB TAIL FLUSH.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXVII—OUR GREAT NATIONAL MOTTO.
CHESTNUT-BURR XVIII—BILL NYE AT A TOURNAMENT.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXIX—A SOCIAL CURSE—THE MAN WHO
INTERRUPTS.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXX—A DISCOURSE ON CATS.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXXI—THE GREAT ORATION OF SPARTACUS.
CHESTNUT-BURR—WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING.
CHESTNUT-BURR—CONCERNING THE SWALLOW.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXXIV—A NOVEL WAY OF MARKING CLOTHES.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXXV—THE UNHAPPY HUMORIST.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVI—THE SODA LAKES OF WYOMING.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVII—VIEWS OF CHICAGO.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXXVIII—A SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.
CHESTNUT-BURR XXXIX—SOME FACTS OF SCIENCE.
CHESTNUT-BURR XL—SORROWS OF A ONE-LEGGED MAN.
THE TRUE POET LOVES SECLUSION.
CHESTNUT-BURR XLI—REVELATION IN UTAH.
CHESTNUT-BURR XLII—THE TONGUE-DESTROYING FRENCH
LANGUAGE.
CHESTNUT-BURR XLIV—ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE REVOLVER DIFFICULTY.
CHESTNUT-BURR XLV—FUN OF BEING A PUBLISHER.
CHESTNUT-BURR XLVI—PERFORMANCE OF THE PHOENIX.
CHESTNUT-BURR NYE AS A CRITIC AND NYE AS A POET.
APOSTROPHE TO AN ORPHAN MULE.=
FANTASIA FOR THE BASS DRUM; ADAPTED FROM THE GERMAN BY WILLIAM VON NYE.=
APOSTROPHE ADDRESSED TO O. WILDE.=
THE TRUE TALE OF WILLIAM TELL.
BANKRUPT SALE OF LITERARY GEMS.
BILL NYE'S SPARKS
By Edgar Wilson Nye (Bill Nye)
1896
CONTENTS
A PATENT ORATORICAL STEAM ORGANETTE FOR RAILWAY STUMPING
LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD.
THE COUPON LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
THE GREAT WESTERN CLAIRVOYANT,
SPEECH OF RED SHIRT, THE FIGHTING CHIEF OF THE SIOUX NATION
BILL NYE'S RED BOOK
By Edgar Wilson Nye
Illustrated by J. H. Smith
1891
CONTENTS
RECOLLECTIONS OF NOAH WEBSTER.
SECOND LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.
LIFE INSURANCE AS A HEALTH RESTORER.
ACCEPTING THE LARAMIE POSTOFFICE.
MY EXPERIENCE AS AN AGRICULTURIST.