It is a spirited romance of town and country, and a faithful reproduction of the drama, with the same unique characters, the same graphic scenes, but with the narrative more artistically rounded and completed than was possible in the brief limits of a dramatic representation. This touching story effectively demonstrates that it is possible to produce a novel which is at once wholesome and interesting in every part, without the introduction of an impure thought or suggestion. Read the following
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Mr. Neil Burgess has rewritten his play, "The County Fair," in story-form. It rounds out a narrative which is comparatively but sketched in the play. It only needs the first sentence to set going the memory and imagination of those who have seen the latter, and whet the appetite for the rest of this lively conception of a live dramatist.—Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
As "The County Fair" threatens to remain in New York for a long time, the general public out of town may be glad to learn that the playwright has put the piece into print to the form of a story. A tale based upon a play may sometimes lack certain literary qualities, but it never is the sort of thing over which any one can fall asleep. Fortunately, "The County Fair" on the stage and in print is by the same author, so there can be no reason for fearing that the book misses any of the points of the drama which has been so successful.—N. Y. Herald.
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Mr. Burgess' amusing play, "The County Fair," has been received with such favor that he has worked it over and expanded it into a novel of more than 200 pages. It will be enjoyed even by those who have never seen the play and still more by those who have.—Cincinnati Times-Star.
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Transcriber's Note:
This story was originally serialized in the New York Weekly from January 26, 1895, to May 4, 1895.
A table of contents was added.
Images may be clicked to view larger versions.
Punctuation in series lists was standardized.
Retained questionable spelling in dialogue (e.g. "wern't").
Retained some inconsistent spelling (e.g. "halooed" vs. "hallooed").
Retained consistent use of "staid" where "stayed" would be expected.
Retained some inconsistent punctuation (e.g. "love-story" vs. "love story").
Page 2, corrected "Flemming" to "Fleming" in "May Agnes Fleming."
Page 17, adjusted/removed quotes on second and third lines of poem.
Page 44, corrected '?' to ?" after "At what theatre."
Page 45, changed "shabbibly" to "shabbily."
Page 46, moved apostrophe before question mark in "perfectly magnif'?"
Page 51, added missing quote after "being an actress."
Page 54, added missing quote after "right before folks."
Page 57, changed "cold an unsocial" to "cold and unsocial."
Page 58, removed unnecessary comma after "ask her to the dance" and added missing period after "accept an invitation."
Page 61, changed "herslf" to "herself."
Page 63, changed "cruely" to "cruelly."
Page 64, changed "throught he" to "through the."
Page 72, added missing question mark to "post them yourself?"
Page 74, changed "it's" to "its" in "its never-to-be-forgotten bliss!"
Page 77, changed "beautful" to "beautiful."
Page 82, changed "runaway" to "run away."
Page 94, changed double to single quote at end of first line of poem.
Page 95, fixed punctuation for "Oh, Robert, is it you?"
Page 96, changed "beforeheand" to "beforehand."
Page 102, changed "faleshoods" to "falsehoods."
Page 110, changed "vailed" to "veiled."
Page 112, changed "deterrmined" to "determined" and "formery" to "formerly."
Page 114, added missing semi-colon after "She's only human."
Page 118, changed "on longer" to "no longer."
Page 121, added missing end quote to poem.
Page 126, changed "petutantly" to "petulantly."
Page 149, changed "charimng" to "charming."
Page 156, changed "me may meet" to "we may meet."
Page 157, adjusted nested quotes in last line of poem.
Page 169, added missing close quote to poem.
Page 198, changed "puprose" to "purpose."
Page 203, added missing quote after "all that time."
Page 205, added missing close single quote to end of poem and changed "indured" to "inured."
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