Preliminaries
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Hic Fructus Virtutis; Clifton Waller Barrett
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M.B. Patterson
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THE
SQUIBOB PAPERS.
BY
JOHN PHŒNIX.
[CAPT. GEO. H. DERBY.]
AUTHOR OF “PHŒNIXIANA.”
WITH COMIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR.
NEW YORK:
CARLETON, PUBLISHER, 413 BROADWAY.
MDCCCLXV.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by
G. W. CARLETON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of
New York.
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Dedication
TO
GEN. GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
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THE FRIEND AND CLASSMATE OF THE AUTHOR,
THESE SKETCHES
ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
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CONTENTS.
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I. FOURTH OF JULY ORATION IN OREGON 13
II. A CALIFORNIA MODEL LOVE LETTER 43
III. ON SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN 45
IV. PHENIX ON AGRICULTURE 53
V. NEVER TOLD A LIE 56
VI. SEWING MACHINE — FELINE ATTACHMENT 58
VII. PHENIX ON WET WEATHER 64
VIII. WARRE-LYKE BALLADE OF YE ASTOUNDEDDE DOCTOR 71
IX. LIFE IN PANAMA 104
X. A TRIP TO OREGON 109
XI. BUTTERFIELD AT THE BALL 116
XII. SQUIBOB'S “COMPOSITION OF ARMIES” 129
XIII. BOSTON — A MORAL CITY 138
XIV. A JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO NEW ORLEANS 145
XV. NEW ORLEANS — ITS HOTEL 162
XVI. MATTERS AND THINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO 178
XVII. JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE 184
XVIII. THE GYROSCOPE. A REVIEW 186
XIX. THE SONG OF “NOTHIN' SHORTER” 190
XX. MASSACHUSETTS DENTAL ASSOCIATION 198
XXI. THE LEGEND OF JONES 206
XXII. REPORT OF A SCIENTIFIC LECTURE 215
XXIII. GREAT RAILROAD PROJECT 223
XXIV. TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS 227
XXV. ON CLIPPER SHIPS 238
XXVI. A LETTER OF CREDIT 241
XXVII. PANNIERS 244
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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I. PORTRAIT OF G. WASHINGTON 1
II. LEFTENANT CARTER AND HIS SON 45
III. THE PIZEN SARPENT 46
IV. VENGEANCE, SWIFT AND SURE 47
V. THE GRIEF OF MOLLY ELAND 48
VI. ZERUBBABEL IN TEARS 49
VII. THE STRICKEN FAMILY 50
VIII. THE LAST SAD RITES 51
IX. EXIT ZERUBBABEL AND MOLLY BLAND 52
X. SEWING-MACHINE—FELINE ATTACHMENT 62
XI. YE ASTOUNDED DOCTOR—SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS 72
XII. DARK INFANTRY 129
XIII. ARTILLERY PRACTICE—AN ASS-SAULT 129
XIV. A NEW STYLE OF SEDAN-CHAIR 200
XV. PANNIERS 200
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Epigraph
“In the name of the Prophet—FIGS!”
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Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861 [1865], The Squibob papers. (Carleton, New York) [word count] [eaf548T].
