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Title: Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales

Author: Robert L. Taylor

Release Date: December 23, 2006 [EBook #20171]

Language: English

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Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales.

"THE FIDDLE AND THE BOW,"

"THE PARADISE OF FOOLS",

"VISIONS AND DREAMS."

ILLUSTRATED.

Published by
DeLONG RICE & COMPANY.
Nashville, Tenn.

COPYRIGHTED, 1896.
_All rights reserved by DeLong Rice & Co._

UNIVERSITY PRESS CO.,
NASHVILLE, TENN.

PREFACE.

This volume presents the first publication of the famous lectures
of Governor Robert L. Taylor. His great popularity as an orator and
entertainer, and his wide reputation as a humorist, have caused repeated
inquiries from all sections of the country for his lectures in book
form; and this has given rise to an earlier publication than was
expected.

The lectures are given without the slightest abridgment, just as
delivered from the platform throughout the country. The consecutive
chain of each is left undisturbed; and the idea of paragraphing, and
giving headlines to the various subjects treated, was conceived merely
for the convenience of the reader.

In the dialect of his characters, the melody of his songs, and the
originality of his quaint, but beautiful conceptions, Governor Taylor's
lectures are temples of thought, lighted with windows of fun.

DELONG RICE.

Temples of Thought,
Lighted with
Windows
Of Fun.

CONTENTS.

"THE FIDDLE AND THE BOW." 9
Cherish the Little Ones 19
Fat Men and Bald-Headed Men 22
The Poet Laureate of Music 23
The Convict and H