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The art of amusing : being a collection of graceful arts, merry games, odd tricks, curious puzzles, and new charades : together with suggestions for private theatricals, tableaux, and all sorts of parlor and family amusements (1866)

Bellew, Frank, 1828-1888 · New York : Carleton ; London : S. Low · leaf 181

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by hisportrait, which we have taken the trouble to getengraved. Most of the jokes are those of Artemus repeatedfrom memory. The more sober ones, we fancy, areoriginal. The lecture runs thus : LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :—Having recentlypaid a visit to Salt Lake City, the great Mormoncapital, I think a… … of fa6l I shall confine myself strictly to the truth.You may, therefore, rely upon all I shall tell youconcerning the Mormons as being strictly true. When on the dock preparatory to start on myvoyage, I found myself surrounded by a large concourse of people, who seemed perfectly willing thatI…

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