Excerpt: ...a private secretary to go with me and take down little thinklets that I may have thought. You would have nothing to carry but the canoe, a small tent, my gun and a type-writer. I would carry the field glass. I always carry the field glass because something might happen to it. One time an amanuensis who went with me insisted on carrying the field glass, and the second day he lost the cork out of it, so we had to come back and make a new observation before we could start. You would be welcome, S. Q. G.; welcome ...
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Excerpt: ...a private secretary to go with me and take down little thinklets that I may have thought. You would have nothing to carry but the canoe, a small tent, my gun and a type-writer. I would carry the field glass. I always carry the field glass because something might happen to it. One time an amanuensis who went with me insisted on carrying the field glass, and the second day he lost the cork out of it, so we had to come back and make a new observation before we could start. You would be welcome, S. Q. G.; welcome here in the fastness of the forest; welcome where the resinous air of the spruce and the tamarack would kiss your wan cheek; welcome to the rocky shores Pg 91 of the grand old fresh water monarch, the champion heavyweight of all the great lakes; welcome to the hazy, lazy days of our long voluptuous autumn, the twilight of the closing year; welcome to the shade of the elms, where the sunshine sneaks in on tiptoe and frolics with the dew and the daisies; welcome to the sombre depths of the ever regretful and repentant pines, whose venerable heads are first to greet the day, and whose heaving bosoms hold the night. Come over, S. Q. G. Be my stenographer and I will show you where a friend of mine has concealed a watermelon patch in the very heart of his corn-field. Come over and we will show him how concealment, like a worm, may feed upon his damaged fruit. Till then, S. Q. G., ta-ta. Bill Nye Preparing A Political Speech in Advance for a Time of Need. Sept. 1.
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Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Book 8vo 8"-9" tall; 161 pages; Bill Nye on the Cow Industry, NOTES ON SOME SPRING StYLES, The small dog ladies wear to match the costume, Bill Nye writes to Pres. Cleveland, on the Earth, and most other daily topics. Mr. Nye has a rather interesting style of writing meaning to be dryly humorous. Solid and clean except for a beginning crack in the back hinge. Dark brick cloth covers, black trim with gold lettering. Bumped corners. Offered By: Member of FABA (Fl Antiquarian Booksellers' Assoc). Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7275.