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The rise and fall of the mustache

The rise and fall of the mustache

by Robert J. Burdette

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Author
Burdette, Robert J. (Robert Jones), 1844-1914
Title
The rise and fall of the mustache, and other "Hawk-eyetems"
Original Publication
Burlington: Burlington Publishing Company, 1877.
Credits
Susan E., David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Iowa -- Poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 78913
Release Date
June 22, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE RISE AND FALL OF THE MUSTACHE
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.PREFACE.
  7. 7.CONTENTS.
  8. 8.The Rise and Fall OF The Mustache.
  9. 9.Untitled
  10. 10.GETTING READY FOR THE TRAIN.
  11. 11.DRIVING THE COW.
  12. 12.VOICES OF THE NIGHT.
  13. 13.THE DEMAND FOR LIGHT LABOR.
  14. 14.MASTER BILDERBACK RETURNS TO SCHOOL.
  15. 15.ODE TO AUTUMN.
  16. 16.THE SORROWS OF THE POOR.
  17. 17.MR. GEROLMAN LOSES HIS DOG.
  18. 18.A RAINY DAY IDYL.
  19. 19.SINGULAR TRANSFORMATION.
  20. 20.SUBURBAN SOLITUDE.
  21. 21.A BURLINGTON ADDER.
  22. 22.MISAPPLIED SCIENCE.
  23. 23.WIDE AWAKE.
  24. 24.THE ARTLESS PRATTLE OF CHILDHOOD.
  25. 25.SPRING DAYS IN BURLINGTON.
  26. 26.Untitled
  27. 27.LIFE IN THE “HAWKEYE” SANCTUM.
  28. 28.THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.
  29. 29.SPRING TIME IN AMERICA.
  30. 30.WOODLAND MUSIC AND POETRY.
  31. 31.BUYING A TIN CUP.
  32. 32.ONE OF THE LEGION.
  33. 33.A TACITURN WITNESS.
  34. 34.THE SEEDSMAN.
  35. 35.CORNERING THE BOYS.
  36. 36.Untitled
  37. 37.SELLING THE HEIRLOOM.
  38. 38.THE ROMANCE OF THE CARPET.
  39. 39.Untitled
  40. 40.SODDING AS A FINE ART.
  41. 41.THE AMENITIES OF POLITICS.
  42. 42.A THRILLING ENCOUNTER.
  43. 43.FIVE WOMEN.
  44. 44.Untitled
  45. 45.THE GOBLIN GATE.
  46. 46.THE AUTOMATIC CLOTHES-LINE REEL.
  47. 47.INSPIRATIONS OF TRUTH.
  48. 48.SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY.
  49. 49.WRITING FOR THE PRESS.
  50. 50.DANGERS OF BATHING.
  51. 51.THE POWER OF DIGNITY.
  52. 52.A CANDID CONFESSION.
  53. 53.Untitled
  54. 54.A BURLINGTON NOVELETTE. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V.
  55. 55.A REMINISCENCE OF EXHIBITION DAY.
  56. 56.MR. OLENDORF’S COMPLAINT.
  57. 57.RURAL FELICITY.
  58. 58.THE GARDEN OF THE GODS.
  59. 59.A TRYING SITUATION.
  60. 60.MR. BILDERBACK LOSES HIS HAT.
  61. 61.MIND READING.
  62. 62.A SAFE BET.
  63. 63.THE LAY OF THE COW.
  64. 64.YOUNG MR. COFFINBERRY BUYS A DOG.
  65. 65.A MODERN GOBLIN.
  66. 66.MIDDLERIB’S PICNIC.
  67. 67.MASTER BILDERBACK’S POULTRY YARD.
  68. 68.A SUNDAY IDYL.
  69. 69.RUPERTINO’S PANORAMA.
  70. 70.MIDDLERIB’S DOG.
  71. 71.A BOY’S DAY AT HOME.
  72. 72.WHY MR. BOSTWICK MOVED.
  73. 73.SPECIAL PROVIDENCES.
  74. 74.MR. BARINGER’S HOUSE-CLEANING.
  75. 75.AN AUTUMNAL REVERIE.
  76. 76.INFANTILE SCINTILLATIONS.
  77. 77.SETTLING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
  78. 78.HAWK-EYETEMS.
  79. 79.Untitled

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