_The Wild Beasts, Birds, and Reptiles of the World, The Story of
Their Capture_, by P. T. Barnum. Chicago, 1888. Written for
Barnum by the press agent of the circus, but contains a preface
and a last chapter by Barnum.
_Barnum’s New Year’s Address._ A pamphlet. New York, 1851. Written
for Barnum by John Vose, editor of the _New York Picayune_.
_The Humbugs of the World_, by P. T. Barnum. New York, 1866.
_Why I am a Universalist_, by P. T. Barnum. Universalist Tracts, 1895.
_The Will of P. T. Barnum._ A pamphlet. Bridgeport, Conn., 1891.
_Blackwood’s Magazine._ London, 1855. Review of the _Life of P. T.
Barnum Written by Himself_.
_Christian Review._ New York, Vol. 20, 1855. Review of the _Life of
P. T. Barnum Written by Himself_.
_Fraser’s Magazine._ London, 1855. Review of the _Life of P. T.
Barnum Written by Himself_.
_Southern Literary Messenger._ Richmond, Va., 1855. Review of the
_Life of P. T. Barnum Written by Himself_.
_New York Illustrated News._ 1853. The newspaper Barnum owned for one
year. Contains references to his temperance activities.
_The World._ New York newspaper. January 17, 1897. An article on
Barnum’s morals.
_To Republicans, a circular in opposition to the nomination of P. T.
Barnum as a representative of the Fourth District of Connecticut._
BOOKS BY OTHER AUTHORS
ABBOTT, LYMAN. _Reminiscences._ Contains material on Jenny Lind’s
concerts.
ABBOTT, LYMAN. _Silhouettes of My Contemporaries._ Contains an essay
on P. T. Barnum.
ALDRICH, MRS. T. B. _Crowding Memories_, p. 243.
ARNOLD, MATTHEW. _Letters of Matthew Arnold._ Vol. 2. 1896.
BAKER, SIR SAMUEL W. _Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of
Europe, Asia, Africa, and America._ London, 1890.
BARNUM, MRS. NANCY FISH. _The Last Chapter: In Memoriam P. T.
Barnum._ Privately printed, 1891.
_Barnum’s Parnassus. Being Confidential Disclosures of the Prize
Committee on the Jenny Lind Song._ “With Specimens of the Leading
American Poets in the Happiest Effulgence of Their Genius.
Respectfully Dedicated to the American Eagle.” New York, 1850.
Parodies Written by William Allen Butler, author of “Nothing to
Wear.”
BENNETT, JAMES GORDON. _Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett and His Times
by a Journalist._ New York, 1855.
BENSON AND ESHER. _The Letters of Queen Victoria_, edited by Benson
and Esher. Vol. 2. Contains material on Jenny Lind in England.
BENTON, JOEL. _Life of Phineas T. Barnum._ New York, 1891. This
is the _Life of P. T. Barnum Written by Himself_ with no new
material, published the year Barnum died by a friend, who changed
the first person singular to the third person singular.
BENTON, JOEL. _P. T. Barnum, Showman and Humorist._ _Century
Magazine_, August, 1902.
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