The whole of the United States have since agreed with Keokuk. Burdette has lectured in about every State in the Union to delighted audiences. Taking his age into consideration, Mr. Burdette is very youthful in appearance. He is short in stature, easy in manner, and affable in conversation. He has a low, broad forehead, a black mustache, rounded chin, and dark, yet bright, penetrating eyes. When writing at any considerable length, he scarcely ever has a definite plan for his effusion, and lets it take its own free way from the point of his pen. He has written much in verse and prose, but his humorous descriptions and pen pictures of those he meets in every-day life, are the most readable of his productions. It is natural for him to be funny, and in speaking of the most common-place things he expresses himself in the most humorous way. Burdette has published two books: The Rise and Fall of the Mustache, and Hawkeye Glances, both volumes commanding a large sale. He has written much for the literary weeklies, and his pen is never idle. Among his attempts and successes in poetry nothing equals his touching tribute to WILHELMJ. Oh, king of the fiddle, Wilhelmj, If truly you love me, just tellmj; Just answer my sigh By the glance of your eye, Be honest, and don’t try to sellmj. With rapture your music did thrillmj; With pleasure supreme did it fillmj, And if I could believe That you meant to deceive-- Wilhelmj, I think it would killmj. Among the thousand and one “good things” that Burdette has given us, none contains more of his genuine, characteristic humor than his NIGHT THOUGHTS.