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Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales: "The fiddle and the bow," "The paradise of fools," "Visions and dreams" — John Shaqi

Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales: "The fiddle and the bow," "The paradise of fools," "Visions and dreams"Taylor, Robt. L. (Robert Love)

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Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales: "The fiddle and the bow," "The paradise of fools," "Visions and dreams"

Name: Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales: "The fiddle and the bow," "The paradise of fools," "Visions and dreams"
Author: Taylor, Robt. L. (Robert Love)

Taylor, Robt. L. (Robert Love)

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Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales.

"THE FIDDLE AND THE BOW,"

"THE PARADISE OF FOOLS",

"VISIONS AND DREAMS."

ILLUSTRATED.

    Published by
    DeLONG RICE & COMPANY.
    Nashville, Tenn.

    COPYRIGHTED, 1896.
    _All rights reserved by DeLong Rice & Co._

    UNIVERSITY PRESS CO.,
    NASHVILLE, TENN.

PREFACE.

This volume presents the first publication of the famous lectures
of Governor Robert L. Taylor. His great popularity as an orator and
entertainer, and his wide reputation as a humorist, have caused repeated
inquiries from all sections of the country for his lectures in book
form; and this has given rise to an earlier publication than was
expected.

The lectures are given without the slightest abridgment, just as
delivered from the platform throughout the country. The consecutive
chain of each is left undisturbed; and the idea of paragraphing, and
giving headlines to the various subjects treated, was conceived merely
for the convenience of the reader.

In the dialect of his characters, the melody of his songs, and the
originality of his quaint, but beautiful conceptions, Governor Taylor's
lectures are temples of thought, lighted with windows of fun.

                                                            DELONG RICE.

  Temples of Thought,
     Lighted with
       Windows
       Of Fun.

CONTENTS.

  "THE FIDDLE AND THE BOW."                                9
    Cherish the Little Ones                               19
    Fat Men and Bald-Headed Men                           22
    The Poet Laureate of Music                            23
    The Convict and His Fiddle                            25
    A Vision of The Old Field School                      27
    The Quilting and the Old Virginia Reel                36
    The Candy Pulling                                     44
    The Banquet                                           48
    There is Music All Around Us                          53
    The Two Columns.                                      61
    There is a Melody for Every Ear                       63
    Music is the Wine of the Soul                         66
    The Old Time Singing School                           72
    The Grand Opera                                       78
    Music                                                 80

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Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales: "The fiddle and the bow," "The paradise of fools," "Visions and dreams"

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