Transcriber’s Notes Text printed in italics in the source document has been transcribed _between underscores_, bold face text =between equal signs=, and blackletter text ~between tildes~. Small capitals have been changed to ALL CAPITALS; superscript texts are represented by ^{text}. More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text. [Illustration: For Sale by all Booksellers and Newsdealers. “1776” “1876” ONE HUNDRED YEARS A REPUBLIC OUR SHOW DAISY SHORTCUT. ARRY O’PAGUS. CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER, _624, 626, 628 Market Street, Philadelphia_. THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, New York.] OPINIONS OF THE PRESS From several thousand “opinions,” carefully prepared for the use of the press, we select the following. We shall be happy to give the remainder in similar instalments in the future editions of “Our Show.” [Special dispatch to the New York Herald.] “Have just discovered the book on my editorial table--the fun I am still looking for; ’tis harder to find than Livingtone was. The African jungles were tame compared to the general wildness of these pages.--_Stanley._” [From the San Francisco Tribune.] “No library is complete without it--in the waste basket.” [From the London Times.] “We admit that the volume puzzles us. We should be inclined to doubt some of the assertions contained within it, even to consider them preposterous, had we not long ago given up any attempt to account for events or circumstances occurring in America.” [From Galignani’s Messenger, Paris.] “We have not read this production in the original, but the French translation assures us that it is a work of grave import. Beneath the simple words there is a depth of meaning and a quiet, dignified tone of determination, which the friends of Liberty would do well to heed. It is a book to be pondered over. The illustrations are by Mons. Jacques Frost, an artist of warm imagination.” [From the Berlin Freie Presse.] “It is the only book of the kind we have ever seen--thank Heaven!” [From the Vienna Court Journal.] “The Emperor has not been seen in public for several days. We learn from reliable sources that he has been closeted in his study, translating, altering, and localizing an American volume called ‘Our Show,’ to make it appear the official record of our late International Exposition.” [From the Pekin Argus.] “The Authors are evidently insane.” [From the St. Petersburg Daily News.] “This, with Sherman’s ‘Memoirs,’ Motley’s ‘Dutch Republic,’ and Mrs. Lee Hentz’s ‘Wooed, not Won,’ presents a living argument against those who are in the habit of sneering at American literature. If this work fails to give America a first place in the rank of letters, it will keep her not far from the tail.” [From the Constantinople Leader.]