WITH ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS BY THOMAS NAST AND OTHERS, AND A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION. REVISED EDITION. NEW YORK: G. W. DILLINGHAM CO., Publishers. MDCCCXCIX. COPYRIGHT, 1876, BY G. W. CARLETON & CO. _Josh Billings._ TO FRANCIS S. STREET, and FRANCIS S. SMITH [EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS OF “THE NEW YORK WEEKLY.”] MY PATRONS AND FRIENDS, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED. NEW YORK, 1873. JOSH BILLINGS. TABLE OV KONTENTS. Page. 1 Kontentment 33 2 Marriage 36 3 Fashion’s Prayer 38 4 The Bizzy Body 40 5 Fastidiousness 42 6 Love 43 7 Fear 44 8 Buty 45 9 Faith 46 10 Branes 47 11 Spring and Biles 48 12 Tight Boots 50 13 The Lam and the Dove 52 14 The Duv 55 15 The Old Bachelor 57 16 Horns 59 17 Kissing 62 18 About Pharming 65 19 Questions and Answers 68 20 Whissling 69 21 Hotels 72 22 Laffing 75 23 Hoss Sense 78 24 Silence 79 25 Bravery 80 26 Dispatch 81 27 Pik out a Wife 82 28 Watermellons 83 29 Pik out a Dog 84 30 Pik out a Kat 86 31 Lost Arts 86 32 To Komic Lekturers 89 33 Fashion 92 34 Fun 93 35 Fret 94 36 Fury 94 37 Fits 95 38 Fuss 95 39 Fellow 96 40 Flunkey 96 41 Finis 96 42 Nu Foundland and Tarrier 97 43 The Rat Tarrier 99 44 The Monkey 100 45 The Pissmire 103 46 The Pole Kat 104 47 The Weazel 105 48 Angle Worms 107 49 The Mouse 108 50 The Yaller Dog 110 51 Roosters 113