Produced by Nick Wall, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE COO-EE RECITER. BY AUSTRALIAN, BRITISH, AND AMERICAN AUTHORS. _HUMOROUS, PATHETIC, DRAMATIC, DIALECT, RECITATIONS & READINGS._ WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED, LONDON, MELBOURNE & TORONTO. CONTENTS. PAGE I Killed a Man at Graspan M. GROVER. Kitty O'Toole W. L. LUMLEY. The Ballad of the Drover HENRY LAWSON. The Rescue EDWARD DYSON. Saltbush Bill A. B. PATERSON. Drought and Doctrine. J. BRUNTON STEVENS. The Martyr VICTOR J. DALEY. The Carrying of the Baby ETHEL TURNER. The Old Gum FLORENCE BULLIVANT. Murphy shall not Sing To-night MONTAGUE GROVER. Christmas Bells JOHN B. O'HARA, M.A. Wool is Up GARNET WALCH. Wool is Down GARNET WALCH. The Highland Brigade Buries its Dead LIEUT.-COL. W. T. REAY. Australia's Call to Arms JOHN B. O'HARA, M.A. Good News GARNET WALCH. Free Trade _v._ Protection GARNET WALCH. The Lion's Cubs GARNET WALCH. The Little Duchess ETHEL TURNER. Australia's Springtime W. L. LUMLEY. The Man that saved the Match DAVID M'KEE WRIGHT. Ode for Commonwealth Day, 1st January, 1901. A Desperate Assault The Game of Life JOHN G. SAXE. Prejudice CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON. The Poor and the Rich JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. The Engineer's Story Seeing's not Believing. THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY. Caudle has been made a Mason DOUGLAS JERROLD. Mrs. Caudle's Lecture DOUGLAS JERROLD. Jim Bludso COLONEL JOHN HAY. How Uncle Mose Counted the Eggs The Negro Baby's Funeral. WILL CARLETON. Der Shpider und der Fly CHARLES FOLLEN ADAMS. Lariat Bill G. W. H. The Elf Child; or, Little Orphant Annie JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. Alonzo the Brave and the Fair Imogene