The Coo-ee Reciter: Humorous, Pathetic, Dramatic, Dialect, Recitations…
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"The Coo-ee Reciter: Humorous, Pathetic, Dramatic, Dialect, Recitations…" is a collection of recitations and readings by various authors, likely written in the late 19th century. This anthology gathers works from Australian, British, and American writers, offering a rich tapestry of humor, drama, and emotion through poetry and narratives that reflect on the human experience and cultural landscape of the time. The opening of the collection presents several recitations, starting with "I Killed
a Man at Graspan," which reflects the harrowing emotions of a soldier grappling with the consequences of taking a life in battle. Following this, "Kitty O'Toole" and "The Ballad of the Drover" showcase themes of love and rural life through light-hearted and poignant verses, while "The Rescue" dives into the desperate efforts of miners during a life-threatening incident. Each piece contributes to a diverse portrayal of life's trials and triumphs, evoking a sense of nostalgia and cultural identity, particularly within the Australian context. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Various |
|---|---|
| Title | The Coo-ee Reciter: Humorous, Pathetic, Dramatic, Dialect, Recitations & Readings |
| Contents | 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 / Matthew Gregory Lewis (Monk Lewis) -- An all-around intellectual man / Tom Masson -- Her ideal / Kate Masterson -- The happy farmer / Mortimer C. Brown -- The son of a soldier / Owen Oliver -- The mile / David M'Kee Wright. |
| Credits |
Produced by Nick Wall, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Recitations |
| Subject | Literature -- Collections |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 38053 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-38053-7 |
| Release Date | Nov 18, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 466 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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