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 lecturesof Governor Robert L. Taylor. His great popularity as an orator andentertainer, and his wide reputation as a humorist, have caused repeatedinquiries from all sections of the country for his lectures in bookform; and this has given rise to an earlier publication than wasexpected.
The lectures are given without the slightest abridgment, just asdelivered from the platform throughout the country. The consecutivechain of each is left undisturbed; and the idea of paragraphing, andgiving headlines to the various subjects treated, was conceived merelyfor the convenience of the reader.
In the dialect of his characters, the melody of his songs, and theoriginality of his quaint, but beautiful conceptions, Governor Taylor'slectures are temples of thought, lighted with windows of fun.
DeLong Rice.
Temples of Thought,
Lighted with
Windows
Of Fun.