Project Gutenberg 2011-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 196 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Coo-ee Reciter: Humorous, Pathetic, Dramatic, Dialect, Recitations & Readings 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. 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: 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.) http://book.klll.cc/files/38053/38053-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 84.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Recitations Literature -- Collections PR PS Text Category: Poetry Category: Humour 249423 2025-07-15T11:32:39.836820 text/html 251012 2021-01-08T07:40:02 text/html 106653 2025-07-15T11:32:47.475760 application/epub+zip 107164 2025-07-15T11:32:41.372770 application/epub+zip 107165 2025-07-15T11:32:40.581796 application/epub+zip 214384 2025-07-15T11:32:50.610755 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310115 2025-07-15T11:32:46.265782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308806 2022-09-17T11:39:27.628881 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172232 2025-07-15T11:32:38.787767 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171823 2021-01-08T07:40:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171814 2021-01-08T07:40:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22652 2025-07-15T11:32:50.751716 application/rdf+xml 8646 2025-07-15T11:32:40.696802 image/jpeg 1990 2025-07-15T11:32:40.643760 image/jpeg 68227 2021-01-08T07:40:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 91148 2021-01-08T07:40:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 68195 2021-01-08T07:40:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 93133 2025-07-15T11:32:39.855788 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog