Kings of the Platform and Pulpit

1891. Profusely Illustrated. Kings of the Platform and Pulpit contains the most comprehensive resume of the humor, wisdom, philosophy and religion of the century. The book also abounds in anecdotes, epigrams, lectures and reminiscences-both personal and political-of a vast number of famous Americans. Contains the Biographies, Reminiscences and Lectures of: Artemus Ward, Mark Twain, Nasby, Josh Billings, Bill Nye, Sam Cox, Robert Burdette, Mrs. Partington, Danbury News Man, Fat Contributor, Eli Perkins, Bill Arp, George W. Peck, Doesticks, Bret Harte, and George W. Cable; and The Master Lectures of: T. DeWitt Talmage, Chauncey M. Depew; Wendell Phillips; Joseph Cook; Max O'Rell, Dwight L. Moody, Robert G. Ingersoll, Charles H. Spurgeon, Eugene Field, Joseph Parker, Sam Jones, John B. Gough, Ben Butler, Horace Greeley, and Robert Collyer. A wonderful volume filled with the writings and musings of the great humorists of the time.Landon, Melville D. is the author of 'Kings of the Platform and Pulpit', published 2007 under ISBN 9780548017227 and ISBN 0548017220.