In compiling this volume we have endeavored to add pictorially to the amusement in these funny conceits from Field’s versatile brain. The majority of the sketches herein, appeared in the Denver _Tribune_, under the title of _The Tribune Primer_, with various sub-titles, beginning Monday, Oct. 10, 1881, and ending Monday, Dec. 19, of the same year. The entire number of these quips was about 162, of which 94 were first published in book form as _The Tribune Primer_, in 1881. The balance, with the exception of five which are so local in their application that they have now lost some of their fine sarcastic humor, we here present for the first time with illustrations.…
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