Arizona republican., 1901-12-08
LITTLE JAMES
GA Disquisition on the Subject of Cur
 rent Literature)

rent Literature)
 My Paw sez at tn Flood O Books
 ats bein' Turned Out keeps a man whot's got Lit'ry Tastes a Jumpin Sideways sos at he Don't Hardly Knn what to Read an he has to Spen' Sd
 much time maxim up his Mine at he
 don't git to read nothin' a tall. Theys
 some men at takes q Middle Coarse as
 my Paw sez. an Compermize on tn
 Black Kat an the Gray Guse.
 Tn Latest Contribushun, as My Paw
 sez. to the Literchoor of tn Day is a
 Large Vclyum called tn ''Biogrify of
 Arizony.7 It has ten hunderd an 24
 pages, not countain' tn Rivers. It's
 bound in Brown Morocco an has Gold
 Ornyments. Tn Edges Of tn Leeves is
 Gold Plaited. Its outside makes tn
 Mos Famous ClassiX look like Farey
 Tails fer Childern.
 My Paw sez it has a Strong Locle
 Flaver an. in fac, is Distinctly Ari-
 zonyun. But it's Instructive an at times Amusin'. Without some sich
 Work we wudden't never kno how menny Distinguished Fokes we have in Our Mist. We kno most all tn Heroze an tn Herowines at tn 'Biogrify of Arizony'' tells us about an I was Sprized when l red about 'em at I had lived in sich Crate COmpny an didn't kno it.
 Tn "Biogrify of Arizony' ain't like 6 Novle. It don't Talk up a Subjeck an Leeve it Haf Finished an then git to Fooln' aroun' with Somethin' else an then Git Back to what it was talkin' about First, sos at when you git to tn End of the Story you don't hardly kno Where Your At. When tn "Biogri- fly of Arizonay'' begins on a Theam it stays with it like a Bull Pup till it Exosts it an they ain't Nuthin' Moar to be Sed. Then it Spits on its Hans an Tackles tn Mex one. Tn Book Deels Mosly with Peoples Lives. com mencin as fur back as tn Subjeck's if he happens to kno who his Granfother wuz.
 It's Crate on Detales. but it don't miss no Important Eppox. Theys wun Hero in it had a Furr seein' Fother an when tn Hero wuz Borned he Maid up his Mine at he'd leave him a Hur- ritage of Infermashun at very few men git. He Jotted Down a lot 9 Things at a Nordinary man Wudden't think of on sich a Ocashun, so tn 'Riogrify Of Arizony'' sez.
 our Subjech wuZ Borned on Wens- day. March 2S. 1s47, at 2:1T D. m. It had been Rainin' in tn Mornin'. but Cleared Up in tn Afternoon. By a Singler Cuin ridents tn Price of Taller in Podunk that day wuz cts. in Cash CT in Traid." They ain't Menny men at ever lno so much about their Natle Day.
 Tn HeroZe Arrove at Faim in Good Menny Ways. Some of 'em Flue an Some Crauled. Some of 'em Come Down rh Bowleyvard an some of 'em Shocked up tn Back Ally. Otherns jist runneld out of tn Ground. Gawd don't git no Praze fer their Grateness, fer they all maid Theirselfs.
 Some or 'em wuz Handycapped becos they had to Struggle to keep their Ma 5ors fun maxim 'em Hold Offs. 9th erns wuz Week Harted an Ruther'n Fite about it took tn Ofiises. Tn 'BioGrify of Arizony'' is perfusely Her strated with tn Pitchers of tn Heroze. Tn Lowest price of tn Biogrify is 20 Dollars. It seems purty Hi. fer it Cos More'n a Fambly Bible, but it don't nave tn Circylashun of tn Bible. No body buys it but the Heroze it tells lbout.
 It's a goodeal of work to git up O Book like tn 'Biogrify of Arizony.'' It -aiks a Jenyus whot has Lit'ry an Biz ness 'Bility Mixed into him in Excl
 goes IO a man an ne Ses. ;eZ he: Your a Hero an Don't Kno {. You got yer Talons hid under q 3ushle Baskit. Let me Tiff tn Bushle | off an you can git yer .Talons out | where theyle git into somboddies | pocket an Comand a Price. Arizony s goin' to be a Stait some time an hey'n haf to haf Senators an Com | sersmen. I'm gittin' up GalluXy of | h Heroze of Arizony. Let me put you Amungst 'em an You'll be on tn Ely | sible List. Come into our Hall of | 'aim."
 An they Generly Come In. Some for | % Dollars an some fer More. accordin' | f sthey prot their Pitchers with 'enl | O be hung up on tn Wolls of tn Hall | If Faim. LITTLE JAMES.