Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-05-13
PUBLIC LIBRARY
ALL ABOUT THE CIRCUS.


ALL ABOUT THE CIRCUS.
~HE circus is coming! With all
its glitter and spangles, dare
devil feats and animals clever
i and rare. it will be in Wash
ington May 6 and II. Here
Is a list of books about circus ways
and circuses of other days presented
by the Public Library:
Under the Big Top.
Lions n Tigers n Everything, by c.
R. Cooper 1924. VAZ C78 /.
Intensely interesting stories about
the animals of the circus, from the
elephants and other jungle beasts to
the tramp dog that Joins up" after
a one-night stand.
Circus Men, Beasts and Joys Of the
Road, by Paul Upper. 1881. VAZ.
Eli.
SIN this book the author takes the
reader on an imaginary journey of 20
days with a circus whose first per-
formanceS of the three weeks are in
to another He takes the reader
through all the events of the day
from breakfast to the putting
out of the lights"
The Circus From Rome to Ringing,
by E. c. May. 1882. VAZ MAS.
AN ample, comprehensive volume,
perhaps the first to give the complete
story of the circus as it developed in
this country from its European stem,
with accuracy and sufficient detail
F. F. Kelly.
'I Remember When"
Demands Half Century Circus Re-
views and Red Wagon Stories, by
Charles Bernard. 1880. VAZ .B45.
Anecdotes of lifelong association
with circues, small and large.
The Ways of the Circus, Being the
Memories and Adventures Of
George Conklin. Tanner of Lions,
set down by H. w. Root. 1921.
VAZ.C765w.
"His story is the epic Of the cir
Gus; its ways and wanderings; its
great leaders, its freaks. followers and
takers. I believe it to be the only
history of its kind ever Written-cer-
tainly no other ever told so much or
so well. Don c. SeitZ.
Old Wagon Show Days. by Gil Rob-
inson. 1925. VAZ .R56.
Born with the circus, the son of
John Robinson, a famous Snowman
of the middle nineteenth century, the
author has unusual qualifications for
telling the inside history of the circus.
The Circus Lady, by J. D. Robinson.
1926. E.R5655.
at is a book which will prove en-
PERTAINING to every grown-up who has
ever seen circus and it ought to
interest the few who have not
F. C. B.
Circus Company; Life on the Road
With the Travelling Show, by Ed
ward Seago. 1888. VAz.Se2.
Realistic descriptions of the ups
and downs of circus life.
Hold Yer Hoses! The Elephants
Are Coming, by Uncle" Bob Sher-
wood. 1882. VAZ Sh59.
one VI bdIllulil bClONCo Nlo"lio
writes an informal hodge-podge of
Renaissance"
Boys and Girls Circus.
Under the Big Top, by c. R. Cooper.
1923. jVAz.C78.
ITO any one who has ever thrilled
over a circus. Under the Big Top
should be a JOY. Mr.. Cooper knows
his subject. He writes of the circus,
its pageantry and its romance, its
vicissitudes and its thrills, in vivid,
most entertaining fashion."-F. F. V.
The Circus Menagerie, by E. P. Nor
wood. 1929. jVAzNS3c.
"Of circus trained animals and
what their keepers have to say about
them. together with interesting pho
tographs, Mr.. Norwood has written a
very readable book
The Other Side of the Circus, by E.
P. Norwood. 1926. jVAz.N NIB.
"He has made an Accordingly in
teresting narrative of the everyday
life of the circus of today from the
standpoint of a boy who wants to
write a circus story for his school
paper"
A Few Magazine Articles.
Circuses as Business Barometers, by
E. c. May. Literary Digest, 117:4O-
AZ, March "a, 1884.
"About 100000 Americans bought
circus tickets in 1888"
Swift Motor Trucks Put Circus Back
on Roads, by E. G. May. Popular
Science, 122 30-31, April, 1888.
more than 80 circuses this Spring
will tour the country, moving from
town to town in motor trucks"
Travelling With German Circus, by
D. L. Teilhet. Travel, 62:l5-l9,
April, 1884.
Germany is turning to the little
circus, the wandering family affair,
which travels among the small towns. |
Where Circuses Go When They Die:
w. p Halls Circus Farm, Lancas-
ter, Mo. Literary Digest, 114:30-
80, September 10, 1882.
The wagons that are no longer fea-
tured in parades, the animals from
bankrupt shows. went to Halls circus
farm to be sold again-or to decay
slowly among the Missouri weeds.