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Bill Nye's Cordwood

Bill Nye's Cordwood

by Bill NYE (1850 - 1896)

From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at everything and everybody. This book is another wonderful collection of his thoughts on late 19th century America. - Summary by Tom Penn


Bill Nye's Letter

A New Biography of Galileo

A Tragedy

A Would-be Hostelry

Autumn Thoughts

Bill Nye Attends

Bill Nye Attends Booth's 'Hamlet'

Bill Nye Condoles with Cleveland

Bill Nye Discovers

Bill Nye 'Incubates.'

Bill Nye on Railroads

Bill Nye on the Cow Industry

Bill Nye on Tobacco,--A discourager of Cannibalism

Bill Nye Preparing a Political Speech in Advance for a Time of Need

Bill Nye Wants to Know How to Preserve Game

Bill Nye's Advice

Bill Nye's Advice Bag

Bill Nye's Answers to Correspondents

Bill Nye's Arctic-le

Bill Nye's Hornets

Bill Nye's Letter

Declined With Thanks

Favored a Higher Fine

Francisco Pizarro's Career

How a Chinaman Rides the Untamed Broncho

How Bill Nye Failed to Make the Amende Honorable--a Pathetic Incident

Hunting an Ichthyosaurus

Methuselah

Mr. Sweeney's Cat

No Doubt as to His Condition and Cyclones

Note on Some Spring Styles

Seeing a Saw Mill

The Bronco Cow

The Earth

True Merit Rewarded