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Funny Tales From A Gay World And General Sherman Anecdotes
A Philadelphia Times anecdote about an embryo librettist seeking review from Francis Wilson ends with a witty exchange on merit and risk. A New York Tribune note recalls General Sherman visiting Fort Leavenworth and a shy youth asks if meeting not knowing him bores the general, who bluntly says he does not know the stranger.
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