Will Carleton: King of the Platform

Title from first lines. Below title on page [1] cut of Will Carleton resting head on hand. Printed on tan paper. Text on pages [2]-[4] printed in two columns. Announcement of reading by Carleton at the Opera House, Middlebury, Vt. on "Friday evening, September 26." Publication date suggested because item must be after Chicago Fire of 1871 mentioned on page [3] and because author's portrait is that of a young man; Sept. 26 also fell on a Friday in 1879, 1884, 1890 and 1902 during Carleton's lifetime. Includes excerpt from Carleton's poem about Chicago beginning: The long, golden years of the future, with treasures increasing and rare.