CHAP. PAGE AN APPRECIATION vii INTRODUCTION xxxi I. A MEMORABLE MIDNIGHT EXPERIENCE 1 II. TWO MARK TWAIN EDITORIALS 14 III. THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE AND WOMAN’S RIGHTS 24 IV. O’SHAH 31 V. A WONDERFUL PAIR OF SLIPPERS 87 VI. AIX, THE PARADISE OF THE RHEUMATICS 94 VII. MARIENBAD--A HEALTH FACTORY 113 VIII. DOWN THE RHÔNE 129 IX. THE LOST NAPOLEON 169 X. SOME NATIONAL STUPIDITIES 175 XI. THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN HAMBURG 186 XII. QUEEN VICTORIA’S JUBILEE 193 XIII. LETTERS TO SATAN 211 XIV. A WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OUR BLUSHING EXILES 221 XV. DUELING 225 XVI. SKELETON PLAN OF A PROPOSED CASTING VOTE PARTY 233 XVII. THE UNITED STATES OF LYNCHERDOM 239 XVIII. TO THE PERSON SITTING IN DARKNESS 250 XIX. TO MY MISSIONARY CRITICS 273 XX. THOMAS BRACKETT REED 297 XXI. THE FINISHED BOOK 299 XXII. AS REGARDS PATRIOTISM 301 XXIII. DR. LOEB’S INCREDIBLE DISCOVERY 304 XXIV. THE DERVISH AND THE OFFENSIVE STRANGER 310 XXV. INSTRUCTIONS IN ART 315 XXVI. SOLD TO SATAN 326 XXVII. THAT DAY IN EDEN 339 XXVIII. EVE SPEAKS 347 XXIX. SAMUEL ERASMUS MOFFETT 351 XXX. THE NEW PLANET 355 XXXI. MARJORIE FLEMING, THE WONDER CHILD 358 XXXII. ADAM’S SOLILOQUY 377 XXXIII. BIBLE TEACHING AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE 387 XXXIV. THE WAR PRAYER 394 XXXV. CORN-PONE OPINIONS 399 AN APPRECIATION -------