THE PROFESSOR UNDER CHLOROFORM—_Oliver 82 Wendell Holmes_ OUR TRAVELLED PARSON—_Will Carleton_ 85 A RAILROAD “RECUSSANT”—_L. Gaylord Clark_ 91 AN UNMARRIED FEMALE—_Marietta Holley_ 93 THE COURTIN’—_James Russell Lowell_ 103 THE WONDERFUL TAR-BABY STORY—_Joel Chandler 108 Harris_ POMONA’S NOVEL—_Frank R. Stockton_ 111 TEMPEST IN A TUB—_J. M. Bailey_ 128 THE STOUT GENTLEMAN—_Washington Irving_ 131 MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN—_Charles Dudley Warner_ 144 THE QUAKER COQUETTE—_Charles Graham Halpine_ 156 CAT-FISHING—_W. L. Alden_ 158 CAPTAIN STICK AND TONY—_Johnson T. Hooper_ 162 “ITEMS” FROM THE PRESS OF INTERIOR 166 CALIFORNIA—_Ambrose Bierce_ (“_Dod Grile_”) AN AVALANCHE OF DRUGS 168 MUSIC—_Ambrose Bierce_ (“_Dod Grile_”) 174 MAXIMS—_Benjamin Franklin_ 175 MODEL OF A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION OF A 176 PERSON YOU ARE UNACQUAINTED WITH—_Benjamin Franklin_ ECHO-SONG—_Thos. Bailey Aldrich_ 176 COLONEL MULBERRY SELLERS—_Samuel L. Clemens_ 179 (“_Mark Twain_”) THE OWL-CRITIC—_Jas. T. Fields_ 187 ANNIHILATES AN OBERLINITE—_Petroleum V. 191 Nasby_ AN ECONOMICAL PROJECT—_Benjamin Franklin_ 193 MISS MEHETABEL’S SON—_Thos. Bailey Aldrich_ 199 PECK’S BAD BOY—_George W. Peck_ 216 THE BRITISH KNOCK—_William Austin_ 221 A CAPTIVE MAIDEN 225 MRS. PARTINGTON IN COURT—_Benjamin Penhallon 227 Shillaber_ (“_Mrs. Partington_”) THE MUSIC-GRINDERS—_Oliver Wendell Holmes_ 228 MISS CRUMP’S SONG—_Augustus Baldwin 232 Longstreet_ A POLYGLOT BARBER—_Samuel S. Cox_ 238 AT THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY—_Robert Barr_ (“_Luke 243 Sharp_”) HANS BREITMANN’S BARTY—_Charles Godfrey 250 Leland_ OUR NEW BEDSTEAD—_Frederick Swartout Cozzens_ 253 A QUILTING—_Sam Slick_ 259 A PATENTED CHILD—_W. L. Alden_ 265 A TALK ABOUT TEA—_Frederick S. Cozzens_ 269 OLD AUNT MARY’S—_James Whitcomb Riley_ 273 A PETITION OF THE LEFT HAND—_Benjamin 275 Franklin_ WOMEN’S FASHIONS—_Nathaniel Ward_ 277 THE NEWSBOY—_Joseph C. Neal_ 281