THE HIGHER ALTRUISM--_Fritz Reuter_ 181 MY PICTURES--_Fritz Reuter_ 182 LISZT EXPECTED AT AN EVENING PARTY--_E. Kossak_ (1814-1880) 188 A PRINCE IN DISGUISE--_Gottfried Keller_ (1815-1887) 196 A DISREPUTABLE SAINT--_Gottfried Keller_ 203 MILITARY INSPECTION--_F. W. Hackländer_ (1816-1877) 221 THE KING OF MACCAROONIA--_Professor Volkmann_ (1830-1891) 225 THE SAD TALE OF SEVEN KISSES--_Professor Volkman_ 232 A COUNTRY COMEDY--_Heinrich Schaumberger_ (1843-1874) 235 HOW BLINDSCHLEICHER WENT COURTING--_P. K. Rosegger_ 249 “WHOM FIRST WE LOVE”--_H. von Kahlenberg_ 255 WOOING THE GALLOWS--_W. H. Riehl_ 261 ELECTIVE AFFINITIES--_Franz von Schönthan_ 274 HOT PUNCH--_Julius Stinde_ 281 WOMAN--_Bogumil Golz_ (1801-1870) 284 A CHRISTMAS TALE--_Eduard Pötzl_ 288 THE CASE OF MINCKWITZ--_Paul Lindau_ 293 STUDENTS’ SONGS-- OLD ASSYRIAN-JONAH--_Joseph Victor Scheffel_ 304 HEINZ VON STEIN 305 BRIGAND SONG 306 A FARTHING AND A SIXPENCE--_Count Albert von Schlippenbach_ 307 THE TEUTOBURGER BATTLE--_J. V. Scheffel_ 308 THE LAST PAIR OF BREECHES--_J. V. Scheffel_ 311 ENDERLE VON KETSCH--_J. V. Scheffel_ 313 GOD AND THE LOVER--_Old German_ 316 UNINTENTIONAL WITTICISMS OF THE ABSENT-MINDED GERMAN PROFESSOR 317 THE INCARCERATION OF THE HERR PROFESSOR--_Ernst Eckstein_ 320 OUR WAR-CORRESPONDENT--_Julius Stettenheim_ 335 SCHNORPS’ SWALLOW-TAIL--_Fritz Brentano_ 339 THE MAN OF ORDER--_Johannes Scherr_ 352 THE LUXURY OF GOING ABOUT INCOGNITO--_Hans Arnold_ 359 THE INNER LIFE OF THE SECOND-CLASS CAB-DRIVER--_Ernst von Wildenbruch_ 382 BON-MOTS 404 THE EARLY DAYS OF A GENIUS--_Wilhelm Raabe_ 408 NEWSPAPER HUMOUR 423 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF WRITERS 431 INTRODUCTION.