Front matter
Reading edition
The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes. HISTORICAL, LITERARY, AND HUMOROUS. A NEW SELECTION. BURNS & OATES. London: Granville Mansions. New York: Barclay Street.
INDEX. AFFECTION. ARTISTS. BEGGING. BENEVOLENCE. BOOKS. BONAPARTE. CHARITY. DINNERS. DOCTORS. THE DRAMA—ACTORS, ETC. DUTY. FIDELITY. FONTENELLE. FOOLS. FORGIVENESS. FRIENDS. GRATITUDE. GHOSTS. HEROISM. HOSPITALITY. HUMANITY. IMAGINATION AND FEAR. JOHNSON. KINGS. LAWS AND LAWYERS. LIBRARIANS. MAGNANIMITY. MUSICIANS. PARLIAMENT. PATIENCE. POETS. POLITENESS. PRESENCE OF MIND. PRIDE OF RANK AND ANCESTRY. PUNCTUALITY. ROBBERS. SAILORS. SCHOOLS. SERVANTS. SIGNS. SOLDIERS. TEMPER. TIME, VALUE OF. TRAVELLING. WAR. MISCELLANEOUS.