Front matter
Reading edition
NOTE: Most of the sketches in this volume were taken from a series the author wrote for The Galaxy from May, 1870, to April, 1871. The rest appeared in The Buffalo Express.
CONTENTS
THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR
A MEMORY
INTRODUCTORY TO “MEMORANDA”
ABOUT SMELLS
A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES
DAN MURPHY
THE “TOURNAMENT” IN A. D. 1870
CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE
A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS
A ROYAL COMPLIMENT
THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC
THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE
OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC
THE EUROPEAN WARS— [From the Buffalo Express, July 25, 1870.]
THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED— [From the Buffalo Express, September 18, 1869.]
LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN— [From the Buffalo Express, September 11, 1889.]