SOL SMITH
A Bully Boat and a Brag Captain 1
AMBROSE BIERCE
The Dog and the Bees 8
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Dislikes 9
G. H. DERBY ("Phoenix," "Squibob")
Illustrated Newspapers 13
Tushmaker's Toothpuller 67
MARY MAPES DODGE
Miss Malony on the Chinese Question 22
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
The Courtin' 27
A Letter from Mr. Ezekiel Bigelow 59
JOHN GODFREY SAXE
The Coquette--A Portrait 31
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS ("Mark Twain")
Colonel Mulberry Sellers 33
FREDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON
Incidents in a Retired Life 43
BRET HARTE
Melons 49
The Society upon the Stanislaus 71
CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
Ballad 65
JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE
The V-a-s-e 74
FRANK R. STOCKTON
Pomona's Novel 76
JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE
Fred Trover's Little Iron-clad 96
ROBERT JONES BURDETTE
The Artless Prattle of Childhood 120
ANONYMOUS
St. Peter at the Gate 130
HENRY GUY CARLETON
The Thompson Street Poker Club 134
GEORGE T. LANIGAN
The Fox and the Crow 140
HENRY CUYLER BUNNER
Behold the Deeds! 141
FRANK DEMPSTER SHERMAN
A Rhyme for Priscilla 146
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
A Rivermouth Romance 149
GELETT BURGESS
The Bohemians of Boston 161
MARION COUTHOUY SMITH
The Composite Ghost 164
BILL NYE
A Fatal Thirst 175
GEORGE W. PECK
Peck's Bad Boy 178
MISCELLANEOUS
Susan Simpson 21
A Boston Lullaby 119
The House That Jack Built 127
An Insurance Agent's Story 144
An Epitaph 148
Some Messages Received by Teachers in
Brooklyn Public Schools 171
The Trout's Appeal 174