The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The story of the bad little boy -- Cannibalism in the cars -- A day at Niagara -- Legend of the Capitoline Venus -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A curious dream -- The facts in the great beef contract -- How I edited an agricultural paper -- A medieval romance -- My watch -- Political economy -- Science vs. luck -- The story of the good little boy -- Buck Fanshaw's funeral -- The story of the old ram -- A true story -- Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- The canvasser's tale -- The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut -- The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale -- The men who put up at Gadsby's -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- Jim Baker's bluejay yarn -- A curious experience -- The invalid's story -- The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm -- The stolen white elephant -- A dying man's confession -- The professor's yarn -- The private history of a campaign that failed -- A ghost story -- Luck -- Playing courier -- The Californian's tale -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- Eve's diary -- The Esquimau maiden's romance -- Is he living or is he dead? The $1,000,000 bank-note -- How to tell a story -- Cecil Rhodes and the shark -- Why Ed Jackson called on commodore Vanderbilt -- The man that corrupted Hadleyburg -- The death disk -- Two little tales -- The belated Russian passport -- A double-barreled detective story -- The five boons of life -- Was it heaven? or hell? -- A dog's tale -- The $30,000 bequest -- A horse's tale -- Hunting the deceitful turkey -- Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven -- A fable.