A burlesque biography -- The tragedy of Pud'nhead Wilson -- The comedy those extraordinary twins -- The awful German language -- Life on the Mississippi -- A medieval romance -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- Eve's diary -- Roughing it -- How to tell a story -- A curious dream -- My late senatorial secretaryship -- A mysterious visit -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A visit to Niagara -- The experiences of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- The stolen white elephant -- Legend of Sagenfeld, in Germany -- Some rambling notes of an idle excursion -- Travelling with a reformer -- The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- The $30,000 bequest -- Curing a cold -- Disgraceful persecution of a boy -- The canvasser's tale -- At the appetite-cure -- Petition to congress.