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Contents

• PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
• LIFE SKETCH OF AUTHOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
• MY OLD YALLER ALMANAC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
• ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
• UNCLE JOSH IN SOCIETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
• UNCLE JOSH IN A CHINESE LAUNDRY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
• UNCLE JOSH IN A MUSEUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
• UNCLE JOSH IN WALL STREET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
• UNCLE JOSH AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
• UNCLE JOSH IN AN AUCTION ROOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
• UNCLE JOSH ON A FIFTH AVENUE 'BUS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
• UNCLE JOSH IN A DEPARTMENT STORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
• UNCLE JOSH'S COMMENTS ON THE SIGNS SEEN
  IN NEW YORK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
• UNCLE JOSH ON A STREET CAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
• MY FUST PAIR OF COPPER TOED BOOTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
• UNCLE JOSH IN POLICE COURT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
• UNCLE JOSH AT CONEY ISLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
• UNCLE JOSH AT THE OPERA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
• UNCLE JOSH AT DELMONICO'S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
• IT IS FALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
• SI PETTINGILL'S BROOMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
• UNCLE JOSH PLAYS GOLF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
• JIM LAWSON'S HOGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
• UNCLE JOSH AND THE LIGHTNING ROD AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . 99
• A MEETING OF THE ANNANIAS CLUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
• JIM LAWSON'S HOSS TRADE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
• A MEETING OF THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

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• THE WEEKLY PAPER AT PUNKIN CENTRE. . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
• UNCLE JOSH AT A CAMP MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
• THE UNVEILING OF THE ORGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
• UNCLE JOSH PLAYS A GAME OF BASE BALL . . . . . . . . . . . .127
• THE PUNKIN CENTRE AND PAW PAW VALLEY
  RAILROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
• UNCLE JOSH ON A BICYCLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
• A BAPTISIN' AT THE HICKORY CORNERS
  CHURCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
• A REMINISCENCE OF MY RAILROAD DAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
• UNCLE JOSH AT A CIRCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
• UNCLE JOSH INVITES THE CITY FOLKS TO VISIT
  HIM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
• YOSEMITE JIM, OR A TALE OF THE GREAT
  WHITE DEATH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
• UNCLE JOSH WEATHERSBY'S TRIP TO BOSTON . . . . . . . . . . .163
• WHO MARCHED IN SIXTY-ONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169