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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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• The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, 7

• Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man, 20

• A Complaint about Correspondents, dated in San Francisco, 26

• Answers to Correspondents, 34

• Among the Fenians, 58

• The Story of the Bad Little Boy who Didn't Come to Grief, 60

• Curing a Cold, 67

• An Inquiry about Insurances, 76

• Literature in the Dry Diggings, 82

• “After” Jenkins, 85

• Lucretia Smith's Soldier, 89

• The Killing of Julius Cæsar “Localized,” 99

• An Item which the Editor Himself could not Understand, 110

• Among the Spirits, 116

• Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington, 127

• A Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood, 132

• A Page from a Californian Almanac, 141

• Information for the Million, 144

• The Launch of the Steamer Capital, 153

• Origin of Illustrious Men, 162

• Advice for Good Little Girls, 164

• Concerning Chambermaids, 167

• Remarkable Instances of Presence of Mind, 172

• Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu, 176

• The Steed “Oahu,” 179

• A Strange Dream, 182

• Short and Singular Rations, 194

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