University of Virginia Library

CONTENTS

• The $30,000 Bequest
• A Dog's Tale
• Was It Heaven? Or Hell?
• A Cure for the Blues
• The Enemy Conquered; or, Love Triumphant
• The Californian's Tale
• A Helpless Situation
• A Telephonic Conversation
• Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale
• The Five Boons of Life
• The First Writing-machines
• Italian without a Master
• Italian with Grammar
• A Burlesque Biography
• How to Tell a Story
• General Washington's Negro Body-servant
• Wit Inspirations of the "Two-year-olds"
• An Entertaining Article
• A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury
• Amended Obituaries
• A Momument to Adam
• A Humane Word from Satan
• Introduction to "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English"
• Advice to Little Girls
• Post-mortem Poetry
• The Danger of Lying in Bed
• Portrait of King William III
• Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?
• Extracts from Adam's Diary
• Eve's Diary