"THE RETURN OF BELISARIUS"

FURTHER LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES

AFTER THE ACCIDENT

THE GHOST THAT JIM SAW

"SEVENTY-NINE"

THE STAGE-DRIVER'S STORY

A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE

THE THOUGHT-READER OF ANGELS

THE SPELLING BEE AT ANGELS

ARTEMIS IN SIERRA

JACK OF THE TULES

IV. MISCELLANEOUS.

A GREYPORT LEGEND

A NEWPORT ROMANCE

SAN FRANCISCO

THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE

GRIZZLY

MADRONO

COYOTE

TO A SEA-BIRD

WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG

DICKENS IN CAMP

TWENTY YEARS

FATE

GRANDMOTHER TENTERDEN

GUILD'S SIGNAL

ASPIRING MISS DELAINE

A LEGEND OF COLOGNE

THE TALE OF A PONY

ON A CONE OF THE BIG TREES

LONE MOUNTAIN

ALNASCHAR

THE TWO SHIPS

ADDRESS (OPENING OF THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY
19, 1870)

DOLLY VARDEN

TELEMACHUS VERSUS MENTOR

WHAT THE WOLF REALLY SAID TO LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD

HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER

WHAT THE BULLET SANG

THE OLD CAMP-FIRE

THE STATION-MASTER OF LONE PRAIRIE

THE MISSION BELLS OF MONTEREY

"CROTALUS"

ON WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT

THE BIRDS OF CIRENCESTER

LINES TO A PORTRAIT, BY A SUPERIOR PERSON

HER LAST LETTER: BEING A REPLY TO "HIS ANSWER"

V. PARODIES.

BEFORE THE CURTAIN

TO THE PLIOCENE SKULL

THE BALLAD OF MR. COOKE

THE BALLAD OF THE EMEU

MRS. JUDGE JENKINS

A GEOLOGICAL MADRIGAL

AVITOR

THE WILLOWS

NORTH BEACH

THE LOST TAILS OF MILETUS

THE RITUALIST

A MORAL VINDICATOR

CALIFORNIA MADRIGAL

WHAT THE ENGINES SAID

THE LEGENDS OF THE RHINE

SONGS WITHOUT SENSE

VI. LITTLE POSTERITY.

MASTER JOHNNY'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR

MISS EDITH'S MODEST REQUEST

MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK

MISS EDITH MAKES ANOTHER FRIEND

WHAT MISS EDITH SAW FROM HER WINDOW

ON THE LANDING

NOTES

POEMS

I. NATIONAL

JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG

Have you heard the story that gossips tell
Of Burns of Gettysburg?--No? Ah, well:
Brief is the glory that hero earns,
Briefer the story of poor John Burns.
He was the fellow who won renown,--
The