s Hood_ 619
The Pilgrims and the Peas _John Wolcot_ 621
Tam O'Shanter _Robert Burns_ 623
That Gentleman from Boston Town _Joaquin Miller_ 629
The Yarn of the "Nancy Bell" _W. S. Gilbert_ 632
Ferdinando and Elvira _W. S. Gilbert_ 635
Gentle Alice Brown _W. S. Gilbert_ 639
The Story of Prince Agib _W. S. Gilbert_ 641
Sir Guy the Crusader _W. S. Gilbert_ 644
Kitty Wants to Write _Gelett Burgess_ 646
Dighton is Engaged _Gelett Burgess_ 647
Plain Language from Truthful James _Bret Harte_ 648
The Society Upon the Stanisalaus _Bret Harte_ 650
"Jim" _Bret Harte_ 652
William Brown of Oregon _Joaquin Miller_ 653
Little Breeches _John Hay_ 657
The Enchanted Shirt _John Hay_ 658
Jim Bludso _John Hay_ 661
Wreck of the "Julie Plante" _William Henry Drummond_ 662
The Alarmed Skipper _James T. Fields_ 664
The Elderly Gentleman _George Canning_ 665
Saying Not Meaning _William Basil Wake_ 666
Hans Breitmann's Party _Charles Godfrey Leland_ 668
Ballad by Hans Breitmann _Charles Godfrey Leland_ 669
Grampy Sings a Song _Holman F. Day_ 670
The First Banjo _Irwin Russell_ 672
The Romance of the Carpet _Robert J. Burdette_ 674
Hunting of the Snark, The _Lewis Carroll_ 676
The Old Man and Jim _James Whitcomb Riley_ 678
A Sailor's Yarn _James Jeffrey Roche_ 680
The Converted Cannibals _G. E. Farrow_ 683
The Retired Pork-Butcher and the spook _G. E. Farrow_ 685
Skipper Ireson's Ride _John Greenleaf Whittier_ 688
Darius Green and His Flying-Machine _John Townsend Trowbridge_ 690
A Great Fight