Contains: Curing a cold -- Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- A touching story of George Washington's boyhood -- Advice for good little girls -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The story of the bad little boy -- Answers to correspondents -- Concerning chambermaids -- An inquiry about insurances -- Cannibalism in the cars -- A fine old man -- A visit to Niagara -- The personal habits of the Siamese twins -- Journalism in Tennessee -- To raise poultry -- A mysterious visit -- A curious dream -- The story of the good little boy -- How I edited an agricultural paper -- Political economy -- Science vs. luck -- My watch -- Running for governor -- History repeats itself -- My first literary venture -- About barbers -- Buck Fanshaw's funeral -- The great land-slide case -- His grandfather's old ram -- Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- How to tell a story.