By Mark Twain

By Mark Twain

NOTE: Most of the sketches in this volume were taken from a series the author wrote for The Galaxy from May, 1870, to April, 1871. The rest appeared in The Buffalo Express.

CONTENTS

THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR

A MEMORY

INTRODUCTORY TO “MEMORANDA”

ABOUT SMELLS

A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES

DAN MURPHY

THE “TOURNAMENT” IN A. D. 1870

CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE

A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS

A ROYAL COMPLIMENT

THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC

THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE

OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC

THE EUROPEAN WARS—
          [From the Buffalo Express, July 25, 1870.]

THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED—
          [From the Buffalo Express, September 18, 1869.]

LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN—
          [From the Buffalo Express, September 11, 1889.]