Illustrated by J. H. Smith

1891

CONTENTS

[ BILL NYE'S RED BOOK ]

[ MY SCHOOL DAYS. ]

[ RECOLLECTIONS OF NOAH WEBSTER. ]

[ TO HER MAJESTY. ]

[ HABITS OF A LITERARY MAN. ]

[ A FATHER'S LETTER. ]

[ ARCHIMEDES. ]

[ TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT. ]

[ ANATOMY. ]

[ MR. SWEENEY'S CAT. ]

[ THE HEYDAY OF LIFE. ]

[ THEY FELL. ]

[ SECOND LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT. ]

[ MILLING IN POMPEII. ]

[ BRONCHO SAM. ]

[ HOW EVOLUTION EVOLVES. ]

[ HOURS WITH GREAT MEN. ]

[ CONCERNING CORONERS. ]

[ DOWN EAST RUM. ]

[ RAILWAY ETIQUETTE. ]

[ B. FRANKLIN, DECEASED. ]

[ LIFE INSURANCE AS A HEALTH RESTORER. ]

[ THE OPIUM HABIT. ]

[ MORE PATERNAL CORRESPONDENCE. ]

[ TWOMBLEY'S TALE. ]

[ ON CYCLONES. ]

[ THE ARABIAN LANGUAGE. ]

[ VERONA. ]

[ THE WEEPING WOMAN. ]

[ THE CROPS. ]

[ LITERARY FREAKS. ]

[ A FATHER'S ADVICE TO HIS SON. ]

[ ECCENTRICITY IN LUNCH. ]

[ INSOMNIA IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS. ]

[ ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR. ]

[ I TRIED MILLING. ]

[ OUR FOREFATHERS. ]

[ IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT. ]

[ PREVENTING A SCANDAL. ]

[ ABOUT PORTRAITS. ]

[ THE OLD SOUTH. ]

[ KNIGHTS OF THE PEN. ]

[ THE WILD COW. ]

[ SPINAL MENINGITIS. ]

[ SKIMMING THE MILKY WAY. ]

[ A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. ]

[ CATCHING A BUFFALO. ]

[ JOHN ADAMS. ]

[ THE WAIL OF A WIFE. ]

[ BUNKER HILL. ]

[ A LUMBER CAMP. ]

[ MY LECTURE ABROAD. ]

[ THE MINER AT HOME. ]

[ AN OPERATIC ENTERTAINMENT. ]

[ DOGS AND DOG DAYS. ]

[ CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. ]

[ ACCEPTING THE LARAMIE POSTOFFICE. ]

[ A JOURNALISTIC TENDERFOOT. ]

[ THE AMATEUR CARPENTER. ]

[ THE AVERAGE HEN. ]

[ WOODTICK WILLIAM'S STORY. ]

[ IN WASHINGTON. ]

[ MY EXPERIENCE AS AN AGRICULTURIST. ]

[ A NEW AUTOGRAPH ALBUM. ]

[ A RESIGN. ]

[ MY MINE. ]

[ MUSH AND MELODY. ]

[ THE BLASE YOUNG MAN. ]

[ HISTORY OF BABYLON. ]

[ LOVELY HORRORS. ]

[ THE BITE OF A MAD DOG. ]