CONTENTS.
| Page. | ||
| I. | Mathieu Ropars | [7] |
| II. | Thrice Only | [76] |
| III. | Tossing up for a Husband | [97] |
| IV. | Missing Mariners | [117] |
| V. | Mandragora—by the Dozen | [140] |
| VI. | Dr. Pablo's Prediction | [157] |
| VII. | The New Hampshire Alps | [163] |
| VIII. | Sliding Scale of the Inconsolables | [173] |
| IX. | Rambling Records: | |
| The Gentle Arlesians | [179] | |
| At Nuremburg | [183] | |
| Roman Nomenclature | [189] | |
| Brigands, Beggars, and Souvenirs | [192] | |
| Livres des Voyageurs | [197] | |
| X. | A Singular Anagram | [199] |
| XI. | A Well Known Document | [201] |
| XII. | Bel Piede | [208] |
| XIII. | Who is He? | [210] |
| XIV. | To Ninon | [212] |
| XV. | The Last of the Roman Gladiators | [215] |
| XVI. | The Prudent Bride | [218] |
| XVII. | The Tramper's Bed and the King's | [220] |
| XVIII. | Occasion | [221] |
| XIX. | The Mournful Ballad of the Alabama | [222] |
| XX. | Lines for the Guitar | [224] |
| XXI. | Three Men and a Woman | [225] |
| XXII. | Another Marble Faun | [227] |
| XXIII. | Charades | [232] |
These literary chips from the workshop of an arduous profession were, with few exceptions, contributed to the "Albion" newspaper, between the years 1848 and 1866.
New York, May 25, 1868.