THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES
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 ]
[ INTRODUCTORY TO “MEMORANDA” ]
[ A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES ]
[ THE “TOURNAMENT” IN A. D. 1870 ]
[ A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS ]
[ THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE ]
[ 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.] ]