Ⅰ THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY 1
Ⅱ RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR 9
Ⅲ THE ￡1,000,000 BANK NOTE 16
Ⅳ THE $30,000 BEQUEST 41
Ⅴ A DOG'S TALE 76
Ⅵ WAS IT HEAVEN?OR HELL? 89
Ⅶ A CURE FOR THE BLUES 112
Ⅷ THE ENEMY CONQUERED;OR,LOVE TRIUMPHANT 135
Ⅸ THE CALIFORNIAN'S TALE 186
Ⅹ A HELPLESS SITUATION 195
Ⅺ A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION 202
Ⅻ EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON:A TALE 207
ⅩⅢ THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE 214
ⅩⅣ THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES 217
ⅩⅤ ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR 221
ⅩⅥ A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY 230
ⅩⅦ HOW TO TELL A STORY 237
ⅩⅧ THE GOLDEN ARM 242
ⅩⅨ GENERAL WASHINGTON'S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT 244
ⅩⅩ WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE"TWO-YEAR-OLDS" 249
ⅩⅪ AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE 253
ⅩⅫ A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 263
ⅩⅩⅢ AMENDED OBITUARIES 264
ⅩⅩⅣ A MONUMENT TO ADAM 267
ⅩⅩⅤ A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN 270
ⅩⅩⅥ INTRODUCTION TO"THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH" 272
ⅩⅩⅦ ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS 276
ⅩⅩⅧ POST-MORTEM POETRY 278
ⅩⅩⅨ THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED 286
ⅩⅩⅩ DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD? 290
ⅩⅩⅪ EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY 304
ⅩⅩⅫ EVE'S DIARY 317