Short collection of humorous stories and essays, including: THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR, A MEMORY, INTRODUCTORY TO MEMORANDA. ABOUT SMELT, 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 WAR, THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED, and LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN.