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A WORD FROM THE PUBLISHERS vii
Poor Reader to the “Courteous Reader.” — “Poor Richard’s Almanack” 3
Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout 17
Friends and Acquaintances. — “Autobiography” 24
Franklin as a Teetotaler. — “Autobiography“ 32
The Battle of the Kegs. — “Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings” 47
xivThe Revenge of St. Nicholas. — “Tales of the Good Woman” 51
General Van Poffenburgh. — “Knickerbocker’s History of New York” 80
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. — “The Sketch-Book” 82
FITZ-GREENE HALLECK (1790-1870)
AUGUSTUS B. LONGSTREET (1790-1870)
The Horse-Swap. — “Georgia Scenes” 122
Georgia Theatrics. — “Georgia Scenes” 131
My First Visit to Portland 135
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794-1876)
ALBERT GORTON GREENE (1802-1868)
xvNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)
The British Matron. — “Leamington Spa,” in Our Old Home 151
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment. — “Twice-Told Tales” 153
Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe. — “Twice-Told Tales” 165
Tom Fane and I. — “Prose Writings” 185
Who Paid for the Prima Donna? — “Wensley and Other Stories” 201
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (1809-1894)
Foreign Correspondence. — “The Autocrat of the Break-
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Music Pounding. — “The Poet at the Breakfast-Table” 234
Dislikes. — “The Poet at the Breakfast-Table” 235
The Ballad of the Oysterman 244
The Height of the Ridiculous 245
A Walk with the Schoolmistress. — Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table” 247
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896)
xviWILLIAM TAPPAN THOMPSON (1812-1882)
A Proposal. — “Major Jones’s Courtship” 262
Practical Jokes. — “Major Jones’s Courtship” 268
HENRY WARD BEECHER (1813-1887)
Deacon Marble. — “Norwood” 274
The Deacon’s Trout. — “Norwood” 276