

'And if he wills, we must die' - The upturned face. The kicking twelfth - The shrapnel of their friends. 'Showin' off' - Virtue in war - Making an orator. The price of the harness - A self-made man: an example of success that any one can follow.

The wise men: a detail of American life in Mexico. Flanagan and his short filibustering adventure. In the Tenderloin: a duel between an alarm clock and a suicidal purpose. A freight car incident - The little regiment. A tale of mere chance: being an account of the pursuit of the tiles, the statement of the clock, and the grip of a coat of orange spots, together with some criticism of a detective said to be carved from an old table leg. Stories told by an artist: a tale about how 'great grief' got his holiday dinner. Binks' day off: a study of a clerk's holiday. Why did the young clerk swear? Or, The unsatisfactory French. The holler tree: a Sullivan County sketch. The Mesmeric mountain: a tale of Sullivan County. An explosion of seven babies: a Sullivan County episode. The cry of a huckleberry pudding: a dim study of camping experiences. A tent in agony: a Sullivan County sketch. Killing his bear: a winter tragedy with three actors. The black dog: a night of spectral terror. A ghoul's accountant: the story of a Sullivan County produce deal. The octopush: a Sullivan County nocturne. Travels in New york: the broken-down van. Four men in a cave: likewise four queens, and a Sullivan county hermit. A foreign policy, in three glimpses: First glimpse. Note:Sketches from life: Uncle Jake and the bell handle. Imprint:Garden City, NY : Doubleday, 1963.
