Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- The Belated Russian passport -- The Californian's tale -- Canibalism in the cars -- The Canvasser's tale -- Cecil Rhodes and the shark -- The Joke that made Ed's fortune -- A Story without end -- A Curious experience -- A Day at Niagra -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A Ghost story -- A Curious dream -- The Death disk -- A Dog's tale -- A Horse's tale -- A Double-barreled detective story -- A Dying man's confession -- The Professor's yarn -- A Burning brand -- Edward Mills and George Benton : a tale -- The Esquimau maiden's romance -- Experience of the McWilliames with Membranous Croup -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightening -- The McWilliames and the burglar alarm -- Extracts from Captain Stormfield's visit to Heaven -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- Eve's diary -- Facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut -- The Facts in the case of the great beef contract -- How I edited an agricultural paper once -- The Facts in the great landslide case -- Buck Fanshaw's funeral -- A Trial -- Jim Blaine and his grandfather's ram -- Dick Baker and his cat -- The Five boons of life -- A Fable -- Little Bessie -- The Great revolution in Pitcairn -- The Invalid's story -- Jim Baker's blue jay yarn -- Jim Smiley and his jumping frog -- Legend of the Capitoline Venus -- Is he living or is he dead? -- The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- Luck -- Two little tales -- Lucretia Smith's soldier -- The Man that corrupted Hadleyberg -- The Man who put up at Gadsby's -- A Medieval romance -- The £1,000,000 bank-note -- Political economy -- The Second advent -- The International lightening trust -- Randall's Jew story -- Some learned fables for good old boys and girls -- The Stolen white elephant -- Story of the bad little boy -- Story of the good little boy who did not prosper -- The $30,000 bequest -- A True story -- Was it Heaven? Or Hell? -- You've been a dam fool Mary. You always was! -- Publication history of Mark Twain's short stories.