The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,
and Other Sketches

1867

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CONTENTS.
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

7

Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man

20

A Complaint About Correspondents, dated in San Francisco

26

Answers to Correspondents

34

Among the Fenians

58

The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to Grief

60

Curing a Cold

67

An Inquiry About Insurances

76

Literature in the Dry Diggings

82

"After" Jenkins

85

Lucretia Smith's Soldier

89

The Killing of Julius Caesar "Localized"

99

An Item which the Editor Himself Could Not Understand

110

Among the Spirits

116

Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington

127

A Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood

132

A Page from a Californian Almanac

141

Information for the Million

144

The Launch of the Steamer Capital

153

Origin of Illustrious Men

162

Advice for Good Little Girls

164

Concerning Chambermaids

167

Remarkable Instances of Presence of Mind

172

Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu

176

The Steed "Oahu"

179

A Strange Dream

182

Short and Singular Rations

194

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