Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
Explanatory 1 The Excursion 13 Tim, the Dissipated 91 Carlo, the Soldier 113 Jeff, the Inquisitive 127 Toby, the Wise 139 Two Dogs 149 Two Innocents Abroad 165 About Columbus, by an old showman 171 In Relation to Mysteries 187 Mysteries 195
“Well,” he exclaimed, “this is all news to me! There is logic and good sound sense in your whole scheme, and it’s strange I never thought of it before. You have studied the subj...
4. Part 4A walk of five minutes through a meadow to a group of maples brought me to the spot where I found, reclining beneath the shades, my acquaintance of other days. At first he did n...
6. Part 6Toby proves by his actions that he appreciates the advantages of the situation, and in his simple way makes some return for the pleasures he enjoys. During a considerable portio...
2. Part 2For the information of readers not acquainted with the average “droveyer” of forty and fifty years ago, it is necessary to record that he was not the sort of an individual calcu...
5. Part 5During the first part of his term of service, Carlo was very loyal to his Company, marched, messed, and slept with it, but he was not above picking up, here and there, from the...
7. Part 7The old keeper used to say that Columbus “was full of odd whims and more given to mischief than malice.” When there was any hard work to be done, like lifting cage wagons out of...
1. Part 1Explanatory 1 The Excursion 13 Tim, the Dissipated 91 Carlo, the Soldier 113 Jeff, the Inquisitive 127 Toby, the Wise 139 Two Dogs 149 Two Innocents Abroad 165 About Columbus, b...