My first lie, and how I got out of it --
Turning-point of my life --
My first literary venture --
My début as a literary person --
Late Benjamin Franklin --
George Washington's Negro body-servant --
A majestic literary fossil --
Mental telegraphy again --
Does the race of man love a Lord? A telephonic conversation --
Wit inspirations of the "Two-Year-Olds" --
Extracts from Adam's diary --
How to make history dates stick --
English as she is taught --
Italian without a master --
Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses --
First writing-machines --
A petition to the Queen of England --
Concerning chambermaids --
At the shrine of St. Wagner --
About all kinds of ships --
Danger of lying in bed --