Short Stories and Tall Tales

the long version

The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- A visit to Niagara -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A mysterious visit -- The undertaker's chat -- The danger of lying in bed -- A true story repeated word for word as I heard it -- An encounter with an interviewer -- About barbers -- The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut -- The journals of Germany -- Playing courier -- On the decay of the art of lying -- The stolen white elephant -- The £1,000,000 bank-note -- Extracts from Adam's diary -- Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses -- How to tell a story -- The man that corrupted Hadelburg -- The $30,000 bequest -- Eve's diary -- Essay / Charles Neider -- Essay / Alfred Kazin.