THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES     

  

       By Mark Twain     

   

   

      NOTE:       Most of the sketches in this volume were taken from a series the author wrote for The Galaxy from May, 1870, to April, 1871. The rest appeared in The Buffalo Express. 

   

   

CONTENTS

THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR

A MEMORY

INTRODUCTORY TO “MEMORANDA”

ABOUT SMELLS

A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES

DAN MURPHY

THE “TOURNAMENT” IN A. D. 1870

CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE

A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS

A ROYAL COMPLIMENT

THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC

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