Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Title within ornamental border v. 1. Ashes of the beacon. The land beyond the blow. For the Ahkoond. John Smith, liberator. Bits of autobiography -- v. 2. In the midst of life (tales of soldiers and civilians) -- v. 3. Can such things be? The ways of ghosts. Soldier-folk. Some haunted houses -- v. 4. Shapes of clay. Some ante-mortem epitaphs. The scrap heap -- v. 5. Black beetles in amber. The Mummery. On stone -- v. 6. The monk and the hangman's daughter. Fantastic fables. Fables from "Fun." Aesopus emendatus. Old saws with new teeth. Fables in rhyme -- v. 7. The devil's dictionary -- v. 8. Negligible tales. The parenticide club. The fourth estate. The ocean wave. "On with the dance!" Epigrams -- v. 9. Tangential views -- v. 10. The opinionator. The reviewer. The controversialist. The timorous reporter. The March hare -- v. 11. Antepenultimata -- v. 12. In motley: Kings of beasts: Two administrations; Miscellaneous