Chapter I: I Encounter the Old Gentleman

II. The Sporting Tour of Mr. Munchausen
III. Three Months in a Balloon
IV. Some Hunting Stories for Children
V. The Story of Jang
VI. He Tells the Twins of Fire-Works
VII. Saved by a Magic Lantern
VIII. An Adventure in the Desert
IX. Decoration Day in the Cannibal Islands
X. Mr. Munchausen's Adventure with a Shark
XI. The Baron as a Runner
XII. Mr. Munchausen Meets His Match
XIII. Wriggletto
XIV. The Poetic June-Bug, Together with Some
Remarks on the Gillyhooly Bird
XV. A Lucky Stroke

List of Illustrations

Portrait of Mr. Munchausen
"There was the whale, drawn by magnetic influence to the
side of _The Lyre_"
"As their bullets got to their highest point and began to
drop back, I reached out and caught them"
"I got nearer and nearer my haven of safety, the bellowing
beasts snorting with rage as they followed"
"Jang buzzed over and sat on his back, putting his sting
where it would do the most good"
"Out of what appeared to be a clear sky came the most
extraordinary rain storm you ever saw"
"'I am your slave,' he replied to my greeting, kneeling
before me, 'I yield all to you'"
"I reached the giraffe, raised myself to his back, crawled
along his neck and dropped fainting into the tree"
"They were celebrating Decoration Day, strewing flowers on
the graves of departed missionaries"
"I laughed in the poor disappointed thing's face, and with a
howl of despair he rushed back into the sea"
"This brought my speed down ten minutes to the mile which
made it safe for me to run into a haystack"
"At the first whoop Mr. Bear jumped ten feet and fell over
backward on the floor"
"He used to wind his tail about a fan and he'd wave it to
and fro by the hour"
"Most singular of all was the fact that, consciously or
unconsciously, the insect had butted out a verse"
"Again I swung my red-flagged brassey in front of the angry
creature's face, and what I had hoped for followed"

MR. MUNCHAUSEN

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS RECENT ADVENTURES

I