Chapter XI: The Conclusion of the Whole Matter. 160

AND OTHER TALES.

THE POETS’ STRIKE 183

ANCIENT FORMS OF AMUSEMENT 194

THE SOBER, INDUSTRIOUS POET, AND HOW HE FARED AT EASTER-TIME 199

THE TWO BROTHERS; OR, PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING 208

THE STORY OF THE YOUNG MAN OF TALENT 223

THE SOCIETY REPORTER’S CHRISTMAS 231

THE DYING GAG 245

“ONLY A TYPE-WRITER” 251

THE CULTURE BUBBLE IN OURTOWN 260

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRESERVATION OF JOKES 275

MCCLURE’S MODEL VILLAGE FOR LITERARY TOILERS 299

ARRIVAL OF THE SCOTCH AUTHORS AT MCCLURE’S LITERARY COLONY 307

THE CANNING OF PERISHABLE LITERATURE 316

LITERARY LEAVES BY MANACLED HANDS 323

MCCLURE’S BIRTHDAY AT SYNDICATE VILLAGE 331

LITERATURE BY PRISON CONTRACT LABOR 340

CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE SYNDICATE VILLAGE 351

THE LITERARY SHOP