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: The Moral Principle and the Material Interest -- The Crimson Candle -- The Blotted Escutcheon and the Soiled Ermine -- The Ingenious Patriot -- Two Kings -- An Officer and a Thug -- The Conscientious Official -- How Leisure Came -- The Moral Sentiment -- The Politicians -- The Thoughtful Warden -- The Treasury and the Arms -- The Christian Serpent -- The Broom of the Temple -- The Critics -- The Foolish Woman -- Father and Son -- The Discontented Malefactor -- A Call to Quit -- The Man and the Lightning -- The Lassoed Bear -- The Ineffective Rooter -- A Protagonist of Silver -- The Holy Deacon -- A Hasty Settlement -- The Wooden Guns -- The Reform School Board -- The Poet's Doom -- The Noser and the Note -- The Cat and the King -- The Literary Astronomer -- The Lion and the Rattlesnake -- The Man with No Enemies -- The Alderman and the Raccoon -- The Flying-Machine -- The Angel's Tear -- The City of Political Distinction -- The Party Over There -- The Poetess of Reform - - The Unchanged Diplomatist -- An Invitation -- The Ashes of Madame Blavatsky -- The Opossum of the Future -- The Life-Savers -- The Australian Grasshopper -- The Pavior -- The Tried Assassin -- The Bumbo of Jiam -- The Two Poets -- The Thistles upon the Grave -- The Shadow of the Leader -- The Sagacious Rat -- The Member and the Soap -- Alarm and Pride -- A Causeway -- Two in Trouble -- The Witch's Steed -- The All Dog -- The Farmer's Friend -- Physicians Two -- The Overlooked Factor -- A Racial Parallel -- The Honest Cadi -- The Kangaroo and the Zebra -- A Matter of Method -- The Man of Principle -- The Returned Californian -- The Compassionate Physician -- Two of the Damned -- The Austere Governor -- Religions of Error -- The Penitent Elector -- The Tail of the Sphinx -- A Prophet of Evil -- The Crew of the Life-boat -- A Treaty of Peace -- The Nightside of Character -- The Faithful Cashier -- The Circular Clew -- The Devoted Widow -- The Hardy Patriots -- The Humble Peasant -- The Various Delegation -- The No Case -- A Harmless Visitor -- The Judge and the Rash Act -- The Prerogative of Might -- An Inflated Ambition -- Rejected Services -- The Power of the Scalawag -- At Large-One Temper -- The Seeker and the Sought -- His Fly-Speck Majesty -- The Pugilist's Diet -- The Old Man and the Pupil -- The Deceased and his Heirs -- The Politicians and the Plunder -- The Man and the Wart -- The Divided Delegation -- A Forfeited Right Revenge -- An Optimist -- A Valuable Suggestion -- Two Footpads -- Equipped for Service -- The Basking Cyclone -- At the Pole -- The Optimist and the Cynic -- The Poet and the Editor -- The Taken Hand -- An Unspeakable Imbecile -- A Needful War -- The Mine Owner and the Jackass -- The Dog and the Physician -- The Party -- Manager and the Gentleman -- The Legislator and the Citizen -- The Rainmaker -- The Citizen and the Snakes -- Fortune and the Fabulist -- A Smiling Idol -- Philosophers Three -- The Boneless King -- Uncalculating Zeal -- A Transposition -- The Honest Citizen -- A Creaking Tail -- Wasted Sweets -- Six and One -- The Sportsman and the Squirrel -- The Fogy and the Sheik -- At Heaven's Gate -- The Catted Anarchist -- The Honourable Member -- The Expatriated Boss An Inadequate Fee -- The Judge and the Plaintiff -- The Return of the Representative -- A Statesman -- Two Dogs -- Three Recruits -- The Mirror -- Saint and Sinner -- An Antidote -- A Weary Echo -- The Ingenious Blackmailer -- A Talisman -- The Ancient Order -- A Fatal Disorder -- The Massacre -- A Ship and a Man -- Congress and the People -- The Justice and His Accuser -- The Highwayman and the Traveller -- The Policeman and the Citizen -- The Writer and the Tramps -- Two Politicians -- The Fugitive Office -- The Tyrant Frog -- The Eligible Son-in-Law -- The Statesman and the Horse -- An Aerophobe -- The Thrift of Strength -- The Good Government -- The Life-Saver -- The Man and the Bird -- From the Minutes -- Three of a Kind -- The Fabulist and the Animals -- A Revivalist Revived -- The Debaters -- Two of the Pious -- The Desperate Object -- The Appropriate Memorial -- A Needless Labour -- A Flourishing Industry -- The Self-Made Monkey -- The Patriot and the Banker -- The Mourning Brothers -- The Disinterested Arbiter -- The Thief and the Honest Man -- The Dutiful Son -- Aesopus Emendatus -- The Cat and the Youth -- The Farmer and His Sons -- Jupiter and the Baby Show -- The Man and the Dog -- The Cat and the Birds -- Mercury and the Woodchopper -- The Fox and the Grapes -- The Penitent Thief -- The Archer and the Eagle -- Truth and the Traveller -- The Wolf and the Lamb -- The Lion and the Boar -- The Grasshopper and the Ant -- The Fisher and the Fished -- The Farmer and the Fox -- Dame Fortune and the Traveller -- The Victor and the Victim -- The Wolf and the Shepherds -- The Goose and the Swan -- The Lion, the Cock, and the Ass -- The Snake and the Swallow -- The Wolves and the Dogs -- The Hen and the Vipers -- A Seasonable Joke -- The Lion and the Thorn -- The Fawn and the Buck -- The Kite, the Pigeons, and the Hawk -- The Wolf and the Babe -- The Wolf and the Ostrich -- The Herdsman and the Lion -- The Man and the Viper -- The Man and the Eagle -- The War-horse and the Miller -- The Dog and the Reflection -- The Man and the Fish-horn -- The Hare and the Tortoise -- Hercules and the Carter -- The Lion and the Bull -- The Man and his Goose -- The Wolf and the Feeding Goat -- Jupiter and the Birds -- The Lion and the Mouse -- The Old Man and his Sons -- The Crab and his Son -- The North Wind and the Sun -- The Mountain and the Mouse -- The Bellamy and the Members -- Old Saws with New Teeth -- The Wolf and the Crane -- The Lion and the Mouse -- The Hares and the Frogs -- The Belly and the Members -- The Piping Fisherman -- The Ants and the Grasshopper -- The Dog and His Reflection -- The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox -- The Ass and the Lion's Skin -- The Ass and the Grasshoppers -- The Wolf and the Lion -- The Hare and the Tortoise -- The Milkmaid and Her Bucket -- King Log and King Stork -- The Wolf Who Would Be a Lion -- The Monkey and the Nuts -- The Boys and the Frogs. |