Contents

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My First Literary Venture    3
Journalism in Tennessee    11
Nicodemus Dodge—Printer    30
Mr. Bloke's Item    41
How I Edited an Agricultural Paper    52
The Killing of Julius Cæsar "Localized"    70

Illustrations


"I FANCIED HE WAS DISPLEASED"    Frontispiece
"HE HAD CONCLUDED HE WOULDN'T" Facing p.    4
"GILLESPIE HAD CALLED" "    24
"WHEEZING THE MUSIC OF 'CAMPTOWN RACES'" "    38
"I HAVE READ THIS ABSURD ITEM OVER" "    50
"A LONG CADAVEROUS CREATURE" "    58
"THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE POCKETS" "    82