The Curious Republic of Gondour

by Samuel L. Clemens

THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR

BY

SAMUEL L. CLEMENS

BONI AND LIVERIGHT

NEW YORK

THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC
OF GONDOUR

THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC
OF GONDOUR

AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES

BY SAMUEL L. CLEMENS

author of “tom sawyer,” “huckleberry finn,” “innocents abroad,” etc.

Map of the Navaho Country

NEW YORK

BONI AND LIVERIGHT

1919

Copyright, 1919.

By BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.

 

Printed in the U. S. A.

NOTE

Most of the sketches in this volume were taken from a series the author wrote for The Galaxy from May, 1870, to April, 1871. The rest appeared in The Buffalo Express.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

The Curious Republic of Gondour ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1

A Memory ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

12

Introductory to "Memoranda" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

20

About Smells ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

25

A Couple of Sad Experiences ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

30

Dan Murphy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

34

The "Tournament" In A.D. 1870 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

36

Curious Relic for Sale ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

42

A Reminiscence of the Back Settlements ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

54

A Royal Compliment ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

The Approaching Epidemic ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

65

The Tone-Imparting Committee ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

69

Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

75

Our Precious Lunatic ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

110

The European War ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

119

The Wild Man Interviewed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

125

Last Words of Great Men ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

132

THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC
OF GONDOUR