CONTENTS
THE MONK AND THE HANGMAN'S DAUGHTER 19
FANTASTIC FABLES
Moral Principles and Material Interest 165
The Crimson Candle 166
Escutcheon and Ermine 166
The Ingenious Patriot 167
Officer and Thug 169
Two Kings 170
The Conscientious Official 170
The Moral Sentiment 171
How Leisure Came 172
The Politicians 172
The Christian Serpent 173
The Thoughtful Warden 174
Treasury and Arms 174
The Broom of the
Temple 175
The Critics 176
A Call to Quit 177
The Discontented Malefactor 178
Father and Son 179
The Foolish Woman 179
Man and Lightning 180
The Lassoed Bear 180
A Protagonist of Silver 181
The Wooden Guns 18a
The Ineffective Rooter 183
A Hasty Settlement 184
The Poet's Doom 185
Noser and Note 186
Lion and Rattlesnake 187
The Literary Astronomer 18S
The Reform School
Board 189
Alderman and Raccoon. 189
Cat and King 190
The Man with No Enemies 190
The Flying-Machine 191
The Angel's Tear 191
The City of Political Distinction 192
The Party Over There 194
The Poet of Reform 195
