William Livingston Alden (1837-1908) was an American journalist and humourist, who served as a diplomat in Rome 1885-1890, and then remained in Europe until shortly before he died in 1908.
This book is a colllection of his short stories, consisting of an American abroad, telling what amount to "tall stories". There are 13 stories amounting to some 30,000 words, and with 29 illustrations.
1: An Ornithological Romance
2: Jewseppy
3: That Little Frenchman
4: Thompson's Tombstone
5: A Union Meeting
6: A Clerical Romance
7: A Mystery
8: My Brother Elijah
9: The St. Bernard myth
10: A Matrimonial Romance
11: Hoskins' Pets
12: The Cat's Revenge
13: Silver-Plated
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