Little Apples

Contents

Introduction

Translator’s Note

BECAUSE OF LITTLE APPLES

À L’AMÉRICAINE

THE TEMPERAMENTS

SALON DES VARIÉTÉS

AN IDYLL—BUT ALAS!

A DOCTOR’S ROMANCE

AN EDITOR’S ROMANCE

THE TURNIP

EASTER GREETINGS

TWENTY-SIX

THE PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE OF NATURAL SCIENTISTS

MY NANA

FLYING ISLANDS

A BRIEF ANATOMY OF MAN

A CHILDREN’S PRIMER

SOOTHSAYER AND SOOTHSAYERESS

THE VAUDEVILLIAN

DIRTY TRAGEDIANS AND LEPROUS PLAYWRIGHTS

MARIA IVANOVNA

TROUBLING THOUGHTS

LETTER TO A REPORTER

RUSSIAN COAL

THE ECLIPSE

A PROBLEM

ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NATIONS

A MODERN GUIDE TO LETTER WRITING

MAN AND DOG CONVERSE

FEAST-DAY GRATUITIES)

MAY DAY AT SOKOLNIKI

THE MARRIAGE SEASON

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

VISITING CARDS

THE FOOLISH FRENCHMAN

PERSONS ENTITLED TO TRAVEL FREE OF CHARGE ON THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN RAILWAYS

THE PROPOSAL

MAN

FROM THE NOTEBOOK OF A COUNTRY SQUIRE

NADIA N.’S VACATION HOMEWORK

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS

THE FRENCH BALL

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