Uncle Josh Weathersby is an imaginative character. He is a happy man full of humor and rural simplicity. For Uncle Josh there is a bright side to everything in life. These stories are meant to bring a bit of his humor to his readers. Stories in this collection include My Old Yaller Almanac, Arrival in New York, Uncle Josh in Society, Uncle Josh in a Chinese Laundry, Uncle Josh in a Museum, Uncle Josh in Wall Street, Uncle Josh and the Fire Department, Uncle Josh in an Auction Room, Uncle Josh on a Fifth Avenue 'Bus, Uncle Josh in a Department Store, Uncle Josh's Comments on the Signs Seen in New York, Uncle Josh on a Street Car, My Fust Pair of Copper Toed Boots, Uncle Josh in Police Court, Uncle Josh at Coney Island, Uncle Josh at the Opera, Uncle Josh at Delmonico's, It is Fall, Si Pettingill's Brooms, Uncle Josh Plays Golf, Jim Lawson's Hogs, Uncle Josh an the Lightning Rod Agent, A Meeting of the Annanias Club, Jim Lawson's Hoss Trade, A Meeting of the School Directors, The Weekly Paper at Punkin Centre, Uncle Josh at a Camp Meeting, The Unveiling of the Organ, Uncle Josh Plays a Game of Base Ball, The Punkin Centre and Paw Paw Valley Railroad, Uncle Josh on a Bicycle, A Baptisin' at the Hickory Corners Church, A Reminiscence of My Railroad Days, Uncle Josh at a Circus, Uncle Josh Invites The City Folks to Visit Him, Yosemite Jim, Or a Tale of the Great White Death, Uncle Josh Weathersby's Trip to Boston, and Who Marched In Sixty-One.