The title comes from J. Frank Dobie's essay on "The Traveling Anecdote." Also included are Roy Bedichek on "Folklore in Natural History"; "The Names of Western Wild Animals," George D. Hendricks; "Bonny Barbara Allen," Joseph W. Hendren; "Aunt Cordie's Ax and Other Motifs in Oil," Mody C. Boatright; "The Western Ballad and the Russian Ballada," Robert C. Stephenson; "The Love Tragedy in Texas-Mexican Balladry," Americo Paredes; "Emerson and the Language of the Folk," John Q. Anderson; "Tales of Neiman-Marcus," James Howard; "The Devil in the Big Bend," Elton Miles, and others.