A history of yesterday -- The raid -- A billiard-marker's notes -- The wood-felling -- Sevastopol in December 1854 -- Sevastopol in May 1855 -- Sevastopol in August 1855 -- Meeting a Moscow acquaintance in the detachment -- The snow storm -- Lucerne -- Albert -- Three deaths -- Strider, the story of a horse -- The porcelain doll.