Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 [1875], Mark Twain's sketches, new and old. Now first published in complete form. (American Publishing Company, Hartford) [word count] [eaf503T].

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Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old. Now First Published in Complete Form.

Front Matter Front matter Covers, Edges and Spine Preliminaries Title Page PREFACE. Preliminaries INDEX. Main text MY WATCH. AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE. POLITICAL ECONOMY. THE “JUMPING FROG. ” JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE. STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY. THE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY. A COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE. NIAGARA. Answers to Correspondents. TO RAISE POULTRY. EXPERIENCE OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP. MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE. How the Author was Sold in Newark. THE OFFICE BORE. JOHNNY GREER. THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT. THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER. DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY. THE JUDGE'S “SPIRITED WOMAN. ” INFORMATION WANTED. SOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS. MY LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP. A Fashion Item. RILEY—NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT. A FINE OLD MAN. Science vs. Luck. THE KILLING OF JULIUS CæSAR “LOCALIZED. ” THE WIDOW'S PROTEST. MR. BLIIKE'S ITEM. A MEDIæVAL ROMANCE. CHAPTER I. THE SECRET REVEALED. CHAPTER II. FESTIVITY AND TEARS. CHAPTER III. THE PLOT THICKENS. CHAPTER IV. THE AWFUL REVELATION. CHAPTER V. THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE. PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT. AFTER-DINNER SPEECH. LIONISING MURDERERS. A NEW CRIME. LEGISLATION NEEDED. A CURIOUS DREAM. CONTAINING A MORAL. A True Story. THE SIAMESE TWINS. SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET IN LONDON. A GHOST STORY. THE CAPITOLINE VENUS. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE. JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK. HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER THE PETRIFIED MAN. MY BLOODY MASSACRE. THE UNDERTAKER'S CHAT. CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS. AURELIA'S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN. “AFTER” JENKINS. ABOUT BARBERS. “PARTY CRIES” IN IRELAND. THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION. History repeats itself. HONOURED AS A CURIOSITY. THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. THE “BLIND LETTER” DEPARTMENT, LONDON P. O. FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD. CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS. The Scriptural Panoramist. FROM “HOSPITAL DAYS. ” CURING A COLD. A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION. RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. A MYSTERIOUS VISIT. Back matter