Title Sketches by Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Year 1879
Publisher Belfords, Clarke & Co.
Location Toronto
Source djvu
Progress Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
Transclusion Fully transcluded

CONTENTS.


Page
The Recent French Duel9
The Great Revolution in Pitcairn23
Story of the Bad Little Boy40
Story of the Good Little Boy45
The Experiences of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup52
Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — Part First62
Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — Part Second77
Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — Part Third86
The Jumping Frog92
My Watch — An Instructive Little Tale110
Political Economy115
Journalism in Tennessee124
Two Poems — By Moore and Twain132
To Raise Poultry134
My First Literary Adventure138
The Facts in the Case of the Great Beef Contract142
The Facts in the Case of George Fisher, Deceased152
The Judge's “Spirited Woman”162
The Facts Concerning the Late Senatorial Secretaryship165
Riley — Newspaper Correspondent171
Science vs. Luck177
The Killing of Julius Cæsar “Localized”181
An Item which the Editor himself could not understand186
A Mediæval Romance191
After-Dinner Speech202
Lionising Murderers205
A New Crime211
A Curious Dream218
Personal Habits of the Siamese Twins231
Speech at the Scottish Banquet at London237
A Ghost Story240
Legend of the Capitoline Venus249
Speech on Accident Insurance257
John Chinaman in New York260
How I once Edited an Agricultural Paper263
The Petrified Man271
My Bloody Massacre276
Concerning Chambermaids281
About Barbers284
History Repeats Itself290
First Interview with Artemus Ward292
A Visit to Niagara297
Answers to Correspondents307
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