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Sketches New and Old

Марк Твен (Mark Twain)

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Title: Sketches New and Old, Complete

Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Release Date: August 20, 2006 [EBook #3189]
Last Updated: July 18, 2014

Language: English







Produced by David Widger





SKETCHES NEW AND OLD


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SKETCHES NEW AND OLD

by Mark Twain



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MY WATCH



POLITICAL ECONOMY



THE JUMPING FROG



JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE



THE 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 JUDGES "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 LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN



MR. BLOKE'S ITEM



A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE



PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT



AFTER-DINNER SPEECH



LIONIZING MURDERERS



A NEW CRIME



A CURIOUS DREAM



A TRUE STORY



THE SIAMESE TWINS



SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET IN LONDON



A GHOST STORY



THE CAPITOLINE VENUS



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



HONORED AS A CURIOSITY



FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD



CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS



THE KILLING OF JULIUS CAESAR "LOCALIZED"



THE WIDOW'S PROTEST



THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST



CURING A COLD



A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION



RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR



A MYSTERIOUS VISIT