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Mark Twain's Sketches

(1874)
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This edition was also known as the "Copyright Edition" and was first published in 1872 (not to be confused with "SKETCHES, NEW ANS OLD" 1875). Mark Twain released it to compete with the four pirate books; "MEMORANDA", "EYE OPENERS", "SCREAMERS" & "A CURIOUS DREAM AND OTHER SKETCHES" that had been published in England. The Copyright Edition actually was edited and revised by Samuel Clemens and contains no stories falsely attributed to him. And he received royalties. This is not a bunch of scanned pages. It has been digitized and edited (not for content) to appear as closely as possible to the original printed edition as possible within the confines of the Kindle Format. This book contains the following 66 sketches:
Memoranda
The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
How I Edited an Agricultural Paper
A New Beecher Church
The Story of the Bad Little Boy
The Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper
Danger of Lying in Bed
About Barbers
Poor Human Nature
Johnny Greer
Breaking it Gently
The Judge's "Spirited Woman"
When I was a Secretary
The Case of George Fisher
The Facts in the Case of the Great Beef Contract
The Poor Editor
"After" Jenkins
Answer to an Inquiry from the Coming Man
Concerning Chambermaids
Burlesque Autobiography
The Undertaker's Story
The Petrified Man
My Famous "Bloody Massacre"
Journalism in Tennessee
The New Crime
Lionizing Murderers
Mental Photographs
A Deception
A Page from a Californian Almanac
My Watch - An Instructive Little Tale
An Entertaining Article
Map of Paris
A General Reply
The Late Benjamin Franklin
A Fashion Item
Answers to Correspondents
Lucretia Smith's Soldier
The Entertaining History of the Scriptural Panoramist
An Unburlesquable Thing
Riley - Newspaper Correspondent
The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation
A Daring Attempt at a Solution of it
A Memory
Science v. Luck
Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man
Medieval Romance
Misplaced Confidence
The Widow's Protest
Political Economy
The Killing of Julius Caesar "Localized"
An Item Which the Editor Himself Could Not Understand
Back from "Yurrup"
More Distinction
The Legend of the Capitoline Venus
Enigma
Wit-Inspirations of the "Two Year Olds"
The Siamese Twins
A Curious Dream
An Inquiry About Insurances
Advice for Good Little Girls
Cannibalism in the Cars
Curing a Cold
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Farm
Running For Governor
Literature in the Dry Diggings
A Mysterious Visit


Genre: General Fiction

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