Sketches by Mark Twain

by Samuel Langhorne Clemens

SKETCHES

BY

Mark Twain.

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED IN COMPLETE FORM.

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TORONTO:
BELFORDS, CLARKE & CO.
MDCCCLXXIX.

CONTENTS.

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	Page
The Recent French Duel	9
The Great Revolution in Pitcairn	23
Story of the Bad Little Boy	40
Story of the Good Little Boy	45
The Experiences of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup	52
Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — Part First	62
Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — Part Second	77
Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — Part Third	86
The Jumping Frog	92
My Watch — An Instructive Little Tale	110
Political Economy	115
Journalism in Tennessee	124
Two Poems — By Moore and Twain	132
To Raise Poultry	134
My First Literary Adventure	138
The Facts in the Case of the Great Beef Contract	142
The Facts in the Case of George Fisher, Deceased	152
The Judge's “Spirited Woman”	162
The Facts Concerning the Late Senatorial Secretaryship	165
Riley — Newspaper Correspondent	171
Science vs. Luck	177
The Killing of Julius Cæsar “Localized”	181
An Item which the Editor himself could not understand	186
A Mediæval Romance	191
After-Dinner Speech	202
Lionising Murderers	205
A New Crime	211
A Curious Dream	218
Personal Habits of the Siamese Twins	231
Speech at the Scottish Banquet at London	237
A Ghost Story	240
Legend of the Capitoline Venus	249
Speech on Accident Insurance	257
John Chinaman in New York	260
How I once Edited an Agricultural Paper	263
The Petrified Man	271
My Bloody Massacre	276
Concerning Chambermaids	281
About Barbers	284
History Repeats Itself	290
First Interview with Artemus Ward	292
A Visit to Niagara	297
Answers to Correspondents	307