THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF MARK TWAIN Hardback book with Dust Jacket edited by Charles Neider Over 675 pages Copyright © 1957 by Charles Neider " " Here - for the first time - are all of Mark Twain's delightful, humorous, ironic short stories collected in one volume. There are sixty stories in all. " Contents include: " Introduction The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County The Story of the Bad Little Boy Cannibalism in the Cars A Day at Niagara Legend of the Capitoline Venus Journalism in Tennessee A Curious Dream The Facts in the Great Beef Contract How I Edited an Agricultural Paper A Medieval Romance My Watch Political Economy Science vs. Luck The Story of the Good Little Boy Buck Fanshaw's Funeral The Story of the Old Ram Tom Quartz A Trial The Trials of Simon Erickson A True Story Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup Some Learned Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls The Canvasser's Tale The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale The Man Who Put Up at Gadsby's Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning What Stumped the Bluejays A Curious Experience The Invalid's Story The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm The Stolen White Elephant A Burning Brand A Dying Man's Confession The Professor's Yarn A Ghost Story Luck Playing Courier The Californian's Tale The Diary of Adam and Eve The Esquimau Maiden's Romance Is He Living or Is He Dead ? The £1,000,000 Bank-Note Cecil Rhode and the Shark The Joke That Made Ed's Fortune A Story Without an End The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg The Death Disk Two Little Tales The Belated Russian Passport A Double-Barreled Detective Story The Five Boons of Life Was It Heaven ? Or Hell ? A Dog's Tale The $ 30,000 Bequest A Horse's Tale Hunting the Deceitful Turkey Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven A Fable The Mysterious Stranger " The book is in pretty good condition with minor wear to the cover. The dust jacket is worn with torn edges and stains on the inside. The side edges of the pages, the inside covers, first and last pages have aging spots. No torn or ripped pages. No other markings or writing. |