The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
Contributors: Charles Neider (Editor)
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: School & Library Binding
ISBN-13: 9780808522768
Subjects: Classics; Short Stories (Anthologies); Literature - Classics / Criticism; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
First sentence: In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket, and said: "Here are gifts. Take one, leave the others. And be wary, chose wisely; oh, choose wisely! for only one of them is valuable."
Table of contents: title: The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County --; title: The story of the bad little boy --; title: Cannibalism in the cars --; title: A day at Niagara --; title: Legend of the Capitoline Venus --; title: Journalism in Tennessee --; title: A curious dream --; title: The facts in the great beef contract --; title: How I edited an agricultural paper --; title: A medieval romance --; title: My watch --; title: Political economy --; title: Science vs. luck --; title: The story of the good little boy --; title: Buck Fanshaw's funeral --; title: The story of the old ram --; title: Tom Quartz --; title: A trial --; title: The trials of Simon Erickson --; title: A true story --; title: Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup --; title: Some learned fables for gold old boys and girls --; title: The canvasser's tale --; title: The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton --; title: Edward Mills and George Benton:A tale --; title: The man who put up at Gadsby's --; title: Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning --; title: What stumped the bluejays --; title: A curious experience --; title: The invalid's story --; title: The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm --; title: The stolen white elephant --; title: A burning brand --; title: A dying man's confession --; title: The professor's yarn --; title: A ghost story --; title: Luck --; title: Playing courier --; title: The Californian's tale --; title: The diary of Adam and Eve --; title: The Esquimau maiden's romance --; title: Is he living or is he dead? The 1,000,000 bank-note --; title: Cecil Rhodes and the shark --; title: The joke that made Ed's fortune --; title: A story without an end --; title: The man that corrupted Hadleyburg --; title: The death disk --; title: Two little tales --; title: The belated Russian passport --; title: A double-barreled detective story --; title: The five boons of life --; title: Was it Heaven? Or Hell? --; title: A dog's tale --; title: The $30,000 bequest --; title: A horse's tale --; title: Hunting the deceitful turkey --; title: Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to Heaven --; title: A fable --; title: The mysterious stranger.