The Buyers' manual and business guide
Subtitle: being a description of the leading business houses, manufactories, inventions, etc., of the Pacific coast, together with copious and readable selections, chiefly from California writers
By: compiled by J. Price and C.S. Haley.
Contributors: Price, Jacob.; Haley, C. S.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Francis & Valentine
Published: 1872
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Business enterprises -- California; California -- Miscellanea; California -- Literary collections
Other titles: Tales, sketches, poetry and music.
Notes: Cover title: Tales, sketches, poetry and music.
"In addition to the business guide proper ... selections in prose and verse, chiefly from California authors, among whom will be found the names of Frank Bret Harte, Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) ... [et al.]"--Pref.
Includes first publication of "The public to Mark Twain" (p. 44) and his reply (p. 45).
Source: Gift of Frances R. Friedman, June 15, 1992.
Table of contents: title: THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, (Frank Bret Harte,) - 1; title: IN THE TUNNEL, (Frank Bret Barte,) 8; title: JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS, (Mark Twain,) 9; title: ENTERTAINING HISTORY OF THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST, (Mark Twain,) - 13; title: THREE THOUSAND KILLED AND WOUNDED, (Poem, Isabel A. Saxon,) - - - 15; title: TOWN CRIERISMS, (A. G. Bierce,) 19; title: A FRAGMENT, (Poem, Joaquin Miller,) 23; title: SUPPOSE, (Poem, Phoebe Gary,) 24; title: THE YOUNG TOBACCO CHEWER, 2fS; title: JEALOUSY, 26; title: AN ARCTIC AURORA, ' - 28; title: SHOPPING IN RIO JANIERO, 30; title: WOOING, (Poem,) - - 32; title: SONNET, (Poem,) 35; title: POETRY RUN MAD, 35; title: THE BAKER'S REPLY TO THE NEEDLE PEDDLER, 35; title: THE GERMAN BY MOONLIGHT, (Poem,) 39; title: HOW LONG TO STARVE, 40; title: A CURIOUS MEDICAL EXPERIMENT 42; title: THE PUBLIC TO MARK TWAIN— HIS REPLY, 44; title: HISTORICAL SKETCH, -47; title: THE FUR TRADE— ITS RISE AND PROGRESS 52; title: MATCH BOXES AND THEIR MAKERS, 56; title: WHAT IT COSTS TO ADVERTISE IN NEWSPAERS, 58; title: THE IDYL OF BATTLE HOLLOW, (Poem, Frank Bret Harte,) 59; title: THE OLD HOME, (Prentice Mulford,) 61; title: BABY FINGERS, (Poem,) 64; title: " GRAN'MA AL'AS DOES," (Poem,) 68; title: A SINGULAR CALCULATION, 68; title: PROVERBS, 71; title: MARK TWAIN IN NEW YORK, (Speech,) ; . . . 74; title: THE LETTER, (Poem,) - 76; title: AN INCIDENT OF THE FRONTIER, (Poem, Jacob Price,) 79; title: " HOW MOTHER DID IT," 84; title: THE LOCOMOTIVE, (Poem, Jacob Price,) 87; title: LOST TO SOCIETY— LOST, (Poem,) 88; title: THE GOAT, (Poem, Br. Haley, Sen.,) - - 92; title: MARK TWAIN'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD, (Mark Twain,) - 97; title: WHICH SHALL IT BE? (Poem,) 99; title: COURTIN' (Poem, J. X. Lowell,) 113; title: WITH THE PRINTERS, 118; title: LOVE SONG, (Poem, Alexander Smith,) 119; title: STARTLING ACCIDENT AT FANNY FERN'S, ^-121; title: WOMEN IN TAHITI— A CHEERFUL PICTURE, 125; title: SONG OF STEAM, (Poem, Jacob Price,) 129; title: A LECTURE ON RATTLESNAKES, 130; title: ONE FOREST FIRE, (Poem, Ethel Lynn,) 133; title: HOW MONKEYS ARE CAPTURED, 134; title: A MODEL LOVE LETTER— RAPTURES OF CUPID, 138; title: AUNT TABITHA, (Poem, Oliver Wendell Holmes,) 143; title: MRS. HELPER'S PRESCRIPTION 143; title: JOSH BILLINGS ON GONGS, 145; title: WHERE SHALL THE BABY'S DIMPLE BE? (Poem,) 150; title: CURIOSITIES OF LIFE, x .... 154; title: REMARKABLE EFFECT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT, 154; title: SAD TALE FROM SELMA, 155; title: MELTING MOMENTS, 156; title: A DICKENS OF A ROMANCE, 157; title: A BEAUTIFUL CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT, 158; title: TWO LITTLE ROGUES, (Poem, Mrs. A. M. Diaz,) 160; title: POSTAGE RATES IN THE UNITED STATES, 163; title: MONEY ORDERS, 164; title: TEMBLOR MUY TERRIBLE, (Poem, W. Frank Stewart,) ....... 165; title: SKITTER'S TRAP, (Titus A. Brick,) 166; title: THE WIDOW BEDOTT'S POETRY, (Frances M. Whitcher,) 170; title: PROVERBS, .... ■ .... 172; title: SIGNS AND OMENS, 179; title: CELEBRATED LINIMENT, 179; title: CHICKEN ON THE BRAIN, 179; title: A THRILLING RAILROAD ACCIDENT, (Jacob Price,) - 184; title: A SMILING MAN, (Poem, W. F. Stewart,) 185