Sketches Old and New (Fully Illustrated)

Download or read book Sketches Old and New (Fully Illustrated) written by Mark Twain and published by LCI. This book was released on with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -With 120 original Illustrations. -Table of contents to every chapters in the book. -Complete and formatted to improve your reading experience Sketches New and Old is a group of fictional stories by Mark Twain. It was published in CONTENTS 1875. It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others. SKETCHES NEW AND OLD PREFACE. MY WATCH-AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE [Written about 1870.] POLITICAL ECONOMY THE JUMPING FROG [written about 1865] JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE [written about 1871] STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY [written about 1865] STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY [Written about 1865] TWO POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE [written about 1865] A VISIT TO NIAGARA [written about 1871] ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS [written about 1865] TO RAISE POULTRY Written about 1870.] THE EXPERIENCES OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE [written about 1865] HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARK [written about 1869] THE OFFICE BORE [written about 1869] JOHNNY GREER THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT [written about 1867] THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER, DECEASED DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY THE JUDGE’S “SPIRITED WOMAN” INFORMATION WANTED SOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS THE FACTS CONCERNING THE LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP [written about 1867] A FASHION ITEM [written about 1867] RILEY-NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT A FINE OLD MAN SCIENCE V.S. LUCK [written about 1867] THE KILLING OF JULIUS CæSAR “LOCALIZED » [Written about 1865.] THE WIDOW’S PROTEST AN ITEM WHICH THE EDITOR HIMSELF COULD NOT UNDERSTAND [written about 1865] A MEDIÆVAL ROMANCE [written about 1868] PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT AFTER-DINNER SPEECH LIONIZING MURDERERS A NEW CRIME A CURIOUS DREAM [Written about 1870.] A TRUE STORY WORD FOR WORD AS I HEARD IT-[Written about 1875] PERSONNAL HABITS OF THE SIAMESE TWINS [Written about 1868.] SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET AT LONDON [Written about 1872.] A GHOST STORY LEGEND OF THE CAPITOLINE VENUS SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK HOW I ONCE EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER [Written about 1870.] THE PETRIFIED MAN MY BLOODY MASSACRE THE UNDERTAKER’S CHAT CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS AURELIA’S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN [Written about 1865.] “AFTER” JENKINS ABOUT BARBERS “PARTY CRIES” IN IRELAND THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION [Written about 1867] HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF HONORED AS A CURIOSITY THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN [written about 1870] THE « BLIND LETTER » DEPARTMENT, LONDON P. O. FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD [Written about 1870.] CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS [Written about 1867.] THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST [Written about 1866.] CURING A COLD [Written about 1864] A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR [Written about 1870.] A MYSTERIOUS VISIT