Sketches: New and Old Book

CONTENTS

MY WATCH - AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE

POLITICAL ECONOMY

THE JUMPING FROG

JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE

STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY

STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY

TWO POEMS - BY TWAIN AND MOORE

A VISIT TO NIAGARA

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

TO RAISE POULTRY

THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MCWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP

MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE

HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARK

THE OFFICE BORE

JOHNNY GREER

THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT

THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER, DECEASED

DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY

THE JUDGE'S "SPIRITED WOMAN"

INFORMATION WANTED

SOME FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS:

PART FIRST

PART SECOND

PART THIRD

MY LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP

A FASHION ITEM

RILEY - NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT

A FINE OLD MAN

SCIENCE VS. LUCK

THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

MR. BLOKE'S ITEM

A MEDI VAL ROMANCE

PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT

AFTER-DINNER SPEECH

LIONIZING MURDERERS

A NEW CRIME

A CURIOUS DREAM

A TRUE STORY JUST AS I HEARD IT

PERSONAL HABITS OF THE SIAMESE TWINS

SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET AT LONDON

A GHOST STORY

LEGEND OF THE CAPITOLINE VENUS

SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE

JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK

HOW I ONCE EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER

THE PETRIFIED MAN

MY BLOODY MASSACRE

THE UNDERTAKER'S CHAT

CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS

AURELIA'S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN

"AFTER" JENKINS

ABOUT BARBERS

"PARTY CRIES" IN IRELAND

THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

HONORED AS A CURIOSITY

FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD

CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS

THE KILLING OF JULIUS C SAR LOCALIZED

THE WIDOW'S PROTEST

THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST

CURING A COLD

A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION

RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR

A MYSTERIOUS VISIT