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The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain, Charles Neider

American Humorous storiesSocial life and customsUnited States in fictionComedy sketchesFictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Fiction, short stories (single author)Anxiety

Curing a cold -- Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- Information for the million -- The killing of Julius Caesar "localized" -- Lucretia Smith's soldier -- A touching story of George Washington's boyhood -- Advice to little girls -- "After" Jenkins -- Answers to correspondents -- Mr. Bloke's item -- A page from a Californian almanac -- The scriptural panoramist -- Among the spirits -- Brief biographical sketch of George Washington -- A complaint about correspondents -- Concerning chambermaids -- Honored as a curiosity -- An inquiry about insurances -- Literature in the dry diggings -- Origin of illustrious men -- The facts concerning the recent resignation -- General Washington's Negro body-servant -- Information wanted -- My late senatorial secretaryship -- An ancient playbill - Back from "Yurrup" -- The Benton House -- A fine old man -- Guying the guides -- Mental photographs -- Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's farm -- The Turkish bath -- The case of George Fisher -- An entertaining article History repeats itself -- John Chinaman in New York -- The judge's "spirited woman" -- The late Benjamin Franklin -- Map of Paris -- My bloody massacre -- A mysterious visit -- Note on "The petrified

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