Sketches New and Old eBook

Mark Twain

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
PREFACE	1
SKETCHES NEW AND OLD	1
AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE	1
POLITICAL ECONOMY	3
THE JUMPING FROG	13
THE FROG JUMPING OF THE COUNTY OF CALAVERAS	17
TO RAISE POULTRY	43
EXPERIENCE OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP	45
MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE	50
JOHNNY GREER	54
THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER	59
DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY	64
THE JUDGE’S “SPIRITED WOMAN”	66
INFORMATION WANTED	67
SOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS	69
PART FIRST	69
END OF PART FIRST	76
PART SECOND	76
END OF PART SECOND	81
PART THIRD	81
RILEY-NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT	88
A FINE OLD MAN	91
A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE	98
CHAPTER I	98
CHAPTER II.	99
CHAPTER III.	100
CHAPTER IV	101
CHAPTER V.	101
PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT	103
A PARAGRAPH NOT ADDED TO THE PETITION	103
AFTER-DINNER SPEECH	103
LIONIZING MURDERERS	105
A NEW CRIME	108
A CURIOUS DREAM	111
A TRUE STORY	118
A GHOST STORY	126
THE CAPITOLINE VENUS	131
CHAPTER I	131
CHAPTER II	131
CHAPTER III	131
CHAPTER IV	132
CHAPTER V	133
CHAPTER VI	134
THE END	134
SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE	135
JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK	136
THE PETRIFIED MAN	141
MY BLOODY MASSACRE	143
THE UNDERTAKER’S CHAT	145
CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS	146
“AFTER” JENKINS	150
ABOUT BARBERS	150
“PARTY CRIES” IN IRELAND	153
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION	154
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF	159
HONORED AS A CURIOSITY	160
THE WIDOW’S PROTEST	173
A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION	178
ADVERTISEMENT	178
A MYSTERIOUS VISIT	185

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