The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories eBook

Mark Twain

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG	1
MY FIRST LIE, AND HOW I GOT OUT OF IT	35
THE ESQUIMAUX MAIDEN’S ROMANCE	41
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND THE BOOK OF MRS. EDDY	52
I	52
II	53
III	59
IV	62
V	64
VI	65
VII	70
VIII	75
IX	80
IS HE LIVING OR IS HE DEAD?	81
MY DEBUT AS A LITERARY PERSON	87
HENRY FERGUSON’S DIARY TO DATE, GIVEN IN FULL:	94
AT THE APPETITE-CURE	108
II	112
CONCERNING THE JEWS	116
Postscript—THE JEW AS SOLDIER	128
FROM THE ‘LONDON TIMES’ OF 1904	130
II	135
III	135
ABOUT PLAY-ACTING	137
I	137
II	141
TRAVELLING WITH A REFORMER	143
DIPLOMATIC PAY AND CLOTHES	153
LUCK	160
THE CAPTAIN’S STORY	163
STIRRING TIMES IN AUSTRIA	167
II. A MEMORABLE SITTING.	172
III.—CURIOUS PARLIAMENTARY ETIQUETTE.	180
IV.—THE HISTORIC CLIMAX	187
PRIVATE HISTORY OF THE ‘JUMPING FROG’ STORY	191
THE ATHENIAN AND THE FROG.[1]	192
THE FROG JUMPING OF THE COUNTY OF CALAVERAS	195
MY MILITARY CAMPAIGN	198
MEISTERSCHAFT	213
DRAMATIS PERSONAE:	213
ACT I. SCENE I.	213
ACT II. SCENE I.	218
ACT III.	224
MY BOYHOOD DREAMS	229
TO THE ABOVE OLD PEOPLE	232
EDITORIAL NOTE	233
IN MEMORIAM	234
DIED AUGUST 18, 1896; AGED 24	234

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