TY - BOOK AU - Twain,Mark TI - The complete short stories of Mark Twain now collected for the first time SN - 038501502X AV - PZ3.C59 Cm U1 - 813.4 PY - 1957/// CY - Garden City, N.Y. PB - Hanover House KW - Humorous stories, American KW - United States KW - Social life and customs KW - Fiction N1 - Introduction -- The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The story of the bad little boy -- Cannibalism in the cars -- A day at Niagara -- Legend of the Capitoline Venus -- Journalism in Tennessee -- A curious dream -- The facts in the great beef contract -- How I edited an agricultural paper -- A medieval romance -- My watch -- Political economy -- Science vs. luck -- The story of the good little boy -- Buck Fanshaw's funeral -- The story of the old ram -- Tom Quartz -- A trial -- The trials of Simon Erickson -- A true story -- Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- Some learned fables for good old boys and girls -- The canvasser's tale -- The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton -- Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale -- The men who put up at Gadsby's -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- What stumped the bluejays -- A curious experience -- The invalid's story -- The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm -- The stolen white elephant -- A burning brand -- A dying man's confession -- The professor's yarn -- A ghost story -- Luck -- Playing courier -- The Californian's tale -- The diary of Adam and Eve -- The Esquimau maiden's; romance -- Is he living or is he dead? -- The $1,000,000 bank-note -- Cecil Rhodes and the shark -- The joke that made Ed's fortune -- A story without end -- The man that corrupted Hadleyburg -- The death disk -- Two little tales -- The belated Russian passport -- A double-barreled detective story -- Was it heaven? or hell? -- A dog's tale -- Hunting the deceitful turkey -- Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven -- A fable -- The mysterious stranger; Also issued online UR - http://www.archive.org/details/completeshortsto00twai UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL6220705M ER -