Sketches New and Old
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First edition
Sketches New and Old is a group of fictional stories—except for "The Case of George Fisher"—by Mark Twain. It was published in 1875. It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others.
Contents
- "Preface"
- "My Watch"
- "Political Economy"
- "The Jumping Frog"
- "Journalism in Tennessee"
- "The Story of the Bad Little Boy"
- "The Story of the Good Little Boy"
- "A Couple of Poems by Twain and Moore"
- "Niagara"
- "Answers to Correspondents"
- "To Raise Poultry"
- "Experience 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 Case of George Fisher"
- "Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy"
- "The Judges 'Spirited Woman'"
- "Information Wanted"
- "Some Learned Fables, for Good Old Boys and Girls"
- "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 Medieval Romance"
- "Petition Concerning Copyright"
- "After-Dinner Speech"
- "Lionizing Murderers"
- "A New Crime"
- "A Curious Dream"
- "A True Story"
- "The Siamese Twins"
- "Speech at the Scottish Banquet in London"
- "A Ghost Story"
- "The Capitoline Venus"
- "Speech on Accident Insurance"
- "John Chinaman in New York"
- "How I 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 Caesar 'Localized'"
- "The Widow's Protest"
- "The Scriptual Panoramist"
- "Curing a Cold"
- "A Curious Pleasure Excursion"
- "Running for Governor"
- "A Mysterious Visit"
External links
- Sketches New and Old at Project Gutenberg
-
Sketches New and Old public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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