Sketches Old and New (Fully Illustrated)
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Sketches New and Old is a group of fictional stories by Mark Twain. It was published in
CONTENTS
1875. It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others.
SKETCHES NEW AND OLD
PREFACE.
MY WATCH-AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE [Written about 1870.]
POLITICAL ECONOMY
THE JUMPING FROG [written about 1865]
JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE [written about 1871]
STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY [written about 1865]
STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY [Written about 1865]
TWO POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE [written about 1865]
A VISIT TO NIAGARA [written about 1871]
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS [written about 1865]
TO RAISE POULTRY Written about 1870.]
THE EXPERIENCES OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP
MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE [written about 1865]
HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARK [written about 1869]
THE OFFICE BORE [written about 1869]
JOHNNY GREER
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT [written about 1867]
THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER, DECEASED
DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY
THE JUDGE’S “SPIRITED WOMAN”
INFORMATION WANTED
SOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS
SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS
SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP [written about 1867]
A FASHION ITEM [written about 1867]
RILEY-NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
A FINE OLD MAN
SCIENCE V.S. LUCK [written about 1867]
THE KILLING OF JULIUS CæSAR “LOCALIZED » [Written about 1865.]
THE WIDOW’S PROTEST
AN ITEM WHICH THE EDITOR HIMSELF COULD NOT UNDERSTAND [written about 1865]
A MEDIÆVAL ROMANCE [written about 1868]
PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT
AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
LIONIZING MURDERERS
A NEW CRIME
A CURIOUS DREAM [Written about 1870.]
A TRUE STORY WORD FOR WORD AS I HEARD IT-[Written about 1875]
PERSONNAL HABITS OF THE SIAMESE TWINS [Written about 1868.]
SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET AT LONDON [Written about 1872.]
A GHOST STORY
LEGEND OF THE CAPITOLINE VENUS
SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE
JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK
HOW I ONCE EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER [Written about 1870.]
THE PETRIFIED MAN
MY BLOODY MASSACRE
THE UNDERTAKER’S CHAT
CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS
AURELIA’S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN [Written about 1865.]
“AFTER” JENKINS
ABOUT BARBERS
“PARTY CRIES” IN IRELAND
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION [Written about 1867]
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
HONORED AS A CURIOSITY
THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN [written about 1870]
THE « BLIND LETTER » DEPARTMENT, LONDON P. O.
FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD [Written about 1870.]
CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS [Written about 1867.]
THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST [Written about 1866.]
CURING A COLD [Written about 1864]
A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR [Written about 1870.]
A MYSTERIOUS VISIT
