02342cam a2200193   4500001000500000005001700005008003900022010001600061020002000077100002900097240001800126245009500144260004400239300003500283505170300318650003202021651006702053700002802120242720181127165123.0841023s1985    nyua          000 1 eng  a   84024720  a0553211951450c1 aTwain, Mark,d1835-1910.10aShort stories14aThe complete short stories of Mark Twain /cedited with an introduction by Charles Neider.  aGarden City, N.Y. :bDoubleday,cc1985.  axxii, 679 p. :bill. ;c22 cm.  aCONTENTS:  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. grt 0aHumorous stories, American. 0aUnited StatesxSocial life and customsy19th centuryxFiction.1 aNeider, Charles,d1915-