Mark Twain's Library of HumorRandom House Publishing Group, 30 мая 2000 г. - Всего страниц: 608 Beginning with the piece that made Mark Twain famous--"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"--and ending with his fanciful "How I Edited an Agricultural Paper," this treasure trove of an anthology, an abridgment of the 1888 original, collects twenty of Twain's own pieces, in addition to tall tales, fables, and satires by forty-three of Twain's contemporaries, including Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, William Dean Howells, Joel Chandler Harris, Artemus Ward, and Bret Harte. |
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Warm Hair Mark Twain | 10 |
The Villager and the Snake George Thomas Lanigan | 16 |
The Legend of Mimir Robert Jones Burdette | 27 |
Carries Comedy William Livingstone Alden | 44 |
FirstClass Snake Stories | 55 |
Abelard and Heloise Mark Twain | 62 |
A Genuine Mexican Plug Mark Twain | 74 |
The Simple Story of G Washington Robert J Burdette | 82 |
A Victim of Hospitality Rev F W Shelton | 301 |
The Peterkins Decide to Learn the Languages | 307 |
A Fatal Thirst Bill Nye | 314 |
The Mackrel Josh Billings | 325 |
A Visit to the Asylum for Aged and Decayed Punsters | 333 |
Minnesota Wheat | 339 |
An Italians View of a New England Winter | 347 |
Custom House Morals W D Howells | 350 |
Tis Only My Husband Joseph C Neal | 89 |
A Days Work Mark Twain | 99 |
Trying to Understand a Woman W D Howells | 105 |
Woman Josh Billings | 112 |
Dick Bakers Cat Mark Twain | 118 |
A Restless Night Mark Twain | 124 |
The Ostrich and the Hen Geo T Lanigan | 144 |
Illustrated Newspapers John Phoenix | 155 |
Jack Downing in Portland Seba Smith | 163 |
The Dog and the Bees Ambrose Bierce | 171 |
The Expensive Treat of Col Moses | 178 |
One of Mr Wards Business Letters Artemus Ward | 193 |
The Vacation of Mustapha R J Burdette | 201 |
Darius Green and His Flying Machine | 211 |
Plumbers Charles Dudley Warner | 218 |
The Hodjas Donkey on His Veracity S S Cox | 244 |
The Belle of Vallejo W L Alden | 254 |
Fourth of July Oration Artemus Ward | 264 |
Wrecked in Port R J Burdette | 275 |
The Ant and the Grain of Corn Ambrose Bierce | 287 |
A Jersey Centenarian Bret Harte | 293 |
Oon Criteek de Bernhardt Eugene Field | 362 |
Little Charles and the Fruit | 378 |
She Had to Take Her Things Along Robert J Burdette | 385 |
The Old Settler Edward Harold Mott | 394 |
The TypeWriter Robert J Burdette | 400 |
In Siss Interest | 406 |
Uncle Joshua Downing in Boston Seba Smith | 423 |
The Centipede and the Barbaric Yak G T Lanigan | 432 |
The Camel and the Zebra Ambrose Bierce | 450 |
Artemus Ward and the Prince of Wales Artemus Ward | 459 |
Their First Quarrel W D Howells | 466 |
Found Josh Billings | 482 |
Interview with President Lincoln Artemus Ward | 497 |
The Grasshopper and the Ant G T Lanigan | 509 |
The Shopper R J Burdette | 515 |
Pie Charles Dudley Warner | 527 |
SewingMachineFeline Attachment John Phoenix | 538 |
Ants Etc Josh Billings | 544 |
Edited an Agricultural Paper Mark Twain | 555 |
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