The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain

Jim Smiley and his jumping frog —

The story of the bad little boy who didn't come to grief —

Cannibalism in the cars —

Journalism in Tennessee —

The story of the good little boy who did not prosper —

How I edited an agricultural paper once —

Political ecoonomy —

A true story, repeated word for word as I heard it —

The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut —

Punch, brothers, punch! —

Jim Baker's blue-jay yarn —

The stolen white elephant —

The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm —

The private history of a campaign that failed —

Extracts from Adam's diary —

The man that corrupted Hadleyburg —

The $30,000 bequest —

Eve's diary —

Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven —

Letter from the recording angel —

The great dark —

The second advent ; Appendix War times —

Private history of the "Jumping Frog" story —

How to tell a story.