Essays and Sketches of Mark Twain

Niagara —

Science vs. luck —

The late Benjamin Franklin —

The petrified man —

George Washington's Negro body-servant —

Lionizing murderers —

A new crime —

About barbers —

Running for governor —

A mysterious visit —

Curing a cold —

The bee —

A majestic literary fossil —

At the appetite cure —

My watch —

Mental telegraphy —

Mental telegraphy again —

Concerning tobacco —

Does the race of man love a Lord? A telephonic conversation —

Wit inspirations of the "Two-Year-Olds" —

Concerning the Jews —

Extracts from Adam's diary —

Eve's diary —

Taming the bicycle —

How to make history dates stick —

English as she is taught —

Italian without a master —

Italian with grammar —

The awful German language —

Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses —

William Dean Howells —

Is Shakespeare dead? —

A helpless situation —

The first writing-machines —

A cure for the blues —

A petition to the Queen of England —

Concerning chambermaids —

The portier —

Heidelberg castle —

The college prison —

The German Chicago —

At the shrine of St. Wagner —

About all kinds of ships —

The danger of lying in bed —

My boyhood dreams —

A burlesque biography —

The death of Jean.