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Sketches New and Old

By Mark Twain
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Sketches New and Old is a group of fictional stories -- except for "The Case of George Fisher" -- by Mark Twain. It was published in 1875. It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others.

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  • SKETCHES NEW AND OLD
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  • SKETCHES NEW AND OLD
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  • SKETCHES NEW AND OLD
    • Part 1.
    • MY WATCH
      • AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE—[Written about 1870.]
    • POLITICAL ECONOMY
    • THE JUMPING FROG
      • [written about 1865]
      • IN ENGLISH. THEN IN FRENCH. THEN CLAWED BACK INTO A CIVILIZED LANGUAGE ONCE MORE BY PATIENT, UNREMUNERATED TOIL.
      • THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY [Pronounced Cal-e-va-ras]
      • THE JUMPING FROG
    • JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE
      • [written about 1871]
      • SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
      • SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
    • THE STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY
      • [written about 1865]
    • THE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY
      • [Written about 1865]
    • A COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE
      • [written about 1865]
      • THOSE EVENING BELLS
      • THOSE ANNUAL BILLS
    • NIAGARA
      • [written about 1871]
    • ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
      • [written about 1865]
    • TO RAISE POULTRY
      • [Being a letter written to a Poultry Society that had conferred a complimentary membership upon the author. Written about 1870.]
    • EXPERIENCE OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP
      • [As related to the author of this book by Mr. McWilliams, a pleasant New York gentleman whom the said author met by chance on a journey.]
    • 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 UNITED STATES
    • THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER
      • The United States in account with the legal representatives 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 IN THREE PARTS
      • PART FIRST HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD SENT OUT A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION
      • SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS PART SECOND HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD COMPLETED THEIR SCIENTIFIC LABORS
      • SOME LEARNED FABLES FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS
      • PART THIRD
    • MY 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 LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
      • [written about 1870]
    • MR. BLOKE'S ITEM
      • [written about 1865]
    • A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE [written about 1868]
      • CHAPTER I. THE SECRET REVEALED.
      • CHAPTER II. FESTIVITY AND TEARS
      • CHAPTER III. THE PLOT THICKENS
      • CHAPTER IV. THE AWFUL REVELATION
      • CHAPTER V. THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE
    • PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT
      • TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
      • A PARAGRAPH NOT ADDED TO THE PETITION
    • AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
      • [AT A FOURTH OF JULY GATHERING, IN LONDON, OF AMERICANS]
    • LIONIZING MURDERERS
    • A NEW CRIME
      • LEGISLATION NEEDED
    • A CURIOUS DREAM [Written about 1870.]
      • CONTAINING A MORAL
      • 'GONE TO HIS JUST REWARD'
    • A TRUE STORY
      • REPEATED WORD FOR WORD AS I HEARD IT—[Written about 1876]
    • THE SIAMESE TWINS
      • [Written about 1868.]
    • SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET IN LONDON
      • [Written about 1872.]
    • A GHOST STORY
    • THE CAPITOLINE VENUS
      • CHAPTER I.
      • CHAPTER II.
      • CHAPTER III.
      • CHAPTER IV.
      • CHAPTER V.
      • CHAPTER VI.
    • SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE
      • DELIVERED IN HARTFORD, AT A DINNER TO CORNELIUS WALFORD, OF LONDON
    • JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK
    • HOW I 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]
      • WASHINGTON, December, 1867.
    • HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
    • HONORED AS A CURIOSITY
    • FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD
      • [Written about 1870.]
    • CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS
      • [Written about 1867.]
      • THE STRANGER'S NARRATIVE
    • THE KILLING OF JULIUS CAESAR "LOCALIZED"
      • [Written about 1865.]
    • THE WIDOW'S PROTEST
    • THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST
      • [Written about 1866.]
    • CURING A COLD
      • [Written about 1864]
    • A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION
      • [Published at the time of the "Comet Scare" in the summer of 1874]
      • ADVERTISEMENT
      • DEPARTURE OF THE COMET
      • THE POSTAL SERVICE
      • THE INHABITANTS OF STARS
      • A GREAT FORCE OF MISSIONARIES,
      • THE DOG STAR
      • A STUPENDOUS VOYAGE
      • FIRST-CLASS FARE
      • OLD RAMSHACKLE COMETS
      • WE CARRY BULLETIN-BOARDS
      • FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS,
    • RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
      • [Written about 1870.]
    • A MYSTERIOUS VISIT
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