Produced by David Widger SKETCHES NEW AND OLD by Mark Twain Part 3. DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY In San Francisco, the other day, “A well-dressed boy, on his way to Sunday-school, was arrested and thrown into the city prison for stoning Chinamen.” What a commentary is this upon human justice! What sad prominence it
Sketches New and Old, Part 4 by Mark Twain
Produced by David Widger SKETCHES NEW AND OLD by Mark Twain Part 4. THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN– This party was one of those persons whom they call Philosophers. He was twins, being born simultaneously in two different houses in the city of Boston. These houses remain unto this day, and have signs upon them worded
Sketches New and Old, Part 5 by Mark Twain
Produced by David Widger SKETCHES NEW AND OLD by Mark Twain Part 5. THE SIAMESE TWINS– I do not wish to write of the personal habits of these strange creatures solely, but also of certain curious details of various kinds concerning them, which, belonging only to their private life, have never crept into print. Knowing
Sketches New and Old, Part 7 by Mark Twain
Produced by David Widger SKETCHES NEW AND OLD by Mark Twain Part 7. FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD– I had never seen him before. He brought letters of introduction from mutual friends in San Francisco, and by invitation I breakfasted with him. It was almost religion, there in the silver-mines, to precede such a meal
Sketches New and Old by Mark Twain
This etext was produced by David Widger SKETCHES NEW AND OLD by Mark Twain CONTENTS: PREFACE MY WATCH POLITICAL ECONOMY THE JUMPING FROG JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE THE STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY THE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY A COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE NIAGARA ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS TO RAISE POULTRY
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion by Mark Twain
This eBook was produced by David Widger Extensive proofing of this file was done by Trevor Carlson SOME RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION by Mark Twain All the journeyings I had ever done had been purely in the way of business. The pleasant May weather suggested a novelty namely, a trip for pure recreation,
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Produced by David Widger. Previous editions produced by Ron Burkey and Internet Wiretap HUCKLEBERRY FINN By Mark Twain NOTICE PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Miss Watson would say, “Don’t put your feet up there, Huckleberry;” and “Don’t scrunch up like that, Huckleberry–set up straight;” and pretty soon she would say, “Don’t gap and stretch like that, Huckleberry–why don’t you try to behave?”
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain
Produced by David Widger. The previous edition was update by Jose Menendez. THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) P R E F A C E MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain
P R E F A C E MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual–he is a combination of the characteristics
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. by Mark Twain
Produced by David Widger THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Part 2 CHAPTER IV THE sun rose upon a tranquil world, and beamed down upon the peaceful village like a benediction. Breakfast over, Aunt Polly had family worship: it began with a prayer built from the ground up of solid
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3. by Mark Twain
Produced by David Widger THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER BY MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) Part 3 CHAPTER VIII TOM dodged hither and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into a moody jog. He crossed a small “branch” two or three times, because of