This grand collection of Mark Twain's short stories contains his famous humorous tales, children's stories, satires, and other sketches written in his recognizable witty style:The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other SketchesThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountyAurelia's Unfortunate Young ManA Complaint about Correspondents, Dated in San FranciscoAnswers to CorrespondentsAmong the FeniansThe Story of the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to GriefCuring a ColdAn Inquiry about InsurancesLiterature in the Dry Diggings'After' JenkinsLucretia Smith's SoldierThe Killing of Julius Caesar 'Localized'An Item which the Editor Himself could not UnderstandAmong the SpiritsBrief Biographical Sketch of George WashingtonA Touching Story of George Washington's BoyhoodA Page from a Californian AlmanacInformation for the MillionThe Launch of the Steamer CapitalOrigin of Illustrious MenAdvice for Good Little GirlsConcerning ChambermaidsRemarkable Instances of Presence of MindHonored as a Curiosity in HonoluluThe Steed 'Oahu'A Strange DreamShort and Singular RationsMark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography and First RomanceBurlesque AutobiographyAwful, Terrible Medieval RomanceMerry TalesThe Private History of a Campaign That FailedThe Invalid's StoryLuckThe Captain's StoryA Curious ExperienceMrs. Mc Williams and the LightningMeisterschaftThe £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New StoriesThe Million Pound Bank NoteMental TelegraphyThe Enemy ConqueredAbout all Kinds of ShipsPlaying CourierThe German ChicagoA Petition to the Queen of EnglandA Majestic Literary FossilSketches New and OldThe $30,000 Bequest and Other StoriesThe Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical SketchesAlonzo Fitz, and Other StoriesMark Twain's Library of HumorOther StoriesBiographySamuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.