The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain

the long version

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.