This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1875. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the original English, followed by a French translation (read here by Caroline Mittler) which Twain re-translated into English, showing how the French translation of his work was "badly flawed." In many of these sketches, Twain shows his talent for outrageous and hilarious inventiveness, often in reaction to current events. (Summary by John Greenman)
Chapters
1 01 Chapter 1 Preface & My Watch 8 min 2 Chapter 2 Political Economy 15 min 3 Chapter 3 The Jumping Frog 43 min 4 Chapter 4 Journalism In Tennessee 14 min 5 Chapter 5 The Story of the Bad Little Boy 8 min 6 Chapter 6 The Story of the Good Little Boy 11 min 7 Chapter 7 A Couple of Poems by Twain and Moore 2 min 8 Chapter 8 Niagra 16 min 9 Chapter 9 Answers to Correspondents 22 min 10 Chapter 10 To Raise Poultry 6 min 11 Chapter 11 Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup 14 min 12 Chapter 12 My First Literary Venture 5 min 13 Chapter 13 How the Author was Sold in Newark 4 min 14 Chapter 14 The Office Bore 5 min 15 Chapter 15 Johnny Greer 2 min 16 Chapter 16 The Facts in the Case of the Great Beef Contract 15 min 17 Chapter 17 The Case of George Fisher 18 min 18 Chapter 18 Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy 9 min 19 Chapter 19 The Judge's "Spirited Woman" 4 min 20 Chapter 20 Information Wanted 5 min 21 Chapter 21 Some Learned Fables, for Good Old Boys an Girls -Part First 24 min 22 Chapter 22 Some Learned Fables, for Good Old Boys an Girls -Part Second 16 min 23 Chapter 23 Some Learned Fables, for Good Old Boys an Girls -Part Third 10 min 24 Chapter 22 My Late Senatorial Secretaryship 12 min 25 Chapter 25 A Fashion Item 2 min 26 Chapter 26 Riley-Newspaper Correspondent 9 min 27 Chapter 27 A Fine Old Man 1 min 28 Chapter 28 Science vs. Luck 6 min 29 Chapter 29 The Late Benjamin Franklin 7 min 30 Chapter 30 Mr. Bloke's Item 8 min 31 Chapter 31 A Medieval Romance 18 min 32 Chapter 32 Petition Concerning Copyright 2 min 33 Chapter 33 After-Dinner Speech 6 min 34 Chapter 34 Lionizing Murderers 11 min 35 Chapter 35 A New Crime 10 min 36 Chapter 36 A Curious Dream 23 min 37 Chapter 37 A True Story 12 min 38 Chapter 38 The Siamese Twins 10 min 39 Chapter 39 Speech at the Scottish Banquet in London 8 min 40 Chapter 40 A Ghost Story 16 min 41 Chapter 41 The Capitoline Venus 12 min 42 Chapter 42 Speech on Accident Insurance 4 min 43 Chapter 43 John Chinaman in New York 4 min 44 Chapter 44 How I Edited an Agricultural Paper 13 min 45 Chapter 45 The Petrified man 7 min 46 Chapter 46 My Bloody Masacre 7 min 47 Chapter 47 The Undertaker's Chat 6 min 48 Chapter 48 Concerning Chambermaids 5 min 49 Chapter 49 Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man 7 min 50 Chapter 50 "After" Jenkins 2 min 51 About Barbers 9 min 52 "Party Cries" in Ireland 3 min 53 The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation 16 min 54 History Repeats Itself 3 min 55 Honored as a Curiousity 3 min 56 First Interview With Artemus Ward 8 min 57 Cannibalism In The Cars 21 min 58 The Killing of Julius Caesar "Localized" 12 min 59 The Widow's Protest 2 min 60 The Scriptural Panoramist 6 min 61 Curing a Cold 11 min 62 A Curious Pleasure Excursion 11 min 63 Running for Governor 12 min 64 A Mysterious Visit 12 min
