The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is an 1906
comic short story collection by American humorist and writer
Mark Twain
.
A DOG’S TALE
WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?
THE CALIFORNIAN’S TALE
A HELPLESS SITUATION
A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION
EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE . . .
SAINT JOAN OF ARC
THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES
ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER
ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR
A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT . .
WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE “TWO-YEAR-OLDS”
AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE
A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
AMENDED OBITUARIES
A MONUMENT TO ADAM
A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN
INTRODUCTION TO “THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH”
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS
POST-MORTEM POETRY
A DECEPTION
THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED
PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III
DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?
EVE’S DIARY
THE INVALID’S STORY
THE CAPTAIN’S STORY
MARK TWAIN: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
IN MEMORIAM
THE BELATED RUSSIAN PASSPORT
TWO LITTLE TALES
_
DIPLOMATIC PAY AND CLOTHES
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM S DIARY
THE DEATH DISK
A DOUBLE-BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY
1906 in literature
The year 1906 in literature involved some significant new books.-Events:* December 24 - Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio program, a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech, broadcasts....
comic short story collection by American humorist and writer
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
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Contents
THE $30,000 BEQUESTA DOG’S TALE
WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?
THE CALIFORNIAN’S TALE
A HELPLESS SITUATION
A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION
EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE . . .
SAINT JOAN OF ARC
THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES
ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER
ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR
A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT . .
WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE “TWO-YEAR-OLDS”
AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE
A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
AMENDED OBITUARIES
A MONUMENT TO ADAM
A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN
INTRODUCTION TO “THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH”
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS
POST-MORTEM POETRY
A DECEPTION
THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED
PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III
DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?
EVE’S DIARY
THE INVALID’S STORY
THE CAPTAIN’S STORY
MARK TWAIN: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
IN MEMORIAM
THE BELATED RUSSIAN PASSPORT
TWO LITTLE TALES
_
DIPLOMATIC PAY AND CLOTHES
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM S DIARY
THE DEATH DISK
A DOUBLE-BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY