This is another rare book published without Mr. Twain's permission. Two of the sketches, "ON CHILDREN" and "TRAIN UP A CHILD, AND HE GOES AWAY" are probably not written by Twain. Be that as it may, this volume has 33 sketches, most taken from THE GALAXY magazine. This is NOT a scan. It is a transcription that has carefully been edited to appear as close as possible to the original but in a digital format. The following is a list of the sketches contained within this book: Holiday Literature Baker’s Cat
The Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper Story of the Bad Little Boy The Sunday School Poor Human Nature Wit-Inspirations of the “Two-Year-Oldsâ€
Dan Murphy Soda-Water How I Edited an Agricultural Paper Enigma An Unburlesquable Thing The Late Benjamin Franklin The Undertaker's Story A General Reply An Entertaining Article “History Repeats Itself"
Running for Governor The Poor Editor My Watch-An Instructive Little Tale Favours from Correspondents A Sandwich Island Editor The Portrait Doggerel Mean People Answer to an Inquiry from the Coming Man The Danger of Lying in Bed Almost Incredible-True Story of Chicago A Travelling Show On Children Train up a Child, and He Goes Away About Barbers Vengeance