Sketches New and Old

First edition

Sketches New and Old is a group of fictional stories—except for "The Case of George Fisher"—by Mark Twain. It was published in 1875. It includes the short story "A Ghost Story", among others.

Contents

• "Preface"
• "My Watch"
• "Political Economy"
• "The Jumping Frog"
• "Journalism in Tennessee"
• "The Story of the Bad Little Boy"
• "The Story of the Good Little Boy"
• "A Couple of Poems by Twain and Moore"
• "Niagara"
• "Answers to Correspondents"
• "To Raise Poultry"
• "Experience of the McWilliamses with Membranous Croup"
• "My First Literary Venture"
• "How the Author Was Sold in Newark"
• "The Office Bore"
• "Johnny Greer"
• "The Facts in the Case of the Great Beef Contract"
• "The Case of George Fisher"
• "Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy"
• "The Judges 'Spirited Woman'"
• "Information Wanted"
• "Some Learned Fables, for Good Old Boys and Girls"
• "My Late Senatorial Secretaryship"
• "A Fashion Item"
• Riley-Newspaper Correspondent"
• "A Fine Old Man"
• "Science vs. Luck"
• "The Late Benjamin Franklin"
• "Mr. Bloke's Item"
• "A Medieval Romance"
• "Petition Concerning Copyright"
• "After-Dinner Speech"
• "Lionizing Murderers"
• "A New Crime"
• "A Curious Dream"
• "A True Story"
• "The Siamese Twins"
• "Speech at the Scottish Banquet in London"
• "A Ghost Story"
• "The Capitoline Venus"
• "Speech on Accident Insurance"
• "John Chinaman in New York"
• "How I Edited an Agricultural Paper"
• "The Petrified Man"
• "My Bloody Massacre"
• "The Undertaker's Chat"
• "Concerning Chambermaids"
• "Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man"
• "'After' Jenkins"
• "About Barbers"
• "'Party Cries' in Ireland"
• "The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation"
• "History Repeats Itself"
• "Honored as a Curiosity"
• "First Interview with Artemus Ward"
• "Cannibalism in the Cars"
• "The Killing of Julius Caesar 'Localized'"
• "The Widow's Protest"
• "The Scriptual Panoramist"
• "Curing a Cold"
• "A Curious Pleasure Excursion"
• "Running for Governor"
• "A Mysterious Visit"

External links

• Sketches New and Old at Project Gutenberg
• Sketches New and Old public domain audiobook at LibriVox