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The $30,000 bequest : and other stories

Book  - 1906
LHC FIC Twain
1 copy / 0 on hold

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Victoria Available

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Genre
Fiction.
  • Physical Description print
    522 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, 1906.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Verso of t.p.: Published September, 1906.
Formatted Contents Note: The $30,000 bequest -- 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.

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