''Merry Tales'' is a short volume with sketches by
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
, published by
Charles L. Webster and Company
thumb , right , Samuel Clemens founded ''Charles L. Webster and Company'' in 1884. The firm closed in 1894 after Clemens declared bankruptcy.Photo: Sarony ''1895''
Charles L. Webster and Company was an American subscription publishing firm found ...
in March 1892.
[Rasmussen, R. Kent. ''Critical Companion to Mark Twain: A Literary Reference to his Life and Work''. New York, NY: Facts On File, Inc., 2007: 339. ]
Contents
*"The Private History of a Campaign That Failed"
*"The Invalid's Story"
*"Luck"
*"The Captain's Story"
*"A Curious Experience"
*"Mrs. Mc Williams and the Lightning"
*"Meisterschaft"
The contents of ''Merry Tales'', except "The Captain's Story", were reprinted as a section titled "Merry Tales" in ''The American Claimant and Other Stories and Sketches''.
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References
External links
Facsimile
of first edition at OpenLibrary, also available for download in many ebook formats
Short story collections by Mark Twain
1892 short story collections
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