Mark Twain's Library of HumorCharles L. Webster & Company, 1888 - 707 páginas "Now if there is any one class of their authors whom the American people do know rather better than any other, it is the American humorists, from Washington Irving to Bill Nye... We have tried to arrange our Library so as to include passages representative of every period and section." -The Associate Editors in the modern Introduction to Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1888) Mark Twain's Library of Humor (1875) is a collection of short humorous stories compiled by Mark Twain, including his own essays and those of other popular contemporary writers, such as Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ambrose Bierce, and many others. This jacketed hardcover replica of the 1888 edition of Mark Twain's Library of Humor, with the authentic illustrations by E. W. Kemble, is an entertaining and humorous book for book lovers and Mark Twain aficionados. |
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... feet of this superior article I fixed three artificial flies a simple brown hackle , a gray body with scarlet wings , and one of my own invention , which I thought would be new to the most experienced fly - catcher . The trout - fly ...
... feet of silk swished through the air , and the tail - fly fell as lightly on the water as a three - cent - piece ( which no slamming will give the weight of a ten ) drops upon the contribution - plate . Instantly there was a rush , a ...
... feet from the boat , and came directly at me with fiery eyes , his speckled sides flashing like a meteor . I dodged as he whisked by with a vicious slap of his bifurcated tail , and nearly upset the boat . The line was of course slack ...
... feet , he struck a tre- mendous pace through the water . It would be false modesty in a sportsman to say that I was not equal to the occasion . Instead of turning round with him , as he expected , I stepped to the bow , braced myself ...
... feet in length . turned it slightly . Old Byles gave a groan and lifted his right leg . Another turn ; another groan , and up went the leg again . " What do you raise your leg for ? " asked the doctor . " I can't help it , " said the ...
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