TO MY DEAR FRIEND,
MARK TWAIN,
FATHER OF 'TOM SAWYER' AND
'HUCKLEBERRY FINN,'
THESE HUMAN BOYS,
WITH SINCEREST REGARD.

CONTENTS

  1. [PETERS, DETECTIVE]
  2. [THE DOCTOR'S PARROT]
  3. [THE BANKRUPTCY OF BANNISTER]
  4. [THE TIGER'S TAIL]
  5. [RICHMOND MINIMUS, PREACHER]
  6. [THE 'BOLSOVER' PRIZE]
  7. [THE CASE FOR FOWLE]
  8. ['CHERRY RIPE']
  9. [THE QWARRY]
  10. [RICHMOND AND THE MAJOR-GENERAL]
  11. [THE GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE]
  12. [TOMKINS ON 'TINNED COW']

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[HE CANED ME FOR INSOLENCE, COMBINED WITH IRREVERENCE] (see p. [66])

["WOULD YOU RATHER BE A GREATER FOOL THAN YOU LOOK, OR LOOK A GREATER FOOL THAN YOU ARE?"]

[MOST OF THE ACTUAL WORK WAS DONE BY MOONLIGHT]

["THE TOTAL LIABILITIES ARE EXACTLY TWO POUNDS," SAID GIDEON]

[FRECKLES OFTEN WENT TO LOOK AT IT IN THE DOCTOR'S STUDY]

["WE WENT OUT OF BOUNDS ON THE RAILWAY EMBANKMENT"]