Forty or more of Mark Twain’s funniest stories have been gathered into this volume. Some have appeared before in book form while other more recent ones have seen print only in magazines. The volume includes: A dog’s tale, The Californian’s tale, A telephone conversation, Italian with grammar, The danger of lying in bed, Eve’s diary, Extracts from Adam’s diary, and A double-barreled detective story. The frontispiece is a photograph of the author on his 70th birthday, and there are other illustrations.
Dial. 41: 287. N. 1, ’06. 30w. Nation. 83: 304. O. 11, ’06. 120w. N. Y. Times. 11: 670. O. 13, ’06. 230w. Outlook. 84: 533. O. 27, ’06. 60w.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain, pseud.). Women and things. †$1.50. Harper.
The second volume in Mark Twain’s “Library of humor.” There are some of Mark Twain’s own stories including the inimitable funny “Esquimau maiden’s romance.” There are stories by George Ade, John Kendrick Bangs, Josh Billings, Josiah Allen’s Wife, Widow Bedott, Bret Harte and others. The stories humorously show the graces, the foibles, the fancies and weaknesses of women.
Dial. 40: 334. My. 16, ’06. 50w. + Outlook. 83: 43. My. 3, ’06. 50w. + Putnam’s. 1: 128. O. ’06. 40w. + World To-Day. 11: 766. Jl. ’06. 70w.
Clement, Ernest Wilson. Christianity in modern Japan. **$1. Am. Bapt.
“Clear, compact, and well arranged.”
+ Am. J. Theol. 10: 190. Ja. ’06. 290w.