" ... gathers together nearly 50 of [the author's] greatest tales, revealing his extraordinary versatility: humorous and satirical pieces, parodies, shaggy-dog stories and darker, more suspenseful tales."--Description from publisher's website.

Shrink wrapped housed in slipcase - 3 volumes complete pictorial yellow cloth.

Volume I. The notorious jumping frog of Calaveras County (1865) ; The story of the bad little boy (1865) ; Canabalism in the cars (1868) ; a day at Niagara (1869) ; Legend of the Capitoline Venus (1869) ; Journalism in Tennessee (1869) ; A curious dream (1870) ; The facts in the great beef contract (1870) ; How I edited an agricultural paper (1870) ; A medieval romance (1870) ; Political economy (1870) ; Science vs luck (1870) ; The story of the good little boy (1870) ; The undertaker's chat (1870) ; A true story (1874) ; Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup (1875) ; Some learned fables for good old boys and girls (1875) ; The canvasser's tale (1876) ; The loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton (1878) ; Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale (1880) ; Mrs McWilliams and the lightning (1880) ; A curious experience (1881) ; The invalid's story (1882) ; The McWilliamses and the burgulr alarm (1882) ; The stolen white elephant (1882) ; A ghost story (1888) ; Luck (1891) ; Playing courier (1891).

Volume II. The Californian's tale (1893) ; The diary of Adam and Eve (1893, 1905) ; The Esquimau maiden's romance (1893) ; Is he living or is he dead? (1893) ; The £1,000,000 bank-note (1893) ; The man that corrupted Hadleyburg (1899) ; The death disk (1901) ; Two little tales (1901) ; The belated Russian passport (1902) ; A double-barreled detective story (1902) ; The five boons of life (1902) -- Volume III. Was it heaven? or hell? (1902) ; A dog's tale (1903) ; The $30,000 bequest (1904) ; A horse's tale (1906) ; Hunting the deceitful turkey (1906) ; Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven (1907) ; A fable (1909) ; The mysterious stranger (1916).

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