Merry Tales

Merry Tales

First edition
Author	Mark Twain
Language	English
Genre	Sketches
Publisher	Charles L. Webster
Publication date	1892 [1]
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	209

Merry Tales is a short volume with sketches by Mark Twain, published by Charles L. Webster and Company in March 1892. ^[2]

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. ^[2]

References

1. Facsimile of the original 1st edition.
2. 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. ISBN   978-0-8160-5398-8

External links

• Facsimile of first edition at OpenLibrary, also available for download in many ebook formats