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Cambridge Sketches by Stearns, Frank Preston, 1846-1917

“…Appleton -- Doctor Holmes -- Frank Bird and the Bird Club -- Sumner -- Chevalier Howe -- The war governor -- The colored regiments -- Emerson's tribute to…”
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Sketches New and Old by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

“…My watch -- Political economy -- The jumping frog -- Journalism in Tennessee -- The story of the bad little boy -- The story of the good little boy -- A couple of poems by Twain and Moore -- Niagara -- Answers to correspondents -- To raise poultry -- Experience of the McWilliamses with membranous croup -- My first literary venture -- How the author was sold in Newark -- The office bore -- Johnny Greer -- The facts in the case of the great beef contract -- The case of George Fisher -- Disgraceful persecution of a boy -- The judge's "spirited woman" -- Information wanted -- Some learned fables for good old boys and girls -- My late senatorial secretaryship -- A fashion item -- Riley, Newspaper correspondent -- A fine old man -- Science vs. luck -- The late Benjamin Franklin -- Mr. …”
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