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Letters from the earth / [by] Mark Twain [pseudonym] ; edited by Bernard De Voto ; with a pref. by Henry Nash Smith.

Summary:

Sketches and pieces from Twain's lesser known works.

Record details

  • Physical Description: ix, 303 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: [First edition].
  • Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, [1962]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
"Bibliographical note": p. 303.
Formatted Contents Note:
Letters From the Earth -- Papers of the Adam Family -- extract from Methuselah's Diary -- a later extract from Methuselah's Diary -- extract from Eve's Autobiography -- Passage from Eve's Autobiography -- The World in the Year 920 After Creation -- Two Fragments from a Suppressed Book Called Glances at History or Outlines of History -- extract from Shem's Diary of 920 A.C. -- Letter to the Earth -- A Cat-Tale -- Cooper's Prose Style -- Official Report to the I.I.A.S. -- The Gorky Incident -- Simplified Spelling -- Something About Repetance -- The Albert Memorial ; excerpt from An English Notebook -- Old Saint Paul's ; excerpt from An English Notebook -- The British Museum / Mark Twain ; excerpt from An English Notebook -- excerpt from The Manuscript of A Tramp Abroad: The French and the Comanches -- At the Funeral ; excerpt from An Unfinished Burlesque of Books on Etiquette -- At a Fire ; excerpt from An Unfinished Burlesque of Books on Etiquette -- Visiting Cards ; excerpt from An Unfinished Burlesque of Books on Etiquette -- The Damned Human Race -- Was the World Made for Man? -- In the Animals' Court -- Zola's La Terre -- The Intelligence of God -- The Lowest Animal -- The Great Dark --

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Oregon Trail Library District.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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