<DIV>Satirist, novelist, and keen observer of the American scene, Mark Twain remains one of the world's best-loved writers. This delightful collection of Twain?s favorite and most memorable writings includes selected tales and sketches such as <I>The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, How I Edited an Agricultural Journal Once, Jim Baker's Blue-Jay Yarn,</I> and <I>A True Story</I>. It also features excerpts from his novels and travel books (including <I>Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad</I>, and <I>Life on the Mississippi</I>, among others; autobiographical and polemical writings; as well as selected letters and speeches. The collection also reprints the complete text of <I>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</I>, including the often omitted <I>raftsmen</I> passage.<BR><BR></DIV>