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My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am aPresbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nicedistinctions myself. To me they are only fine large words meaningnothing. My mother had a fondness for such; she liked to say them, andsee other dogs look surprised and envious, as wondering how she got somuch education. But, indeed, it was not real education; it was onlyshow she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was...

My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself. To me they are only fine large words meaning nothing. My mother had a fondness for such; she liked to say them, and see other dogs look surprised and envious, as wondering how she got so much education. But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there...

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A Dog's Tale' is a short story written by Mark Twain. It first appeared in the December 1903 issue of Harper's magazine. In January of the following year it was extracted into a stand-alone pamphlet published for the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Still later in 1904 it was expanded into a book published by Harper & Brothers. — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia MobileReference.com; January 2010 ISBN 9781607786078 Read online, or download in EPUB News Wiki Blogs Tweets...

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My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself. To me they are only fine large words meaning nothing. My mother had a fondness for such; she liked to say them, and see other dogs look surprised and envious, as wondering how she got so much education. But, indeed, it was not real education; it was only show: she got the words by listening in the dining-room and drawing-room when there was company...

36 pp, red cloth boards stamped w/black & white picture of a dog & puppy on the front, title page lettering in black, with letters enclosed in box of ornaments printed in orange brown, with whole inclosed in double rule box printed in black. Frontispiece on coated paper. Title page states 1905, verso states published September, 1904, next page is list of four illustrations. The four illustrations are printed in color on coated paper, and are tipped in. Johnson 1903 pg 78. Early reprint of the first...

It was Ernest Hemingway who said, “All modern American literature comes from one book called ‘Huckleberry Finn’ by Mark Twain.” Mark Twain was also a brilliant and prolific writer of short stories, using them to capture a dazzling variety of characters, landscapes and registers. This edition gathers together nearly 50 of the greatest tales from Mark Twain’s entire career, revealing his extraordinary versatility: humorous and satirical pieces, parodies, shaggy-dog stories and darker, more suspenseful...

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