Volume 2

Editorial Introduction, Volume 2

  • Description: Editorial introduction from volume two of Mark Twain's Early Tales and Sketches

Parting Presentation

  • Description: San Francisco Alta California, 13 June 1864

“Mark Twain” in the Metropolis

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 17–23 June 1864 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in the San Francisco Golden Era)

The Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. Jones

  • Description: San Francisco Golden Era, 26 June 1864

Early Rising, As Regards Excursions to the Cliff House

  • Description: San Francisco Golden Era, 3 July 1864

Original Novelette

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 4 July 1864

What a Sky-Rocket Did

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 12 August 1864

[Sarrozay Letter from “the Unreliable”]

  • Description: Manuscript (previously unpublished), 16–22 August 1864

The New Chinese Temple

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 19 August 1864

The Chinese Temple

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 21 August 1864

The New Chinese Temple

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 23 August 1864

Supernatural Impudence

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 24 August 1864

Inexplicable News from San José

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 23 August 1864

How to Cure Him of It

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 27 August 1864

Due Warning

  • Description: San Francisco Morning Call, 18 September 1864

The Mysterious Chinaman

  • Description: Manuscript facsimile, October 1864–mid-1865

A Notable Conundrum

  • Description: The Californian, 1 October 1864

Concerning the Answer to That Conundrum

  • Description: The Californian, 8 October 1864

Still Further Concerning That Conundrum

  • Description: The Californian, 15 October 1864

Whereas

  • Description: The Californian, 22 October 1864

A Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood

  • Description: The Californian, 29 October 1864

Daniel in the Lion's Den—and Out Again All Right

  • Description: The Californian, 5 November 1864

The Killing of Julius Cæsar “Localized”

  • Description: The Californian, 12 November 1864

A Full and Reliable Account of the Extraordinary Meteoric Shower of Last Saturday Night

  • Description: The Californian, 19 November 1864

Lucretia Smith's Soldier

  • Description: The Californian, 3 December 1864

An Unbiased Criticism

  • Description: The Californian, 18 March 1865

Important Correspondence

  • Description: The Californian, 6 May 1865

Further of Mr. Mark Twain's Important Correspondence

  • Description: The Californian, 13 May 1865

How I Went to the Great Race between Lodi and Norfolk

  • Description: The Californian, 27 May 1865

A Voice for Setchell

  • Description: The Californian, 27 May 1865

Answers to Correspondents

  • Description: The Californian, 3 June 1865

Answers to Correspondents

  • Description: The Californian, 10 June 1865

Answers to Correspondents

  • Description: The Californian, 17 June 1865

Enthusiastic Eloquence

  • Description: San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle, 23 June 1865

Answers to Correspondents

  • Description: The Californian, 24 June 1865

Just “One More Unfortunate”

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 27–30 June 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in the Downieville [CA] Mountain Messenger)

Answers to Correspondents

  • Description: The Californian, 1 July 1865

Advice for Good Little Boys

  • Description: San Francisco Youth's Companion, 1 July 1865 (Youth's Companion printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in the Yreka City [CA] Weekly Union)

Advice for Good Little Girls

  • Description: San Francisco Youth's Companion, 1 or 8 July 1865 (Youth's Companion printing is not extant; copy-text is from JF1)

Mark Twain on the Colored Man

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 7–19 July 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from San Francisco Golden Era)

Answers to Correspondents

  • Description: The Californian, 8 July 1865

The Facts

  • Description: The Californian, 26 August 1865

The Only Reliable Account of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

  • Description: Manuscript (previously unpublished), 1 September–16 October 1865

Angel's Camp Constable

  • Description: Manuscript (previously unpublished), 1 September–16 October 1865

The Cruel Earthquake

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 10–11 October 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in Gold Hill News)

Popper Defieth Ye Earthquake

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 15—31 October 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from unidentified reprinting in Yale Scrapbook)

Earthquake Almanac

  • Description: San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle, 17 October 1865

Bob Roach's Plan for Circumventing a Democrat

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 21–24 October 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in San Francisco Examiner)

[San Francisco Letter]

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 26–28 October 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in San Francisco Evening Bulletin)

Steamer Departures

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 31 October–2 November 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in an unidentified source preserved in Yale Scrapbook)

Exit “Bummer”

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 8 November 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in The Californian)

Pleasure Excursion

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 9–12 November 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is reconstructed from separate reprintings in San Francisco Golden Era and San Francisco Examiner)

[Editorial “Puffing”]

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 15–18 November 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in San Francisco Examiner)

Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog

  • Description: New York Saturday Press, 18 November 1865

The Old Thing

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 18 November 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in The Californian)

“Mark Twain” on the Launch of the Steamer “Capital”

  • Description: The Californian, 18 November 1865

The Pioneers' Ball

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 19 or 21 November 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is reconstructed from reprintings in The Californian and San Francisco Golden Era)

The Great Earthquake in San Francisco

  • Description: New York Weekly Review, 25 November 1865

The Guard on a Bender

  • Description: Napa County Reporter, 25 November 1865

Benkert Cometh!

  • Description: Napa County Reporter, 25 November 1865

Uncle Lige

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 28–30 November 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in The Californian)

Webb's Benefit

  • Description: Napa County Reporter, 2 December 1865

A Rich Epigram

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 8–10 December 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in San Francisco American Flag)

A Graceful Compliment

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 10–31 December 1865

“Christian Spectator”

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 13–15 December 1865

More Romance

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 13–15 December 1865

Grand Fete-Day at the Cliff House

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 19–21 December 1865 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprinting in San Francisco Examiner)

Macdougall vs. Maguire

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 22–23 December 1865

The Christmas Fireside

  • Description: The Californian, 23 December 1865

Enigma

  • Description: The Californian, 23 December 1865

San Francisco Letter

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 24 or 26 December 1865

Another Enterprise

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 26–27 December 1865

Spirit of the Local Press

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 26–27 December 1865

Convicts

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 31 December 1865

Fitz Smythe's Horse

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 16–18 January 1866 (Territorial Enterprise printing is not extant; copy-text is from reprintings in San Francisco Golden Era and Beadle's Dime Book of Fun No. 3)

Closed Out

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 30–31 January 1866

Take the Stand, Fitz Smythe

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 6–7 February 1866

Remarkable Dream

  • Description: Virginia City Territorial Enterprise, 8–10 February 1866

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Apparatus Introduction, Volume 2

  • Description: Guide to the Apparatus and Description of Texts