THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG AND OTHER SKETCHES

Fine verbatim reproduction of Mark Twain's first book. Mr. C. H. Webb has celebrated his debut as publisher by bestowing upon a community long rested from loud laughs a book calculated to promote healthy good humor in the system. Mark Twain's book of California stories 'The Jumpin' Frog and Other Sketches' -- is a work that will make its readers merry. . . . There are few who can resist the quaint smiles keen satire and hard good sense which form the staple of the writings. --New York Evening Express 1867