The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories was the final collection Twain assembled in his lifetime, and it’s a momentous volume indeed, including titles that come from every part of his career. It includes A Dog’s Tale,
Was It Heaven? Or Hell?,
A Cure for the Blues,
The Curious Book,
The Californian’s Tale,
A Helpless Situation,
A Telephonic Conversation,
Edward Mills and George Benton,
The Five Boons of Life,
The First Writing-Machines,
Italian without a Master,
Italian with Grammar,
A Burlesque Biography,
How to Tell a Story,
General Washington’s Negro Body-Servant,
Wit Inspirations of the ‘Two-Year-Olds, ’
An Entertaining Article,
A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury,
Amended Obituaries,
A Monument to Adam,
A Humane Word from Satan,
Introduction to ‘The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English, ’
Advice to Little Girls,
Post-Mortem Poetry,
The Danger of Lying in Bed,
Portrait of King William III,
Does the Race of Man Love a Lord?,
Extracts from Adam’s Diary, and Eve’s Diary.