Fables of Man

Title Page and Abbreviations

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  • Description: From the print volume

Introduction

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  • Description: General reader's introduction to the volume

The Lost Ear-ring

  • Composition Date: June 1878
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The Emperor-God Satire

  • Composition Date: 1870–1879
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The Second Advent

  • Composition Date: 1881
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The Holy Children

  • Composition Date: 1879–1881
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Abner L. Jackson (About to Be) Deceased

  • Composition Date: 1880–1881
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Colloquy

  • Composition Date: 1869–1888
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A Letter from the Comet

  • Composition Date: 1880–1889
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In My Bitterness

  • Composition Date: June–August 1897
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Ancients in Modern Dress

  • Composition Date: 1896–1897
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Newhouse's Jew Story

  • Composition Date: 1895–1899
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Randall's Jew Story

  • Composition Date: 1890 -1899
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Goose Fable

  • Composition Date: 1899–1900
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History 1,000 Years from Now

  • Composition Date: January 1901
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The Stupendous Procession

  • Composition Date: 1901
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The Secret History of Eddypus, the World-Empire

  • Composition Date: February—March 1901; February—March 1902
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Concerning “Martyrs' Day”

  • Composition Date: 19 September 1902
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Eddypus Fragment

  • Composition Date: 1901–1902
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“You've Been a Dam Fool, Mary. You Always Was!”

  • Composition Date: December 1903
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Thoughts of God

  • Composition Date: 1900–1905
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The Victims

  • Composition Date: 1901–1905
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The Synod of Praise

  • Composition Date: 1901–1905
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Mock Marriage

  • Composition Date: 1900–1905
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Passage from “Glances at History” (suppressed.)

  • Composition Date: 1900–1905
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Passage from “Outlines of History” (suppressed.)

  • Composition Date: 1900–1905
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Passage from a Lecture

  • Composition Date: 1900–1905
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Flies and Russians

  • Composition Date: 1904 -1905
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The Fable of the Yellow Terror

  • Composition Date: 1904 -1905
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The Recurrent Major and Minor Compliment

  • Composition Date: 1900–1905
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Old Age

  • Composition Date: December 1905
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The Ten Commandments

  • Composition Date: 1905–1906
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The Refuge of the Derelicts

  • Composition Date: 1905–1906
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The Private Secretary's Diary

  • Composition Date: June 1907
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Little Nelly...

  • Composition Date: 1907
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Little Bessie

  • Composition Date: February 1908–July 1909
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The International Lightning Trust

  • Composition Date: 1909
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About Asa Hoover

  • Composition Date: 1908–1909
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Appendix A

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  • Description: To the Editor of the American Hebrew

Appendix B

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  • Description: Adam Monument Proposal

Appendix C

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  • Description: Mark Twain's Working Notes

Textual Introduction

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  • Description: Editor's introduction to the textual apparatus