Part 1 features a diverse range of stories set against the backdrop of Mark Twain’s early works, the American West, Europe, and American society. Twain’s humor and satire span from capturing small, everyday moments to delivering broad social critiques, offering readers both entertainment and deep insights. Notable works include Roughing It, which recounts his experiences in the American frontier; The Innocents Abroad, which humorously explores cultural clashes during travels in Europe and the Holy Land; and The Gilded Age, which highlights the ambition and greed of American society. Particularly in Adventures of Tom Sawyer, readers can experience the pure adventures and heartfelt warmth of childhood.

FOREWORD

I. FROM “SKETCHES NEW AND OLD” (1865?67)
Answers to Correspondents
How I Edited an Agricultural Paper
II. FROM “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD” (1867?68)
On Keeping a Journal
The “Quaker City” in a Storm
The Beautiful Stranger
Tangier
American Beauties
An Early Memory
At the Ambrosian Library
Our Need of Repose
Venice
At Pisa
Christian Persuasion
Taking It Out of the Guides
A Surfeit of Art
At Pompeii
Fame
Athens from the Acropolis
Constantinople
Turkish Journalism
The Camel
At Noah’s Tomb
Damascus
At Banias
A Healer in Palestine
The Bible
Galilee at Night
Distance in the East
A Pleasant Incident
Sacred Marvels
At Adam’s Grave
The Wandering Jew
Bedouins
A Smitten Land
The Sphinx
Memories of the Pilgrimage
III. FROM “ROUGHING IT”
Starting West (1870?71)
George Bemis and “The Allen”
The Overland Stage
Morning on the Plains
The Cayote
The Pony Rider
Indian Country
At the Summit of the Rockies
Incidents by the Way
Mormon Beauties
The Alkali Desert
Arrival in Carson City
Lake Tahoe
Selling Out a Mine
Buck Fanshaw’s Funeral
An Abandoned Town
A Hawaiian Temple
A Hawaiian Statesman
Hawaiian Religion
The Crater of Haleakala
IV. FROM “THE GILDED AGE” (1873)
Colonel Seller’s Great Idea
Colonel Sellers Lets Himself Out
V. FROM “ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER” (1874?5)
A Speculation in Whitewash
Tom Falls in Love
Huck
The Pirates’ Island
Tom Learns to Smoke
VI. ROM “THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT” (1878)
Describing an Elephant
VII. FROM “A TRAMP ABROAD” (1878?9)
VIII. FROM “LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI” (1874?5)
IX. FROM “THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER” (1877?80)
X. FROM “THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN” (1876?83)
XI. FROM “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” (1886?7)
XII. FROM “RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION” (1877)
XIII. FROM “PUDD’NHEAD WILSON’S CALENDAR” (1892?3)
XIV. FROM “THE PRIVATE HISTORY OF A CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED” (1885)
XV. FROM “THE PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC”
FROM “ONE OF HIS LATEST MEMORANDA”(1909)