Essays and Sketches of Mark Twain Author:Mark Twain Collected here in one large, easy to navigate, book is the many essays and sketches Mark Twain wrote over the course of his life. Included works include: — Christian Science — The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches — Essays on Paul Bourget — In Defense of Harriet Shelley — How to Tell a Story and other Essays — The Literary Offe... more »nses of Fenimore Cooper