Mark Twain was another writer I had difficulty finding at my local library, which insisted on shelving his works under the mysterious name of "Samuel Clemens." I hardly need to mention what works Twain is "known" for. On this page, you'll find some of those works, in the form of promotional excerpts that were run in The Century - along with a number of less well known tales, and the complete novella Puddn' Head Wilson. Wikipedia tells us that "Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty."

About Magnanimous-Incident Literature (Atlantic Monthly, 1878)

A Curious Experience (Century Magazine, 1882A)

Excerpts from Huckleberry Finn (Century Magazine, 1885A)

The Private History of a Campaign that Failed (Century Magazine, 1886A)

English as She Is Taught (Century Magazine, 1887)

Meisterschaft: [A Play] in Three Acts (Century Magazine, 1888A)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Century Magazine, 1890A)

The £1,000,000 Note (Century Magazine, 1893A)

Pudd'n Head Wilson (66 pages) (Century Magazine, 1894A&B)