Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.

Excerpt from The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County: And Other Sketches After Jenkins, Lucretia Smith's Soldier, The Killing of Julius Caesar Localized, An Item which the Editor Himself could not Understand, Among the Spirits, Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington A Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood, A Page from a Californian Almanac, Information for the Million. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.