Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 125th Anniversary Edition

Victor Fischer and Lin Salamo are both members of the Mark Twain Project of The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

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• ILLUSTRATIONSFOREWORDMARK TWAIN ON TOURADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNNoticeExplanatory1. Civilizing Huck.-Miss Watson.-Tom Sawyer Waits2. The Boys Escape Jim.- Tom Sawyer's Gang.-Deep-laid Plans3. A Good Going-over.-Grace Triumphant.-"One of Tom Sawyer's Lies"4. Huck and the Judge.-Superstition5. Huck's Father.-The Fond Parent.-Reform6. He Went for Judge Thatcher.-Huck Decides to Leave.-Political Economy.-Thrashing Around7. Laying for Him.-Locked in the Cabin.-Sinking the Body.-Resting8. Sleeping in the Woods.-Raising the Dead.-Exploring the Island.-Finding J im.-J im's Escape.-Signs.-"Balum"9. The Cave.-The Floating House10. The Find.-Old Hank Bunker.-In Disguise11. Huck and the Woman.-The Search.-Prevarication.-Going to Goshen12. Slow Navigation.-Borrowing Things.-Boarding the Wreck.- The Plotters.-Hunting for the Boat13. Escaping from the Wreck.-The Watchman.-Sinking14. A General Good Time.- The Harem.-French15. Huck Loses the Raft.-ln the Fog.-Huck Finds the Raft.-Trash16. "Give Us a Rest."-The Corpse-Maker Crows.-"The Child of Calamity."-They Both Weaken.-Little DavySteps ln.-After the Battle.-Ed's Adventures.-Something Queer.-A Haunted BarreL-It Brings a Storm.-The Barrel Pursues.-Killed by Lightning.-Allbright Atones.-Ed Gets Mad.-Snake or Boy ?-"Snake HimOut."-Some Lively Lying.-Off and Overboard.-Expectations.-A White Lie.-Floating Currency.-Runningby Cairo.-Swimming Ashore17. An Evening Call.-The Farm in Arkansaw.-lnterior Decorations.-Stephen Dowling Bots.-Poetical Effusions18. Col. Grangerford.-Aristocracy.-Feuds.-The Testament.- Recovering the Raft.-The Wood-pile.-Pork and Cabbage19. Tying Up Daytimes.-An Astronomical Theory.-Running a Temperance Revival.-The Duke of Bridgewater.-The Troubles of Royalty20. Huck Explains.-Laying Out a Campaign.-Working the Camp-meeting.-A Pirate at the Camp-meeting.-The Duke as a Printer21. Sword Exercise.-Hamlet's Soliloquy.-They Loafed Around Town.-A Lazy Town.-Old Boggs.-Dead22. Sherbum.-Attending the Circus.-lntoxication in the Ring.-The Thrilling Tragedy23. "Sold! "-Royal Comparisons.-)im Gets Homesick24. Jim in Royal Robes.-They Take a Passenger.-Getting lnformation.-Family Grief25. "Is It Them?"-Singing the "Doxolojer."-Awful Square.-Funeral Orgies.-A Bad Investment26. A Pious King.-The King's Clergy.-She Asked His Pardon.- Hiding in the Room.-Huck Takes the Money27. The FuneraL-Satisfying Curiosity.-Suspicious of Huck.-Quick Sales and Small Profits28. The Trip to England.-"The Brute!"-Mary Jane Decides to Leave.-Huck Parting with Mary Jane.-Mumps.-The Opposition Line29. Contested Relationship.-The King Explains the Loss.A Question of Handwriting.-Digging up the Corpse.-Huck Escapes30. The King Went for Him.-A Royal Row.-Powerful Mellow31. Ominous Plans.-News of J im.-Old Recollections.-A Sheep Story.-Valuable Information32. Still and Sunday-like.-Mistaken ldentity.-Up a Stump.-ln a Dilemma33. A Nigger Stealer.-Southem Hospitality.-A Pretty Long Blessing.-Tar and Feathers34. The Hut by the Ash-hopper.-Outrageous.-Climbing the Lightning Rod.-Troubled with Witches35. Escaping Properly.-Dark Schemes.-Discrimination in Stealing.-A Deep Hole36. The Lightning Rod.-His Level Best.-A Bequest to Posterity.- A High Figure37. The Lost Shirt.-Mooning Around.-Sailing Orders.- The Witch Pie38. The Coat of Arms.-A Skilled Superintendent.-Unpleasant Glory.-A Tearful Subject39. Rats.-Lively Bed-fellows.-The Straw Dummy40. Fishing.-The Vigilance Committee.-A Lively Run.-Jim Advises a Doctor41. The Doctor.-Uncle Silas.-Sister Hotchkiss.-Aunt Sally in Trouble42. Tom Sawyer Wounded.-The Doctor's Story.-Tom Confesses.-Aunt Polly Arrives.-"Hand Out Them Letters"Chapter the Last: Out of Bondage.-Paying the Captive.-Yours Truly Huck FinnMAPSEXPLANATORY NOTESGLOSSARYTHREE PASSAGES FROM THE MANUSCRIPTMANUSCRIPT FACSIMILESREFERENCESNOTE ON THE TEXT