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Excerpt from The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: And Other Essays and Stories HE greater number Of tales and articles included in this volume were written during Mark Twain's extended European sojourn, which began in the spring Of 1891 and ended in the autumn Of 1900. It was an active period, for he had fallen' heavily into debt, and it was only through his own efforts that he could hope for relief. He made a lecture tour of the world during these years, and produced two important books, Following the Equator and joan of Arc, two representative books - one Of them, at least, a masterpiece. 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.