TY  - BOOK
AU  - Twain,Mark
TI  - The £1,000,000 bank-note and other new stories
T2  - Oxford Mark Twain
SN  - 0195090888 (trade ed. set)
AV  - PS1315 .A1 1996
U1  - 843/.4 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Humorous stories, American
KW  - Humorous fiction
KW  - sears
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [15]); Young Adult; Follett Library Resources
N2  - In the title story a bet between two rich eccentrics catapults a down-and-out clerk from San Francisco into wealth, status, and fame in London society.  The other pieces range from serious essays reflecting Twain's interest in extrasensory perception, to a tongue-in-cheek "Petition to the Queen of England" for relief from taxes
ER  -