Short Stories by Twain is a classic American short story collection that includes the following Mark Twain classics: Editorial Wild Oats Eve's Diary Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven Extracts From Adam's Diary Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut Goldsmiths Friend Abroad Again How to Tell a Story and other Essays, 1899 On the Decay of the Art of Lying The Stolen White Elephant