June 5 Saturday – The N.Y. Times under its “Essays” column, p. BRA3, included a review of Sam’s How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, by Mark Twain. New York: Harper & Brothers. $1.50.

In this column Mark Twain gives curious hints as to the construction of stories, and his method of creation. In the volume also are given the “Private History of the Jumping Frog,” “Traveling with a Reformer,” “What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us,” and some radical views of Cooper. THE TIMES has had its word about Mark Twain as a critic. His bias and exaggerations are curious, and the volume is worth reading to learn how great these are.