Click "free sample" to read the whole book. No need to purchase. Mark Twain's fame may not be enhanced by the sketches and articles collected in "Europe and Elsewhere", yet the volume offers much to interest and amuse the lover of the great humorist. Although parts of the book are as delightfully comic as one could anticipate, Twain shows himself largely in his more serious aspect; he shows the earnest, thinking face that looks forth from beneath the mask of satire and burlesque. He may not always be at his best when he deserts his comic muse, but he is always worth reading and readable; and, even while preferring his humor, one feels thankful for some of the serious pieces gathered together in this collection, for they provide a clear and accurate clue as to the mind and personality of the man.