《竞选州长:马克•吐温中短篇小说选》介绍了我们这个集子，挑选了马克•吐温最脍炙人口的几个篇章，其中《竞选州长》和《百万英镑》是中国读者耳熟能详的，另外几篇对于普通读者来说则稍显陌生。特别值得一提的是《狗的自述》这篇小说，作为马克·吐温的晚年作品，在一贯的幽默之中，还有着深入的哲思，从中我们可以看到作家丰富的内心世界的另一面。(Running for Governor: Selected Novella and Short Stories of Mark Twain introduces us the selections. It selects several popular article of Mark Twain. Among these articles, the Running for Governor and the Million Pound Note are well-known to Chinese readers. The rest pieces are rather alien to common readers. In particular, as a work by Mark Twain in his later years, the novel titled A Dog's Tale, provides profound philosophical reflections with the consistent humor. We may see the other side of the author's rich inner world.)