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Mark Twain. The Complete Works of Mark Twain
The Complete Works of Mark Twain
Table of Contents
The Novels
THE GILDED AGE: A TALE OF TODAY
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
CHAPTER XLIV
CHAPTER XLV
CHAPTER XLVI
CHAPTER XLVII
CHAPTER XLVIII
CHAPTER XLIX
CHAPTER L
CHAPTER LI
CHAPTER LII
CHAPTER LIII
CHAPTER LIV
CHAPTER LV
CHAPTER LVI
CHAPTER LVII
CHAPTER LVIII
CHAPTER LIX
CHAPTER LX
CHAPTER LXI
CHAPTER LXII
CHAPTER LXIII
APPENDIX
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CONCLUSION
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
Chapter I. The birth of the Prince and the Pauper
Chapter II. Tom’s early life
Chapter III. Tom’s meeting with the Prince
Chapter IV. The Prince’s troubles begin
Chapter V. Tom as a patrician
Chapter VI. Tom receives instructions
Chapter VII. Tom’s first royal dinner
Chapter VIII. The question of the Seal
Chapter IX. The river pageant
Chapter X. The Prince in the toils
Chapter XI. At Guildhall
Chapter XII. The Prince and his deliverer
Chapter XIII. The disappearance of the Prince
Chapter XIV. ‘Le Roi est mort — vive le Roi.’
Chapter XV. Tom as King
Chapter XVI. The State Dinner
Chapter XVII. Foo-foo the First
Chapter XVIII. The Prince with the tramps
Chapter XIX. The Prince with the peasants
Chapter XX. The Prince and the hermit
Chapter XXI. Hendon to the rescue
Chapter XXII. A victim of treachery
Chapter XXIII. The Prince a prisoner
Chapter XXIV. The escape
Chapter XXV. Hendon Hall
Chapter XXVI. Disowned
Chapter XXVII. In prison
Chapter XXVIII. The sacrifice
Chapter XXIX. To London
Chapter XXX. Tom’s progress
Chapter XXXI. The Recognition procession
Chapter XXXII. Coronation Day
Chapter XXXIII. Edward as King
Conclusion. Justice and retribution
TWAIN’S NOTES
GENERAL NOTE
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER THE LAST
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT
A WORD OF EXPLANATION
CHAPTER I. CAMELOT
CHAPTER II. KING ARTHUR’S COURT
CHAPTER III. KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND
CHAPTER IV. SIR DINADAN THE HUMORIST
CHAPTER V. AN INSPIRATION
CHAPTER VI. THE ECLIPSE
CHAPTER VII. MERLIN’S TOWER
CHAPTER VIII. THE BOSS
CHAPTER IX. THE TOURNAMENT
CHAPTER X. BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER XI. THE YANKEE IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XII. SLOW TORTURE
CHAPTER XIII. FREEMEN
CHAPTER XIV “DEFEND THEE, LORD”
CHAPTER XV. SANDY’S TALE
CHAPTER XVI. MORGAN LE FAY
CHAPTER XVII. A ROYAL BANQUET
CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE QUEEN’S DUNGEONS
CHAPTER XIX. KNIGHT-ERRANTRY AS A TRADE
CHAPTER XX. THE OGRE’S CASTLE
CHAPTER XXI. THE PILGRIMS
CHAPTER XXII. THE HOLY FOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XXIII. RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XXIV. A RIVAL MAGICIAN
CHAPTER XXV. A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
CHAPTER XXVI. THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
CHAPTER XXVII. THE YANKEE AND THE KING TRAVEL INCOGNITO
CHAPTER XXVIII. DRILLING THE KING
CHAPTER XXIX. THE SMALLPOX HUT
CHAPTER XXX. THE TRAGEDY OF THE MANOR-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXXI. MARCO
CHAPTER XXXII. DOWLEY’S HUMILIATION
CHAPTER XXXIII. SIXTH CENTURY POLITICAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE YANKEE AND THE KING SOLD AS SLAVES
CHAPTER XXXV. A PITIFUL INCIDENT
CHAPTER XXXVI. AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXXVII. AN AWFUL PREDICAMENT
CHAPTER XXXVIII. SIR LAUNCELOT AND KNIGHTS TO THE RESCUE
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE YANKEE’S FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHTS
CHAPTER XL. THREE YEARS LATER
CHAPTER XLI. THE INTERDICT
CHAPTER XLII. WAR!
CHAPTER XLIII. THE BATTLE OF THE SAND BELT
CHAPTER XLIV. A POSTSCRIPT BY CLARENCE
THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
APPENDIX
WEATHER FOR USE IN THIS BOOK
TOM SAWYER ABROAD
CHAPTER I. TOM SEEKS NEW ADVENTURES
CHAPTER II. THE BALLOON ASCENSION
CHAPTER III. TOM EXPLAINS
CHAPTER IV. STORM
CHAPTER V. LAND
CHAPTER VI. IT’S A CARAVAN
CHAPTER VII. TOM RESPECTS THE FLEA
CHAPTER VIII. THE DISAPPEARING LAKE
CHAPTER IX. TOM DISCOURSES ON THE DESERT
CHAPTER X. THE TREASURE-HILL
CHAPTER XI. THE SAND-STORM
CHAPTER XII. JIM STANDING SIEGE
CHAPTER XIII. GOING FOR TOM’S PIPE:
PUDD’NHEAD WILSON
A WHISPER TO THE READER
CHAPTER 1 — Pudd’nhead Wins His Name
CHAPTER 2 — Driscoll Spares His Slaves
CHAPTER 3 — Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick
CHAPTER 4 — The Ways of the Changelings
CHAPTER 5 — The Twins Thrill Dawson’s Landing
CHAPTER 6 — Swimming in Glory
CHAPTER 7 — The Unknown Nymph
CHAPTER 8 — Marse Tom Tramples His Chance
CHAPTER 9 — Tom Practices Sycophancy
CHAPTER 10 — The Nymph Revealed
CHAPTER 11 — Pudd’nhead’s Thrilling Discovery
CHAPTER 12 — The Shame of Judge Driscoll
CHAPTER 13 — Tom Stares at Ruin
CHAPTER 14 — Roxana Insists Upon Reform
CHAPTER 15 — The Robber Robbed
CHAPTER 16 — Sold Down the River
CHAPTER 17 — The Judge Utters Dire Prophesy
CHAPTER 18 — Roxana Commands
CHAPTER 19 — The Prophesy Realized
CHAPTER 20 — The Murderer Chuckles
CHAPTER 21 — Doom
CONCLUSION
AUTHOR’S NOTE TO “THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS”
TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE
CHAPTER I. AN INVITATION FOR TOM AND HUCK
CHAPTER II. JAKE DUNLAP
CHAPTER III. A DIAMOND ROBBERY
CHAPTER IV. THE THREE SLEEPERS
CHAPTER V. A TRAGEDY IN THE WOODS
CHAPTER VI. PLANS TO SECURE THE DIAMONDS
CHAPTER VII. A NIGHT’S VIGIL
CHAPTER VIII. TALKING WITH THE GHOST
CHAPTER IX. FINDING OF JUBITER DUNLAP
CHAPTER X. THE ARREST OF UNCLE SILAS
CHAPTER XI. TOM SAWYER DISCOVERS THE MURDERERS
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE
A PECULIARITY OF JOAN OF ARC’S HISTORY
THE SIEUR LOUIS DE CONTE
BOOK I IN DOMREMY. Chapter 1 When Wolves Ran Free in Paris
Chapter 2 The Fairy Tree of Domremy
Chapter 3 All Aflame with Love of France
Chapter 4 Joan Tames the Mad Man
Chapter 5 Domremy Pillaged and Burned
Chapter 6 Joan and Archangel Michael
Chapter 7 She Delivers the Divine Command
Chapter 8 Why the Scorners Relented
BOOK II IN COURT AND CAMP. Chapter 1 Joan Says Good-By
Chapter 2 The Governor Speeds Joan
Chapter 3 The Paladin Groans and Boasts
Chapter 4 Joan Leads Us Through the Enemy
Chapter 5 We Pierce the Last Ambuscades
Chapter 6 Joan Convinces the King
Chapter 7 Our Paladin in His Glory
Chapter 8 Joan Persuades Her Inquisitors
Chapter 9 She Is Made General-in-Chief
Chapter 10 The Maid’s Sword and Banner
Chapter 11 The War March Is Begun
Chapter 12 Joan Puts Heart in Her Army
Chapter 13 Checked by the Folly of the Wise
Chapter 14 What the English Answered
Chapter 15 My Exquisite Poem Goes to Smash
Chapter 16 The Finding of the Dwarf
Chapter 17 Sweet Fruit of Bitter Truth
Chapter 18 Joan’s First BattleField
Chapter 19 We Burst In Upon Ghosts
Chapter 20 Joan Makes Cowards Brave Victors
Chapter 21 She Gently Reproves Her Dear Friend
Chapter 22 The Fate of France Decided
Chapter 23 Joan Inspires the Tawdry King
Chapter 24 Tinsel Trappings of Nobility
Chapter 25 At Last — Forward!
Chapter 26 The Last Doubts Scattered
Chapter 27 How Joan Took Jargeau
Chapter 28 Joan Foretells Her Doom
Chapter 29 Fierce Talbot Reconsiders
Chapter 30 The Red Field of Patay
Chapter 31 France Begins to Live Again
Chapter 32 The Joyous News Flies Fast
Chapter 33 Joan’s Five Great Deeds
Chapter 34 The Jests of the Burgundians
Chapter 35 The Heir of France is Crowned
Chapter 36 Joan Hears News from Home
Chapter 37 Again to Arms
Chapter 38 The King Cries “Forward!”
Chapter 39 We Win, But the King Balks
Chapter 40 Treachery Conquers Joan
Chapter 41 The Maid Will March No More
BOOK III TRIAL AND MARTYRDOM. Chapter 1 The Maid in Chains
Chapter 2 Joan Sold to the English
Chapter 3 Weaving the Net About Her
Chapter 4 All Ready to Condemn
Chapter 5 Fifty Experts Against a Novice
Chapter 6 The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors
Chapter 7 Craft That Was in Vain
Chapter 8 Joan Tells of Her Visions
Chapter 9 Her Sure Deliverance Foretold
Chapter 10 The Inquisitors at Their Wits’ End
Chapter 11 The Court Reorganized for Assassination
Chapter 12 Joan’s Master-Stroke Diverted
Chapter 13 The Third Trial Fails
Chapter 14 Joan Struggles with Her Twelve Lies
Chapter 15 Undaunted by Threat of Burning
Chapter 16 Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack
Chapter 17 Supreme in Direst Peril
Chapter 18 Condemned Yet Unafraid
Chapter 19 Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail
Chapter 20 The Betrayal
Chapter 21 Respited Only for Torture
Chapter 22 Joan Gives the Fatal Answer
Chapter 23 The Time Is at Hand
Chapter 24 Joan the Martyr
A HORSE’S TALE
CHAPTER I — SOLDIER BOY — PRIVATELY TO HIMSELF
CHAPTER II — LETTER FROM ROUEN — TO GENERAL ALISON
CHAPTER III — GENERAL ALISON TO HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER IV — CATHY TO HER AUNT MERCEDES
CHAPTER V — GENERAL ALISON TO MERCEDES
CHAPTER VI — SOLDIER BOY AND THE MEXICAN PLUG
CHAPTER VII — SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS
CHAPTER VIII — THE SCOUT-START. BB AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ALISON
CHAPTER IX — SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS AGAIN
CHAPTER X — GENERAL ALISON AND DORCAS
CHAPTER XI — SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. ANTONIO AND THORNDIKE
CHAPTER XII — MONGREL AND THE OTHER HORSE
PART II — IN SPAIN
CHAPTER XIII — GENERAL ALISON TO HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XIV — SOLDIER BOY — TO HIMSELF
CHAPTER XV — GENERAL ALISON TO MRS. DRAKE, THE COLONEL’S WIFE
THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
The Short Stories
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIES
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
MY LATE SENATORIAL SECRETARYSHIP
A BURLESQUE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
FIRST ROMANCE
CHAPTER I. THE SECRET REVEALED
CHAPTER II. FESTIVITY AND TEARS
CHAPTER III. THE PLOT THICKENS
CHAPTER IV. THE AWFUL REVELATION
CHAPTER V. THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE
SKETCHES NEW AND OLD. MY WATCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
THE JUMPING FROG
JOURNALISM IN TENNESSEE
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
THE STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOY
THE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOY
A COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORE
THOSE EVENING BELLS
THOSE ANNUAL BILLS
NIAGARA
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
TO RAISE POULTRY
EXPERIENCE OF THE McWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUP
MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE
HOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARK
THE OFFICE BORE
JOHNNY GREER
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT
THE CASE OF GEORGE FISHER
DISGRACEFUL PERSECUTION OF A BOY
THE JUDGE’S “SPIRITED WOMAN”
INFORMATION WANTED
SOME LEARNED FABLES, FOR GOOD OLD BOYS AND GIRLS IN THREE PARTS
PART I. HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD SENT OUT A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION
PART 2
HOW THE ANIMALS OF THE WOOD COMPLETED THEIR SCIENTIFIC LABORS
PART 3. Near the margin of the great river the scientists presently found a huge, shapely stone, with this inscription:
A FASHION ITEM
RILEY — NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
A FINE OLD MAN
SCIENCE V.S. LUCK
THE LATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
MR. BLOKE’S ITEM
A MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
CHAPTER I. THE SECRET REVEALED
CHAPTER II. FESTIVITY AND TEARS
CHAPTER III. THE PLOT THICKENS
CHAPTER IV. THE AWFUL REVELATION
CHAPTER V. THE FRIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE
PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT
A PARAGRAPH NOT ADDED TO THE PETITION
AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
LIONIZING MURDERERS
A NEW CRIME
A CURIOUS DREAM
‘GONE TO HIS JUST REWARD’
A TRUE STORY
THE SIAMESE TWINS
SPEECH AT THE SCOTTISH BANQUET IN LONDON
A GHOST STORY
THE CAPITOLINE VENUS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE
JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK
HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER
THE PETRIFIED MAN
MY BLOODY MASSACRE
THE UNDERTAKER’S CHAT
CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS
AURELIA’S UNFORTUNATE YOUNG MAN
“AFTER” JENKINS
ABOUT BARBERS
“PARTY CRIES” IN IRELAND
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
HONORED AS A CURIOSITY
FIRST INTERVIEW WITH ARTEMUS WARD
CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS
THE STRANGER’S NARRATIVE
THE KILLING OF JULIUS CAESAR “LOCALIZED”
THE WIDOW’S PROTEST
THE SCRIPTURAL PANORAMIST
CURING A COLD
A CURIOUS PLEASURE EXCURSION
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
A MYSTERIOUS VISIT
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT CARNIVAL OF CRIME IN CONNECTICUT
THE INVALID’S STORY
ALONZO FITZ AND OTHER STORIES
THE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTON
II
III
IV
ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYING
ABOUT MAGNANIMOUS-INCIDENT LITERATURE
PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH
1601 CONVERSATION, AS IT WAS THE SOCIAL FIRESIDE, IN THE TIME OF THE TUDORS
THE CANVASSER’S TALE
AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWER
PARIS NOTES
LEGEND OF SAGENFELD, IN GERMANY
II
SPEECH ON THE BABIES
SPEECH ON THE WEATHER
AT THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY’S SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL DINNER, NEW YORK CITY
CONCERNING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE —
ROGERS
THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
I
II
III
MERRY TALES
THE PRIVATE HISTORY OF A CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED
Note
LUCK
THE CAPTAIN`S STORY
A CURIOUS EXPERIENCE
MRS. MCWILLIAMS AND THE LIGHTNING
MEISTERSCHAFT:
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS
CHAPTER I. THE TWINS AS THEY REALLY WERE
CHAPTER II. MA COOPER GETS ALL MIXED UP
CHAPTER III. ANGELO IS BLUE
CHAPTER IV. SUPERNATURAL CHRONOMETRY
CHAPTER V. GUILT AND INNOCENCE FINELY BLENT
CHAPTER VI. THE AMAZING DUEL
CHAPTER VII. LUIGI DEFIES GALEN
CHAPTER VIII. BAPTISM OF THE BETTER HALF
CHAPTER IX. THE DRINKLESS DRUNK
CHAPTER X. SO THEY HANGED LUIGI
FINAL REMARKS
THE £1,000,000 BANK NOTE AND OTHER NEW STORIES
THE £1,000,000 BANK NOTE
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY
Part I. A Manuscript With A History
Part II
Postscript
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN
A CURE FOR THE BLUES
THE ENEMY CONQUERED; OR, LOVE TRIUMPHANT
ABOUT ALL KINDS OF SHIPS
PLAYING THE COURIER
THE CHICAGO OF EUROPE
THE GERMAN CHICAGO
A PETITION TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
A MAJESTIC LITERARY FOSSIL
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
I
II
III
IV
A DOUBLE BARRELED DETECTIVE STORY
PART I
I
II
III
IV
V
PART II. I
II
III
IV
V
A DOG’S TALE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM’S DIARY
EVE’S DIARY
THE WAR PRAYER
THE $30,000 BEQUEST
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
THE CURIOUS BOOK
THE CALIFORNIAN’S TALE
A HELPLESS SITUATION
A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION
EDWARD MILLS AND GEORGE BENTON: A TALE
THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES
ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER
ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR
A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY
HOW TO TELL A STORY
GENERAL WASHINGTON’S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
WIT INSPIRATIONS OF THE “TWO-YEAR-OLDS”
AN ENTERTAINING ARTICLE
A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
AMENDED OBITUARIES
A MONUMENT TO ADAM
A HUMANE WORD FROM SATAN
INTRODUCTION TO “THE NEW GUIDE OF THE CONVERSATION IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH”
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS
POST-MORTEM POETRY (1)
THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED
PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III
DOES THE RACE OF MAN LOVE A LORD?
CAPTAIN STORMFIELD’S VISIT TO HEAVEN
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES
A MEMORY
INTRODUCTORY TO “MEMORANDA”
ABOUT SMELLS
A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES
DAN MURPHY
THE “TOURNAMENT” IN A. D. 1870
CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE
A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS
A ROYAL COMPLIMENT
THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC
THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE
OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC
THE EUROPEAN WARS
THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED
GOLDSMITH’S FRIEND ABROAD AGAIN
LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN
MARK TWAIN’S LIBRARY OF HUMOR
THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY
THE TOMB OF ADAM
ABELARD AND HELOIS
A GENUINE MEXICAN PLUG
A DAY’S WORK
DICK BAKER’S CAT
A RESTLESS NIGHT
A DOSE OF PAINKILLER
EUROPEAN DIET
EXPERIENCE OF THE MCWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANEOUS CROUP
NEVADA NABOBS IN NEW YORK
THE SIAMESE TWINS
A DOG IN CHURCH
BLUEJAYS
OUR ITALIAN GUIDE
LOST IN THE SNOW
THE COYOTE
COLONEL SELLERS AT HOME
CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS
HOW I EDITED AN AGRICULTURAL PAPER
The Essays and Satires
LIST OF TWAIN’S ESSAYS AND SATIRES
HOW TO TELL A STORY AND OTHER ESSAYS
HOW TO TELL A STORY
THE WOUNDED SOLDIER
THE GOLDEN ARM
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN
THE INVALID’S STORY
A SALUTATION SPEECH FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE TWENTIETH
THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC, UPDATED
TO THE PERSON SITTING IN DARKNESS
PRIVATE HISTORY OF THE “JUMPING FROG” STORY
FENIMORE COOPER’S LITERARY OFFENCES
RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
STIRRING TIMES IN AUSTRIA
CONCERNING THE JEWS
COMMENTS ON THE MORO MASSACRE
CARL SCHURZ, PILOT
TAMING THE BICYCLE
I
II
TO MY MISSIONARY CRITICS
KING LEOPOLD’S SOLILOQUY
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND THE CONGO STATE
IN DEFENSE OF HARRIET SHELLEY
I
II
III
ESSAYS ON PAUL BOURGET
WHAT PAUL BOURGET THINKS OF US
A LITTLE NOTE TO M. PAUL BOURGET
WHAT IS MAN?
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Conclusion
THE DEATH OF JEAN
THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE
I
II
III
HOW TO MAKE HISTORY DATES STICK
THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION
A SCRAP OF CURIOUS HISTORY
SWITZERLAND, THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY
AT THE SHRINE OF ST. WAGNER
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT
ON GIRLS
A SIMPLIFIED ALPHABET
AS CONCERNS INTERPRETING THE DEITY
I
II
CONCERNING TOBACCO
THE BEE
IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
Chapter XIII of THE SHAKESPEARE PROBLEM RESTATED bears the heading
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
THE UNITED STATES OF LYNCHERDOM
I
II
LETTERS FROM THE EARTH
The Travel Writing
THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
THE NEW PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
CHAPTER XLIV
CHAPTER XLV
CHAPTER XLVI
CHAPTER XLVII
CHAPTER XLVIII
CHAPTER XLIX
CHAPTER L
CHAPTER LI
CHAPTER LII
CHAPTER LIII
CHAPTER LIV
CHAPTER LV
CHAPTER LVI
CHAPTER LVII
CHAPTER LVIII
CHAPTER LIX
CHAPTER LX
CHAPTER LXI
CONCLUSION
ROUGHING IT
PREFATORY
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
CHAPTER XLIV
CHAPTER XLV
CHAPTER XLVI
CHAPTER XLVII
CHAPTER XLVIII
CHAPTER XLIX
CHAPTER L
CHAPTER LI
CHAPTER LII
CHAPTER LIII
CHAPTER LIV
CHAPTER LV
CHAPTER LVI
CHAPTER LVII
CHAPTER LVIII
CHAPTER LIX
CHAPTER LX
CHAPTER LXI
CHAPTER LXII
CHAPTER LXIII
CHAPTER LXIV
CHAPTER LXV
CHAPTER LXVI
CHAPTER LXVII
CHAPTER LXVIII
CHAPTER LXIX
CHAPTER LXX
CHAPTER LXXI
CHAPTER LXXII
CHAPTER LXXIII
CHAPTER LXXIV
CHAPTER LXXV
CHAPTER LXXVI
CHAPTER LXXVII
CHAPTER LXXIII
CHAPTER LXXIX
APPENDIX
APPENDIX. A
A TRAMP ABROAD
CHAPTER I
[The Knighted Knave of Bergen]
CHAPTER II
Heidelberg
CHAPTER III
Baker’s Bluejay Yarn [What Stumped the Blue Jays]
CHAPTER IV
Student Life [The Laborious Beer King]
CHAPTER V
At the Students’ Dueling-Ground [Dueling by Wholesale]
CHAPTER VI
[A Sport that Sometimes Kills]
CHAPTER VII
[How Bismark Fought]
CHAPTER VIII
The Great French Duel [I Second Gambetta in a Terrific Duel]
CHAPTER IX
[What the Beautiful Maiden Said]
CHAPTER X
[How Wagner Operas Bang Along]
CHAPTER XI
[I Paint a “Turner”]
CHAPTER XII
[What the Wives Saved]
CHAPTER XIII
[My Long Crawl in the Dark]
CHAPTER XIV
[Rafting Down the Neckar]
CHAPTER XV
[Charming Waterside Pictures]
CHAPTER XVI
An Ancient Legend of the Rhine [The Lorelei]
CHAPTER XVII [Why Germans Wear Spectacles]
CHAPTER XVIII [The Kindly Courtesy of Germans]
CHAPTER XIX [The Deadly Jest of Dilsberg]
CHAPTER XX [My Precious, Priceless Tear-Jug]
CHAPTER XXI [Insolent Shopkeepers and Gabbling Americans]
CHAPTER XXII [The Black Forest and Its Treasures]
CHAPTER XXIII [Nicodemus Dodge and the Skeleton]
CHAPTER XXIV [I Protect the Empress of Germany]
CHAPTER XXV [Hunted by the Little Chamois]
CHAPTER XXVI [The Nest of the Cuckoo-clock]
CHAPTER XXVII [I Spare an Awful Bore]
CHAPTER XXVIII [The Jodel and Its Native Wilds]
CHAPTER XXIX [Looking West for Sunrise]
CHAPTER XXX [Harris Climbs Mountains for Me]
CHAPTER XXXI [Alp-scaling by Carriage]
CHAPTER XXXII [The Jungfrau, the Bride, and the Piano]
CHAPTER XXXIII [We Climb Far — by Buggy]
CHAPTER XXXIV [The World’s Highest Pig Farm]
CHAPTER XXXV [Swindling the Coroner]
CHAPTER XXXVI [The Fiendish Fun of Alp-climbing]
CHAPTER XXXVII [Our Imposing Column Starts Upward]
CHAPTER XXXVIII [I Conquer the Gorner Grat]
CHAPTER XXXIX [We Travel by Glacier]
CHAPTER XL [Piteous Relics at Chamonix]
CHAPTER XLI [The Fearful Disaster of 1865]
CHAPTER XLII [Chillon has a Nice, Roomy Dungeon]
CHAPTER XLIII [My Poor Sick Friend Disappointed]
CHAPTER XLIX [I Scale Mont Blanc — by Telescope]
CHAPTER XLV. A Catastrophe Which Cost Eleven Lives
CHAPTER XLVI [Meeting a Hog on a Precipice]
CHAPTER XLVII [Queer European Manners]
CHAPTER XLVIII [Beauty of Women — and of Old Masters]
CHAPTER XLIX [Hanged with a Golden Rope]
CHAPTER L [Titian Bad and Titian Good]
APPENDIX
APPENDIX A. The Portier
APPENDIX B. Heidelberg Castle
APPENDIX C. The College Prison
APPENDIX D. The Awful German Language
APPENDIX E. Legend of the Castles
APPENDIX F. German Journals
FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR
MORE TRAMPS ABROAD
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXVIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
CHAPTER XLIV
CHAPTER XLV
CHAPTER XLVI
CHAPTER XLVII
CHAPTER XLVIII
CHAPTER XLIX
CHAPTER L
CHAPTER LI
CHAPTER LII
CHAPTER LIII
CHAPTER LIV
CHAPTER LV
CHAPTER LVI
CHAPTER LVII
CHAPTER LVIII
CHAPTER LIX
CHAPTER LX
CHAPTER LXI
CHAPTER LXII
CHAPTER LXIII
CHAPTER LXIV
CHAPTER LXV
CHAPTER LXVI
CHAPTER LXVII
CHAPTER LXVIII
CHAPTER LXIX
CONCLUSION
SOME RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION
I
II
III
IV
The Non-Fiction
OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI
CHAPTER 1. The Boys’ Ambition
CHAPTER 2. I Want to be a Cub-pilot
CHAPTER 3. A Cub-pilot’s Experience
CHAPTER 4. A Daring Deed
CHAPTER 5. Perplexing Lessons
CHAPTER 6. Continued Perplexities
CHAPTER 7. Completing My Education
CHAPTER 8. The River Rises
CHAPTER 9. Sounding
CHAPTER 10. A Pilot’s Needs
CHAPTER 11. Rank and Dignity of Piloting
CHAPTER 12. The Pilots’ Monopoly
CHAPTER 13. Racing Days
CHAPTER 14. Cutoffs and Stephen
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
THE ‘BODY OF THE NATION’
Chapter 1
The River and Its History
Chapter 2
The River and Its Explorers
Chapter 3
Frescoes from the Past
Chapter 4
The Boys’ Ambition
Chapter 5
I Want to be a Cub-pilot
Chapter 6
A Cub-pilot’s Experience
Chapter 7
A Daring Deed
Chapter 8
Perplexing Lessons
Chapter 9
Continued Perplexities
Chapter 10
Completing My Education
Chapter 11
The River Rises
Chapter 12
Sounding
Chapter 13. A Pilot’s Needs
Chapter 14. Rank and Dignity of Piloting
Chapter 15. The Pilots’ Monopoly
Chapter 16. Racing Days
Chapter 17. Cutoffs and Stephen
Chapter 18. I Take a Few Extra Lessons
Chapter 19. Brown and I Exchange Compliments
Chapter 20. A Catastrophe
Chapter 21. A Section in My Biography
Chapter 22. I Return to My Muttons
Chapter 23. Traveling Incognito
Chapter 24. My Incognito is Exploded
Chapter 25. From Cairo to Hickman
Chapter 26. Under Fire
Chapter 27. Some Imported Articles
Chapter 28. Uncle Mumford Unloads
Chapter 29. A Few Specimen Bricks
Chapter 30. Sketches by the Way
Chapter 31. A Thumbprint and What Came of It
Chapter 32. The Disposal of a Bonanza
Chapter 33. Refreshments and Ethics
Chapter 34. Tough Yarns
Chapter 35. Vicksburg During the Trouble
Chapter 36. The Professor’s Yarn
Chapter 37. The End of the ‘Gold Dust’
Chapter 38. The House Beautiful
Chapter 39. Manufactures and Miscreants
Chapter 40. Castles and Culture
Chapter 41. The Metropolis of the South
Chapter 42. Hygiene and Sentiment
Chapter 43. The Art of Inhumation
Chapter 44. City Sights
Chapter 45. Southern Sports
Chapter 46. Enchantments and Enchanters
Chapter 47. Uncle Remus and Mr. Cable
Chapter 48. Sugar and Postage
Chapter 49. Episodes in Pilot Life
Chapter 50. The ‘Original Jacobs’
Chapter 51. Reminiscences
Chapter 52. A Burning Brand
Chapter 53. My Boyhood’s Home
Chapter 54. Past and Present
Chapter 55. A Vendetta and Other Things
Chapter 56. A Question of Law
Chapter 57. An Archangel
Chapter 58. On the Upper River
Chapter 59. Legends and Scenery
Chapter 60. Speculations and Conclusions
APPENDIX
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
PREFACE
BOOK I CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHAPTER I
VIENNA 1899
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
BOOK II
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
POSTSCRIPT
CHAPTER V
SUMMARY
CHAPTER VI
THE PASTOR EMERITUS
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE PRESIDENT
TREASURER AND CLERK
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
READERS
ELECTION OF READERS
THE ARISTOCRACY
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
AND SOME ENGLISH REQUIRED
“READERS” AGAIN
MONOPOLY OF SPIRITUAL BREAD
CHAPTER VII
THE NEW INFALLIBILITY
THE SACRED POEMS
THE CHURCH EDIFICE
PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER-AMENDED
THE NEW UNPARDONABLE SIN
AXE AND BLOCK
READING LETTERS AT MEETINGS
HONESTY REQUISITE
FURTHER APPLICATIONS OF THE AXE
MORE SELF-PROTECTIONS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
PUBLIC TEACHERS
BOARD OF LECTURESHIP
MISSIONARIES
THE BY-LAWS
THE CREED
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY
CHAPTER VIII
“MOTHER-CHURCH UNIQUE”
“NO FIRST MEMBERS”
“THE”
A LIFE-TERM MONOPOLY
A PERPETUAL ONE
THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM AND SACRED CHAIR
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PASTOR-UNIVERSAL
PRICE OF THE PASTOR-UNIVERSAL
SEVEN HUNDRED PER CENT
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
APPENDIX A
ORIGINAL FIRST PREFACE TO SCIENCE AND HEALTH
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
APPENDIX E
APPENDIX F
MRS. EDDY IN ERROR
MAIN PARTS OF THE MACHINE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MACHINE’S POWERS AND DIGNITIES
CONCLUSION
QUEEN VICTORIA’S JUBILEE
MY PLATONIC SWEETHEART
EDITORIAL WILD OATS
My First Literary Venture
Journalism in Tennessee
Nicodemus Dodge — Printer
Mr. Bloke’s Item
How I Edited an Agricultural Paper
The Killing of Julius Cæsar “Localized
The Letters
THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF MARK TWAIN
VOLUME I — LETTERS — 1853-1866. FOREWORD
MARK TWAIN — A BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
I. EARLY LETTERS, 1853. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA
II. LETTERS 1856-61. KEOKUK, AND THE RIVER. END OF PILOTING
III. LETTERS 1861-62. ON THE FRONTIER. MINING ADVENTURES. JOURNALISTIC BEGINNINGS
IV. LETTERS 1863-64. “MARK TWAIN.” COMSTOCK JOURNALISM. ARTEMUS WARD
V. LETTERS 1864-66. SAN FRANCISCO AND HAWAII
VI. LETTERS 1866-67. THE LECTURER. SUCCESS ON THE COAST. IN NEW YORK. THE GREAT OCEAN EXCURSION
VOLUME II — LETTERS 1867-1875
VII. LETTERS 1867. THE TRAVELER. THE VOYAGE OF THE “QUAKER CITY”
VIII. LETTERS 1867-68. WASHINGTON AND SAN FRANCISCO. THE PROPOSED BOOK OF TRAVEL. A NEW LECTURE
IX. LETTERS 1868-70. COURTSHIP, AND “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD”
X. LETTERS 1870-71. MARK TWAIN IN BUFFALO. MARRIAGE. THE BUFFALO EXPRESS. “MEMORANDA.” LECTURES. A NEW BOOK
XI. LETTERS 1871-72. REMOVAL TO HARTFORD. A LECTURE TOUR. “ROUGHING IT.” FIRST LETTER TO HOWELLS
XII. LETTERS 1872-73. MARK TWAIN IN ENGLAND. LONDON HONORS. ACQUAINTANCE WITH DR. JOHN BROWN. A LECTURE TRIUMPH. “THE GILDED AGE”
XIII. LETTERS 1874. HARTFORD AND ELMIRA. A NEW STUDY. BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER.” THE SELLERS PLAY
XIV. LETTERS 1874. MISSISSIPPI CHAPTERS. VISITS TO BOSTON. A JOKE ON ALDRICH
XV. LETTERS FROM HARTFORD, 1875. MUCH CORRESPONDENCE WITH HOWELLS
VOLUME III — LETTERS 1876-1885. XVI. LETTERS, 1876, CHIEFLY TO W. D. HOWELLS. LITERATURE AND POLITICS. PLANNING A PLAY WITH BRET HARTE
XVII. LETTERS, 1877. TO BERMUDA WITH TWICHELL. PROPOSITION TO TH. NAST. THE WHITTIER DINNER
XVIII. LETTERS FROM EUROPE, 1878-79. TRAMPING WITH TWICHELL. WRITING A NEW TRAVEL BOOK. LIFE IN MUNICH
XIX. LETTERS 1879. RETURN TO AMERICA. THE GREAT GRANT REUNION
XX. LETTERS OF 1880, CHIEFLY TO HOWELLS. “THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER.” MARK TWAIN MUGWUMP SOCIETY
XXI. LETTERS 1881, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. ASSISTING A YOUNG SCULPTOR. LITERARY PLANS
XXII. LETTERS, 1882, MAINLY TO HOWELLS. WASTED FURY. OLD SCENES REVISITED. THE MISSISSIPPI BOOK
XXIII. LETTERS, 1883, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. A GUEST OF THE MARQUIS OF LORNE. THE HISTORY GAME. A PLAY BY HOWELLS AND MARK TWAIN
XXIV. LETTERS, 1884, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. CABLE’S GREAT APRIL FOOL. “HUCK FINN” IN PRESS. MARK TWAIN FOR CLEVELAND. CLEMENS AND CABLE
XXV. THE GREAT YEAR OF 1885. CLEMENS AND CABLE. PUBLICATION OF “HUCK FINN.” THE GRANT MEMOIRS. MARK TWAIN AT FIFTY
VOLUME IV — LETTERS 1886-1900. XXVI. LETTERS, 1886-87. JANE CLEMENS’S ROMANCE. UNMAILED LETTERS, ETC
II
XXVII. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS OF 1887. LITERARY ARTICLES. PEACEFUL DAYS AT THE FARM. FAVORITE READING. APOLOGY TO MRS. CLEVELAND, ETC
XXVIII. LETTERS,1888. A YALE DEGREE. WORK ON “THE YANKEE.” ON INTERVIEWING, ETC
XXIX. LETTERS, 1889. THE MACHINE. DEATH OF MR. CRANE. CONCLUSION OF THE YANKEE
XXX. LETTERS, 1890, CHIEFLY TO JOS. T. GOODMAN. THE GREAT MACHINE ENTERPRISE
XXXI. LETTERS, 1891, TO HOWELLS, MRS. CLEMENS AND OTHERS. RETURN TO LITERATURE. AMERICAN CLAIMANT. LEAVING HARTFORD. EUROPE. DOWN THE RHINE
XXXII. LETTERS, 1892, CHIEFLY TO MR. HALL AND MRS. CRANE. IN BERLIN, MENTONE, BAD-NAUHEIM, FLORENCE
XXXIII. LETTERS, 1893, TO MR. HALL, MRS. CLEMENS, AND OTHERS. FLORENCE. BUSINESS TROUBLES. “PUDD’NHEAD WILSON.” “JOAN OF ARC.” AT THE PLAYERS, NEW
XXXIV. LETTERS 1894. A WINTER IN NEW YORK. BUSINESS FAILURE. END OF THE MACHINE
XXXV. LETTERS, 1895-96, TO H. H. ROGERS AND OTHERS. FINISHING “JOAN OF ARC.” THE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD. DEATH OF SUSY CLEMENS
XXXVI. LETTERS 1897. LONDON, SWITZERLAND, VIENNA
XXXVII. LETTERS, 1898, TO HOWELLS AND TWICHELL. LIFE IN VIENNA. PAYMENT OF THE DEBTS. ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPRESS
XXXVIII. LETTERS, 1899, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. VIENNA. LONDON. A SUMMER IN SWEDEN
XXXIX. LETTERS OF 1900, MAINLY TO TWICHELL. THE BOER WAR. BOXER TROUBLES. THE RETURN TO AMERICA
VOLUME V — LETTERS 1901-1906. XL. LETTERS OF 1901, CHIEFLY TO TWICHELL. MARK TWAIN AS A REFORMER. SUMMER AT SARANAC. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY
XLI. LETTERS OF 1902. RIVERDALE. YORK HARBOR. ILLNESS OF MRS. CLEMENS
XLII. LETTERS OF 1903. TO VARIOUS PERSONS. HARD DAYS AT RIVERDALE. LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA. THE RETURN TO ITALY
XLIII. LETTERS OF 1904. TO VARIOUS PERSONS. LIFE IN VILLA QUARTO. DEATH OF MRS. CLEMENS. THE RETURN TO AMERICA
XLIV. LETTERS OF 1905. TO TWICHELL, MR. DUNEKA AND OTHERS. POLITICS AND HUMANITY. A SUMMER AT DUBLIN. MARK TWAIN AT 70
XLV. LETTERS, 1906, TO VARIOUS PERSONS. THE FAREWELL LECTURE. A SECOND SUMMER IN DUBLIN. BILLIARDS AND COPYRIGHT
VOLUME VI — LETTERS 1907-1910. XLVI. LETTERS 1907-08. A DEGREE FROM OXFORD. THE NEW HOME AT REDDING
XLVII. LETTERS, 1909. TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. LIFE AT STORMFIELD. COPYRIGHT EXTENSION. DEATH OF JEAN CLEMENS
XLVIII. LETTERS OF 1910. LAST TRIP TO BERMUDA. LETTERS TO PAINE. THE LAST LETTER
A LETTER FROM SANTA CLAUS
The Speeches
THE COMPLETE SPEECHES
THE STORY OF A SPEECH
PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE PILGRIMS
COMPLIMENTS AND DEGREES
BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS
DEDICATION SPEECH
DIE SCHRECKEN DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE [THE HORRORS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE]
GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS
A NEW GERMAN WORD
UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM
THE WEATHER
THE BABIES
OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES
EDUCATING THEATRE-GOERS
THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE
POETS AS POLICEMEN
PUDD’NHEAD WILSON DRAMATIZED
DALY THEATRE
THE DRESS OF CIVILIZED WOMAN
DRESS REFORM AND COPYRIGHT
COLLEGE GIRLS
GIRLS
THE LADIES
WOMAN’S PRESS CLUB
VOTES FOR WOMEN
WOMAN-AN OPINION
ADVICE TO GIRLS
TAXES AND MORALS
TAMMANY AND CROKER
MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES
THEORETICAL MORALS
LAYMAN’S SERMON
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY
PUBLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP
COURAGE
THE DINNER TO MR. CHOATE
ON STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE
HENRY M. STANLEY
DINNER TO MR. JEROME
HENRY IRVING
DINNER TO HAMILTON W. MABIE
INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY
DINNER TO WHITELAW REID
ROGERS AND RAILROADS
THE OLD-FASHIONED PRINTER
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS
READING-ROOM OPENING
LITERATURE
DISAPPEARANCE OF LITERATURE
THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB DINNER
THE ALPHABET AND SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
SPELLING AND PICTURES
BOOKS AND BURGLARS
AUTHORS’ CLUB
BOOKSELLERS
“MARK TWAIN’S FIRST APPEARANCE”
MORALS AND MEMORY
QUEEN VICTORIA
JOAN OF ARC
ACCIDENT INSURANCE — ETC
OSTEOPATHY
WATER-SUPPLY
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
CATS AND CANDY
OBITUARY POETRY
CIGARS AND TOBACCO
BILLIARDS
THE UNION RIGHT OR WRONG
AN IDEAL FRENCH ADDRESS
STATISTICS
GALVESTON ORPHAN BAZAAR
SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
CHARITY AND ACTORS
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
RUSSIAN SUFFERERS
WATTERSON AND TWAIN AS REBELS
ROBERT FULTON FUND
FULTON DAY, JAMESTOWN
LOTOS CLUB DINNER IN HONOR OF MARK TWAIN
COPYRIGHT
IN AID OF THE BLIND
DR. MARK TWAIN, FARMEOPATH
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SPEECH
BUSINESS
CARNEGIE THE BENEFACTOR
WELCOME HOME
AN UNDELIVERED SPEECH
SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
TO THE WHITEFRIARS
THE ASCOT GOLD CUP
THE SAVAGE CLUB DINNER
GENERAL MILES AND THE DOG
WHEN IN DOUBT, TELL THE TRUTH
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE
INDEPENDENCE DAY
AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH
ABOUT LONDON
PRINCETON
THE ST. LOUIS HARBOR-BOAT “MARK TWAIN”
SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
Autobiography
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PREFATORY NOTE
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — I.
INTRODUCTION
I
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — II
II
III
IV
V
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — III
VI
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — IV
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — V
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — VI.
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — VII
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — VIII
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — IX
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — X
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XI
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XII
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XIII
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XIV
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XV
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XVI
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XVII
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XVIII
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XIX
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XX.
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XXI.
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XXII.
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XXIII.
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XXIV.
CHAPTERS FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. — XXV.
