Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900

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Paine Albert Bigelow. Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900

VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886

CV. MARK TWAIN AT FORTY

CVI. HIS FIRST STAGE APPEARANCE

CVII. HOWELLS, CLEMENS, AND "GEORGE"

CVIII. SUMMER LABORS AT QUARRY FARM

CIX. THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF "TOM SAWYER"

CX. MARK TWAIN AND BRET HARTE WRITE A PLAY

CXI. A BERMUDA HOLIDAY

CXII. A NEW PLAY AND A NEW TALE

CXIII. TWO DOMESTIC DRAMAS

CXIV. THE WHITTIER BIRTHDAY SPEECH

CXV. HARTFORD AND BILLIARDS

CXVI. OFF FOR GERMANY

CXVII. GERMANY AND GERMAN

CXVIII. TRAMPING WITH TWICHELL

CXIX. ITALIAN DAYS

CXX. IN MUNICH

CXXI. PARIS, ENGLAND, AND HOMEWARD BOUND

CXXII. AN INTERLUDE

CXXIII. THE GRANT SPEECH OF 1879

CXXIV. ANOTHER "ATLANTIC" SPEECH

CXXV. THE QUIETER THINGS OF HOME

CXXVI "A TRAMP ABROAD"

CXXVII. LETTERS, TALES, AND PLANS

CXXVIII. MARK TWAIN's ABSENT-MINDEDNESS

CXXIX. FURTHER AFFAIRS AT THE FARM

CXXX. COPYRIGHT AND OTHER FANCIES

CXXXI. WORKING FOR GARFIELD

CXXXII. A NEW PUBLISHER

CXXXIII. THE THREE FIRES—SOME BENEFACTIONS

CXXXIV. LITERARY PROJECTS AND A MONUMENT TO ADAM

CXXXV. A TRIP WITH SHERMAN AND AN INTERVIEW WITH GRANT

CXXXVI "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER"

CXXXVII. CERTAIN ATTACKS AND REPRISALS

CXXXVIII. MANY UNDERTAKINGS

CXXXIX. FINANCIAL AND LITERARY

CXL. DOWN THE RIVER

CXLI. LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY

CXLII "LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI"

CXLIII. A GUEST OF ROYALTY

CXLIV. A SUMMER LITERARY HARVEST

CXLV. HOWELLS AND CLEMENS WRITE A PLAY

CXLVI. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

CXLVII. THE FORTUNES OF A PLAY

CXLVIII. CABLE AND HIS GREAT JOKE

CXLIX. MARK TWAIN IN BUSINESS

CL. FARM PICTURES

CLI. MARK TWAIN MUGWUMPS

CLII. PLATFORMING WITH CABLE

CLIII. HUCK FINN COMES INTO HIS OWN

CLIV. THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL GRANT

CLV. DAYS WITH A DYING HERO

CLVI. THE CLOSE OF A GREAT CAREER

CLVII. MINOR MATTERS OF A GREAT YEAR

CLVIII. MARK TWAIN AT FIFTY

CLIX. THE LIFE OF THE POPE

CLX. A GREAT PUBLISHER AT HOME

CLXI. HISTORY: MAINLY BY SUSY

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In conversation with John Hay, Hay said to Clemens:

"A man reaches the zenith at forty, the top of the hill. From that time forward he begins to descend. If you have any great undertaking ahead, begin it now. You will never be so capable again."

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"Why, Youth," she said, "you haven't on any collar and tie."

He said nothing, but went up to his room, did up these items in a neat package, and sent it over by a servant, with a line:

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