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PrefaceSample
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LX.
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.
STORY OF ABELARD AND HELOISE
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
Preface
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
THE BURIED CITY OF POMPEII
CHAPTER XXXII.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CHAPTER XXXV.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Preface
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CHAPTER XL.
CHAPTER XLI.
CHAPTER XLII.
CHAPTER XLIII.
CHAPTER XLIV.
CHAPTER XLV.
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
Preface
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
Preface
CHAPTER LVIII.
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
Preface
CHAPTER I
FESTIVITY AND TEARS
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
Preface
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.
Preface
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.
Preface
CHAPTER LXIX.
CHAPTER LXX.
CHAPTER LXXI.
CHAPTER LXXII.
CHAPTER LXXIII.
CHAPTER LXXIV.
CHAPTER LXXV.
CHAPTER LXXVI.
CHAPTER LXXVII.
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
CHAPTER LXXIX.
Preface
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
Preface
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
Chapter XII. D.W.]
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
Preface
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI
Preface
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.
Preface
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.
Preface
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXII
CHAPTER LXIII.
AN INSTRUCTIVE LITTLE TALE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
THE JUMPING FROG
Chapter
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
SPIRIT OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS
Preface
BY THOMAS MOORE
BY MARK TWAIN
TO RAISE POULTRY
MY FIRST LITERARY VENTURE
JOHNNY GREER
THE UNITED STATES
Preface
PART FIRST
PART SECOND
PART THIRD
RILEY-NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
CHAPTER I
FESTIVITY AND TEARS
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V.
PETITION CONCERNING COPYRIGHT
AFTER-DINNER SPEECH
LIONIZING MURDERERS
LEGISLATION NEEDED
CONTAINING A MORAL
Preface
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
SPEECH ON ACCIDENT INSURANCE
JOHN CHINAMAN IN NEW YORK
THE PETRIFIED MAN
MY BLOODY MASSACRE
THE UNDERTAKER'S CHAT
CONCERNING CHAMBERMAIDS
Preface
ABOUT BARBERS
THE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT RESIGNATION
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
HONORED AS A CURIOSITY
THE STRANGER'S NARRATIVE
THE WIDOW'S PROTEST
DEPARTURE OF THE COMET
THE POSTAL SERVICE
THE INHABITANTS OF STARS
THE DOG STAR
FIRST-CLASS FARE
OLD RAMSHACKLE COMETS
WE CARRY BULLETIN-BOARDS
THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR
THE STORY OF A GALLANT DEED
ABOUT SMELLS
DAN MURPHY
CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE
Preface
THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC
THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE
OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC
POSTSCRIPT-LATER
THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED
HUMOR AT WEST POINT
FROM THE DEPTHS
Preface
PROFESSOR SCENTS PORNOGRAPHY
DROLL STORY
THE FIRST PRINTING
THE CHARACTERS
THE ELIZABETHAN WRITERS
GOOD OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM
AEOLIAN CREPITATIONS
YE VIRGIN QUEENE
PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
Preface
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
Preface
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
Preface
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
Preface
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
Preface
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
Chapter
Chapter
ABOUT MAGNANIMOUS-INCIDENT LITERATURE
THE GRATEFUL POODLE
THE BENEVOLENT AUTHOR
THE GRATEFUL HUSBAND
PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH
THE GREAT REVOLUTION IN PITCAIRN
THE CANVASSER'S TALE
AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN INTERVIEWER
PARIS NOTES
LEGEND OF SAGENFELD, IN GERMANY
SPEECH ON THE BABIES
SPEECH ON THE WEATHER
CONCERNING THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE
SOME RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION
Preface
THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT
Preface
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
Preface
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
M. Gambetta revealed to me the desperate and implacable
M. Fourtou's friend:
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
THE LEGEND
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
THE CAVE OF THE SPECTER
CHAPTER XVI
THE LEGEND
THE LORELEI
THE LORELEI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
THE LEGEND OF DILSBERG CASTLE
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
SKELETON FOR A BLACK FOREST NOVEL
Preface
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
THE MAN WHO PUT UP AT GADSBY'S
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
CHAPTER XXXIV
CHAPTER XXXV
CHAPTER XXXVI
CHAPTER XXXVII
CHIEFS OF SERVICE SUBORDINATES
Preface
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CHAPTER XXXIX
CHAPTER XL
CHAPTER XLI
CHAPTER XLII
CHAPTER XLIII
CHAPTER XLIV
CHAPTER XLV
CHAPTER XLVI
Preface
CHAPTER XLVII
CHAPTER XLVIII
CHAPTER XLIX
RECIPE FOR NEW ENGLISH PIE
RECIPE FOR GERMAN COFFEE
CHAPTER L
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
Preface
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.
Preface
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.
Preface
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.
Preface
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.
Preface
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.
Preface
Chapter 1 The River and Its His tory
Chapter 2 The River and Its Explorers
Chapter 3 Frescoes from the Past
Preface
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
JOHN SMITH MASTER
Chapter 16 Racing Days
D. H. M.
D. H. M.
D. H. M.
MISCELLANEOUS RUNS
Chapter 17 Cut-offs 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
THE PILOT'S FIRST BATTLE
Chapter 27 Some Imported Articles
Chapter 28 Uncle Mumford Unloads
UNCLE MUMFORD'S IMPRESSIONS
Chapter 29 A Few Specimen Bricks
Chapter 30 Sketches by the Way
Chapter 31 A Thumb-print 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
Preface
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 A
DOWN BLACK RIVER
THE FLOOD STILL RISING
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
APPENDIX C
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.
Preface
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
ODE TO STEPHEN DOWLING BOTS, DEC'D
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Preface
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
MARK TWAIN
MARK TWAIN
THE STRANGER'S HISTORY
CHAPTER I
KING ARTHUR'S COURT
KNIGHTS OF THE TABLE ROUND
SIR DINADAN THE HUMORIST
AN INSPIRATION
THE ECLIPSE
MERLIN'S TOWER
THE BOSS
THE TOURNAMENT
BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION
THE YANKEE IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES
SLOW TORTURE
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
SANDY'S TALE
MORGAN LE FAY
Preface
CHAPTER XVII
IN THE QUEEN'S DUNGEONS
KNIGHT-ERRANTRY AS A TRADE
THE OGRE'S CASTLE
THE PILGRIMS
Preface
THE HOLY FOUNTAIN
RESTORATION OF THE FOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XXIV
Preface
CHAPTER XXV
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
INFERNAL FIRE AND SMOKE
THE YANKEE AND THE KING TRAVEL INCOGNITO
DRILLING THE KING
THE SMALLPOX HUT
THE TRAGEDY OF THE MANOR-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXXI
DOWLEY'S HUMILIATION
SIXTH CENTURY POLITICAL ECONOMY
Chapter
CHAPTER XXXV
AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XXXVII
SIR LAUNCELOT AND KNIGHTS TO THE RESCUE
THE YANKEE'S FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHTS
DE PAR LE ROI
THREE YEARS LATER
BESSEMERS ULSTERS
THE INTERDICT
CHAPTER XLII
Preface
THE BATTLE OF THE SAND BELT
Chapter
CHAPTER XLIV
Preface
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
Preface
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
Preface
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
Preface
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
Preface
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY
THE GRASS
IN DEFENSE OF HARRIET SHELLEY
Preface
FENIMORE COOPER'S LITERARY OFFENCES
Preface
CHAPTER I. TOM SEEKS NEW ADVENTURES
Preface
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
Preface
CHAPTER XII. JIM STANDING SIEGE
CHAPTER XIII. GOING FOR TOM'S PIPE:
THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
Preface
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
Preface
THE TWINS AS THEY REALLY WERE
MA COOPER GETS ALL MIXED UP
ANGELO IS BLUE
SUPERNATURAL CHRONOMETRY
GUILT AND INNOCENCE FINELY BLENT
THE AMAZING DUEL
LUIGI DEFIES GALEN
BAPTISM OF THE BETTER HALF
THE DRINKLESS DRUNK
SO THEY HANGED LUIGI
Book II — IN COURT AND CAMP
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
THE SIEUR LOUIS DE CONTE
Chapter 1 When Wolves Ran Free in Paris
Chapter 2 The Fairy Tree of Domremy
SONG OF THE CHILDREN
Chapter 3 All Aflame with Love of France
Chapter 4 Joan Tames the Mad Man
Preface
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
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
Preface
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 Battle-Field
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
Book III — TRIAL AND MARTYRDOM
Chapter 28 Joan Foretells Her Doom
Preface
Chapter 39 We Win, But the King Balks
BOOK III TRIAL AND MARTYRDOM
Preface
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
Preface
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
CHAPTER LXIX.
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.
Preface
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
Preface
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVIL
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.
Preface
CHAPTER XLVI.
CHAPTER XLVII.
CHAPTER XLVIII.
CHAPTER XLIX.
CHAPTER L.
CHAPTER LI.
CHAPTER LII.
CHAPTER LIII.
CHAPTER LIV.
CHAPTER LV.
CHAPTER LVI.
CHAPTER LVII.
Preface
CHAPTER LIX.
CHAPTER LX.
CHAPTER LXI.
CHAPTER LXII.
CHAPTER LXIII.
CHAPTER LXIV.
CHAPTER LXV.
CHAPTER LXVI.
CHAPTER LXVII.
CHAPTER LXVIII.
CHAPTER LXIX.
THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG
III
Preface
THE ESQUIMAUX MAIDEN'S ROMANCE
Chapter
Preface
MY DEBUT AS A LITERARY PERSON
Preface
AT THE APPETITE-CURE
CONCERNING THE JEWS
FROM THE 'LONDON TIMES' OF 1904
ABOUT PLAY-ACTING
TRAVELLING WITH A REFORMER
DIPLOMATIC PAY AND CLOTHES
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY
I. THE GOVERNMENT IN THE FRYING-PAN.
II. A MEMORABLE SITTING.
Preface
PRIVATE HISTORY OF THE 'JUMPING FROG' STORY
Chapter
Preface
ACT I. SCENE I.
M. Wh-a-t! Who? When? Which? Speak!
M. Isn't—that—too lovely!
M. Got to what?
M. Reasons?—what reasons?
M. Noble hearts!
M. Danke schon—und sagte dass sie nicht wohl sei.
M. Ich bin Ihnen sehr verbunden—meine Schwester auch.
M. Wir fahren sehr rasch.
ACT III.
M. Warum kommen sie nicht?
M. Right! hold to him!
MY BOYHOOD DREAMS
TO THE ABOVE OLD PEOPLE
EDITORIAL NOTE
OLIVIA SUSAN CLEMENS
IV
Preface
THE DEATH OF JEAN
THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE
HOW TO MAKE HISTORY DATES STICK
THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION
SWITZERLAND, THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY
Preface
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT
XIV. Oratory; XV. Metaphysics.
ON GIRLS
AS CONCERNS INTERPRETING THE DEITY
CONCERNING TOBACCO
THE BEE
TAMING THE BICYCLE
Preface
Chapter XIII of THE SHAKESPEARE PROBLEM RESTATED bears the heading
Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Preface
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Preface
Chapter 11
HUNTING THE DECEITFUL TURKEY
PART I
Preface
SHERLOCK HOLMES
Preface
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
Preface
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
THE CURIOUS BOOK
Preface
THE CALIFORNIAN'S TALE
THE LETTER
C. She wished me to use my influence.
C. Yes.
C. Sixteen years ago.
Preface
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
THE FIRST WRITING-MACHINES
ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER
ITALIAN WITH GRAMMAR
HOW TO TELL A STORY
THE WOUNDED SOLDIER
THE GOLDEN ARM
GENERAL WASHINGTON'S NEGRO BODY-SERVANT
ANOTHER OLD HERO GONE
ANOTHER CHERISHED REMNANT OF THE REVOLUTION GONE
Preface
AN ENGLISH CRITIC ON MARK TWAIN
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS
AMENDED OBITUARIES
DIALOGUE 16
DIALOGUE 17
ADVICE TO LITTLE GIRLS
Preface
THE DANGER OF LYING IN BED
PORTRAIT OF KING WILLIAM III
COMMENDATIONS OF THE PORTRAIT
Preface
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 IX—SOLDIER BOY AND SHEKELS AGAIN
CHAPTER X—GENERAL ALISON AND DORCAS
CHAPTER XI—SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. ANTONIO AND THORNDIKE
Preface
CHAPTER XII—MONGREL AND THE OTHER HORSE
CHAPTER XIII—GENERAL ALISON TO HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER XIV—SOLDIER BOY—TO HIMSELF
CHAPTER I
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
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
THE PASTOR EMERITUS
TREASURER AND CLERK
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
AND SOME ENGLISH REQUIRED
MONOPOLY OF SPIRITUAL BREAD
THE NEW INFALLIBILITY
THE SACRED POEMS
THE CHURCH EDIFICE
THE LORD'S PRAYER-AMENDED
THE NEW UNPARDONABLE SIN
AXE AND BLOCK
READING LETTERS AT MEETINGS
FURTHER APPLICATIONS OF THE AXE
MORE SELF-PROTECTIONS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
BOARD OF LECTURESHIP
THE BY-LAWS
THE CREED
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION
Preface
CHAPTER VIII
THE SANCTUM SANCTORUM AND SACRED CHAIR
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PASTOR-UNIVERSAL
PRICE OF THE PASTOR-UNIVERSAL
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
ORIGINAL FIRST PREFACE TO SCIENCE AND HEALTH
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
APPENDIX E
APPENDIX F
MAIN PARTS OF THE MACHINE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MACHINE'S POWERS AND DIGNITIES
Preface
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
Preface
LETTER I
LETTER II
LETTER III
LETTER IV
LETTER V
LETTER VI
LETTER VII
HOW TO TELL A STORY
MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN
THE INVALID'S STORY
MARK TWAIN'S SPEECHES
THE STORY OF A SPEECH
Preface
BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS
MAY 16, 1908
HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899
SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY, AUGUST 29, 1879
ANNUAL DINNER, NEW YORK CITY
NOVEMBER, 1879
DELIVERED AT THE AUTHORS' CLUB, NEW YORK
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
CORPORATION OF LONDON
WOMAN'S PRESS CLUB
Chapter
CORRESPONDENTS' CLUB
ADVICE TO GIRLS
Chapter
TAMMANY AND CROKER
Chapter
DECEMBER 6, 1900
CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES
THEORETICAL MORALS
LAYMAN'S SERMON
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY
NOVEMBER 23, 1900
EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP
THE LOTOS CLUB, NOVEMBER 24, 7902
ON STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE
ADDRESS DELIVERED IN BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1886
HENRY IRVING
ADDRESS DELIVERED APRIL 29, 1901
INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY
DINNER TO WHITELAW REID
APRIL, 3, 1909
Preface
OCTOBER 28, 1908
JUNE, 1899
Preface
MORALS AND MEMORY
QUEEN VICTORIA
THE ALDINE ASSOCIATION CLUB, DECEMBER 22, 1905
OF LONDON
WATER-SUPPLY
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
CATS AND CANDY
OBITUARY POETRY
CIGARS AND TOBACCO
REMINISCENCES OF NEVADA
AN IDEAL FRENCH ADDRESS
GALVESTON ORPHAN BAZAAR
SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
RUSSIAN SUFFERERS
WATTERSON AND TWAIN AS REBELS
ROBERT FULTON FUND
ADDRESS DELIVERED SEPTEMBER 23, 1907
NOVEMBER 11, 1893
MARCH 29, 1906
MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL, JANUARY 21, 1909
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SPEECH
CARNEGIE THE BENEFACTOR
NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY 7, 1906
NOVEMBER 10, 1900
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
INDEPENDENCE DAY
AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH
ABOUT LONDON
Preface
SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY
VOLUME I
MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS
MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS
SAM CLEMENS
Part of a letter to Mrs. Jane Clemens, in St. Louis:
Part of a letter to Mrs. Jane Clemens and Mrs. Moffett, in St. Louis:
THE GREAT OCEAN EXCURSION
ARRANGED WITH COMMENT BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
IX.
Preface
FIRST LETTER TO HOWELLS
BY TELEGRAPH
FARMINGTON AVENUE, HARTFORD
XIV.
Preface
PLANNING A PLAY WITH BRET HARTE
THE WHITTIER DINNER
Part of letter to W. D. Howells, in Boston:
XIX.
Preface
TWAIN MUGWUMP SOCIETY
LITERARY PLANS
Preface
THE MISSISSIPPI BOOK
Preface
Part I yet, because that number must have reached Hartford after we left;
HOTEL NORMANDIE
MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS 1886-1900
Preface
CONCLUSION OF THE YANKEE
LETTERS, 1890, CHIEFLY TO JOS. T. GOODMAN. THE GREAT MACHINE ENTERPRISE
BAD-NAUHEIM, FLORENCE
VILLA VIVIANI
AT THE PLAYERS, NEW YORK
Preface
END OF THE MACHINE
CHALET DES ABRIS
Part of a letter to H. H. Rogers, in New York:
XXXVIII
THE RETURN TO AMERICA
ARRANGED WITH COMMENT BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
Preface
PORTLAND, OREGON
Preface
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Preface
ARRANGED WITH COMMENT BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
MARK TWAIN
Preface
THE LAST LETTER
BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE