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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
 MARK TWAIN 
 
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 OF THE WORK OF 
 
 MARK TWAIN 
 
 SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS 
 
 A LIST OF FIRST EDITIONS IN 
 BOOK FORM AND OF FIRST 
 PRINTINGS IN PERIODICALS AND 
 OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS OF 
 HIS VARIED LITERARY ACTIVITIES 
 
 COMPILED BY 
 
 MERLE JOHNSON 
 
 HARPER bf BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 
 
 NEW YORK AND LONDON 
 M C M X 
 
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Copyright, igio, by Harhek & Brothers 
 
 Published November, 19 ro. 
 Printed in the United States 0/ America 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Introductory v 
 
 Books i 
 
 Speeches .- . 109 
 
 Letters 127 
 
 Anecdotes 137 
 
 Notes 149 
 
 Index 167 
 
INTRODUCTORY 
 
 SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS, who lived 
 and wrote under the pseudonym ' ' Mark Twain , ' ' 
 was born in Florida, Missouri, November 30, 1835, 
 and died in Redding, Connecticut, April 21, 1910. 
 
 This bibliography of his printed work is not the 
 place for an extended resume of the literary value 
 of his output ; it is rather a catalogue to facilitate 
 the researches of the many, present and future, 
 interested in his writings. Little attempt will be 
 made to distinguish between the individual char- 
 acteristics of the various books or articles with 
 regard to the quality of humor, moral teaching, 
 interest, or probable value. Mark Twain has been 
 variously regarded as merely an entertaining 
 humorist, and as a great and profound philosopher ; 
 his own point of view probably changed with the 
 years as his mental horizon changed and widened. 
 A preface to one of his early works states : "I am 
 not offering this work to the reader as either law 
 or gospel, upon any point, principle, or subject; 
 but only as a trifle to occupy himself with when 
 he has nothing to do and does not wish to whistle." 
 
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 Yet most of his very latest work was controversial 
 and philosophical, and just before his death he 
 wrote: "I like myself best when I am serious." 
 
 Personally, I regard most of his better-known 
 works as Americana of the greatest value, as impos- 
 sible to duplicate as the paintings of Remington 
 depicting an age that has vanished; those books 
 portray the making of the nineteenth - century 
 American, his whimsical humor and exaggeration, 
 his roughness, his fineness, his ready sympathy, 
 his strength, his weakness, from boyhood tO' old 
 age: they are history, as the Dickens books are 
 history, in the best sense of all. 
 
 Mark Twain's literary production covered a 
 period of practically five decades. His range of 
 activities included newspaper, magazine, book, and 
 speech. He lived in a dozen places, from Hono- 
 lulu to Vienna. Europe, Canada, and the United 
 States vied for the first publication of his work. 
 These things, together with the immense volume 
 of publication, render it practically impossible to 
 make these lists technically complete. Yet the 
 Twain-lover will find here sufficient exact data 
 for the broad founding of his collection. Such 
 additional information and correction as may be 
 necessary will but add zest to his pursuit. 
 
 In these pages, after the usual fashion of bibliog- 
 raphies, most importance is given to the first 
 printings in book form. No attempt will be made 
 
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 to be didactic or arbitrary. Facts will be stated 
 as far as obtainable, but some conclusions must 
 necessarily remain matters of opinion. In search 
 of information I have examined almost every 
 available source: libraries, private collections, 
 and have interviewed numbers of publishers, 
 printers, and book dealers. 
 
 It must be taken into account that the bulk of 
 Mark Twain's work was published before the date 
 of international copyright, and his popularity 
 made him the victim of "pirates" of every degree. 
 Whatever the author's feelings on the subject may 
 have been, these "pirated" works are of as much 
 importance to the collector as those regularly 
 copyrighted. Naturally, the printing dates of 
 these pirated works can be found in no such regu- 
 lar channels as government records. Even the 
 government reports of the copyright editions have 
 been incomplete. Many books filed in govern- 
 ment offices at time of printing have been lost. 
 Of some of the early books, publishers, printers, 
 binders, illustrators, all lie in their graves, and 
 Mr. Clemens himself never had the collector's in- 
 terest in remarking the fine differences between 
 editions so necessary to state exactly in a bibliog- 
 raphy. Neither author nor publishers felt the im- 
 portance of preserving the first copies from the 
 press. Often it has been the cataloguer's only 
 recourse to search for a presentation volume, con- 
 
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 taining a written date within a few days of the 
 presumable first printing, and then compare page 
 by page, with an acknowledged second edition in 
 the same form, to discover and tabulate variances. 
 It will be only by accident, or by most unremitting 
 search, that the exact dates of printing of many 
 pirated editions in Canada and England will be- 
 come known. 
 
 No arbitrary rules have been attempted in this 
 bibliography for the acceptance or rejection of 
 "freak" publications, no fine distinctions drawn 
 between cloth, leather, or paper bound books, 
 pamphlets, annuals, etc. Each publication is 
 listed for its own worth, and the "distinctions" 
 must remain somewhat a matter of personal 
 opinion. 
 
 The largest point at issue for the collector who 
 does not wish to be omnivorous in his purchases, 
 lies between the English and American editions. 
 (In most cases the Canadian publications can be 
 eliminated as ' ' Firsts ' ' because the English editions 
 preceded them.) 
 
 Many bibliophiles claim with authority that the 
 collector should choose for a preferential set those 
 books published in the author's own country, even 
 if some of the items have been previously issued 
 in another country. In the Twain case nearly all 
 the books were first issued in England, some 
 pirated, but most by arrangement for purposes of 
 
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INTRODUCTORY 
 
 copyright protection before the passage of the 
 present act. 
 
 Twain's first book, The Jumping Frog, was 
 pubHshed in authorized form by Routledge in 
 England, some months after the American appear- 
 ance. One John Camden Hotten, seeing possi- 
 bilities in the new author, not only reprinted that 
 material, but pounced upon Innocents Abroad, 
 and had it upon the English market long before 
 the Routledge authorized edition. Next the 
 voracious Mr. Hotten seized the "Memoranda" 
 from the Galaxy magazine, and put it into book 
 form. It is probable that the author had been 
 most concerned with the work of production, and 
 the returns from the home market kept the wolf 
 far from the door; but word from across the sea 
 made him take notice of the increasing circulation 
 of his work there without corresponding gain to 
 himself. Here is his own account of the steps he 
 took for self -protection : 
 
 "'The English courts have held that under certain 
 circumstances prior publication in Great Britain will 
 give an author copyright in England, whatever his 
 nationality may be.' You are an American. ... If 
 you want to copyright a book here at home, what 
 must you do? This: you must get your title-page 
 printed on a piece of paper; enclose it to the Librarian 
 of Congress ; apply to him in writing for a copyright ; 
 send him a cash fee. That is what you, personally, 
 have to do; the rest is with your publisher. What 
 
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 do you have to do to get the same book copyrighted 
 in England? You are hampered by no bothers, no 
 details of any kind whatever. When you send your 
 manuscript to your English publisher, you tell him 
 the date appointed for the book to issue here, and 
 trust him to bring it out there a day ahead. Isn't 
 that simple enough? No letter to any official; no 
 title-page to any official; no fee to anybody; and 
 yet that book has a copyright on it which the Charles- 
 ton earthquake couldn't unsettle. 'Previous publi- 
 cation' in Great Britain of an American book secures 
 perfect copyright." 
 
 Whether his awakening to the value of the 
 English market was due to his trip to England in 
 1872, or his trip was due to his awakening, is un- 
 certain; the latter is indicated by newly written 
 prefaces, dated Hartford, July, 1872, to an au- 
 thorized edition of Innocents Abroad, printed in 
 London. In this he states; 
 
 "Any American likes to see the work of his hands 
 achieve a friendly reception in the mother-country, 
 and it is but natural— natural, too, that he should 
 prize its kindly reception there above the same com- 
 pliment extended by any other people than his own. 
 Our kindred blood and our common language, our 
 kindred religion and political liberty, make us feel 
 nearer to England than to other nations, and render 
 us more desirous of standing well there than with 
 foreign nationalities that are foreign to us in all 
 particulars. So, without any false modesty, or con- 
 sciousness of impropriety, I confess to a desire that 
 Englishmen should read my book." 
 
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 Something a little less altruistic than the above 
 seems to have been actuating him, however, for 
 the device of "previous publication" was invoked 
 to protect the just-written Roughing It. And a 
 wordy war took place between Twain and Hotten 
 through the columns of the Spectator, and soon 
 Hotten ceased to be a factor in the printing of 
 new material. 
 
 This practice of "previous publication" forces 
 the collector who does not wish parallel sets to a 
 choice between the actual first printings from 
 abroad, and the American first printings (with the 
 addition, of course, of the items not printed in 
 America). Many American collectors up to the 
 present^ date have thought necessary to include 
 in their sets London copies of The Prince and the 
 Pauper and Huckleberry Finn because of the pre- 
 dating of those items, not having the informa- 
 tion that those selected books were merely on 
 a par with twenty other books published a few 
 days previous to the American issue for copyright 
 reasons, and not a whit more important to the 
 collection. 
 
 It is almost impossible to draw the line between 
 the permanent and the fugitive, the valuable and 
 the trivial, in the immense volume of written, 
 spoken, and anecdotal Twain material. Most 
 authors sit them down in their studies to produce 
 any work of value; it has to be considered, 
 
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 written, and rewritten, and is then given to the 
 public in so-called permanent form. Much of 
 Mark Twain's work, of course, was in the carefully 
 wrought form; yet his literary product was an 
 inborn, method of thought, a point of view, a 
 philosophy of life, which was just as apt to flash 
 at full value in a hasty note to an acquaintance 
 as in the most studied production. Several of 
 his speeches are included in his collected works; 
 most of his shorter pieces were contributions to 
 newspapers. Therefore, it is the intention in 
 this bibliography to list all books containing 
 speeches, letters, or anecdotes of any literary in- 
 terest. I cannot guarantee the authorship of all 
 this material attributed to Twain, but if there is 
 a doubt as to authenticity, I shall endeavor to 
 voice it. Mr. Clemens has set his stamp of ap- 
 proval on such writings as appear in his collected 
 works — the rest is Twainiana, to be put to such 
 tests as any one may be able to apply. 
 
 It may be stated here, for the benefit of the pro- 
 spective collector, that his search for definite first 
 editions of Mark Twain is apt to be far more diffi- 
 cult, and therefore far more attractive, than has 
 popularly been supposed. It is true that even 
 the early publication of the Twain books in the 
 first form and first years of printing reached great 
 numbers. But the old-time printers did not run 
 off large editions from duplicate plates on many 
 
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 presses. A single press worked slowly. After a 
 few hundred were printed the sheets were in- 
 spected for errors and changes made in the plates. 
 It may safely be asserted that no first printing 
 by the American Publishing Company ever ran 
 more than a few thousand copies without some 
 change in the text or pictures. Often the change 
 was made after the printing of a very few copies. 
 Allowing for loss and mutilation, it is certain that 
 almost all definite first editions now exist to the 
 number of only four or five hundred. Some of 
 them, such as Tom Sawyer and A Tramp Abroad, 
 must be reckoned in tens, not hundreds. 
 
 The mechanics of bibliographical presention for 
 this author's works have been altered slightly 
 from the usual en masse style by the great volume 
 and varied character of his output. I have 
 previously mentioned the real literary value 
 of what might, in another author, be merely 
 fugitive — namely, speeches, letters, anecdotes. 
 Therefore I have divided, as justly as possible, 
 the lists of books into four divisions. First, as 
 most important, will be given those books and 
 pamphlets of which Mr. Clemens is either author- 
 in-chief or a signed contributor; next will be given 
 those containing one or more speeches ; then those 
 containing letters; and, lastly, as least authentic, 
 the anecdotal books. 
 
 As stated before, ' ' book form, ' ' for the purposes 
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 of this bibliography, makes no distinctions as to 
 cloth, leather, or paper bound books — pamphlets, 
 and even a one-sheet publication, being included. 
 Original covers are described wherever possible, 
 and in deference to the prevalent taste of col- 
 lectors the cloth or paper cover is given the 
 preference over the leather. In this connection 
 it must be admitted that the descriptions given 
 of the covers and styles of the earlier English 
 editions cannot be complete; a residence in Eng- 
 land and a study for years of the subject there 
 would be necessary to give all the variations, and 
 that has been denied me. 
 
 Each separate list is given in chronological 
 order, although in deference to a preference for 
 American editions, those are described first, ex- 
 cept where the English editions antedate them 
 more than the usual few days. Some few Cana- 
 dian editions are given, but most of them remain 
 undescribed for reasons previously given. 
 
 I must state here my indebtedness to Mr. 
 Luther Livingston, the bibliographical expert, for 
 personal assistance and the examples set by his 
 work. I can do no better than adapt here a 
 passage from his bibliography of Longfellow, the 
 method of which I have followed in great measure : 
 
 " Page numbers included within parentheses indicate 
 only that pages are unnumbered. Especially in the 
 case of text pages, generally all are numbered ex- 
 
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 cepting only the first. Where the first and the last of 
 the series are in parentheses there are often numbered 
 pages between. Blank pages, it will be noticed, are, 
 with occasionally an exception, not mentioned. But 
 having at hand a copy of the book described, it will 
 be easy to discover whether or not it is perfect, and 
 that is the use and end of a collation." 
 
 I may add that the wording of title-pages and 
 covers as given here is standardized — that is, the 
 typographical aspect of the originals is so varied 
 as to the use of "caps" and "lower case" that 
 they are repeated here uniformly in "lower case," 
 capitalizing only the important words. 
 
 If possible, blank leaves belonging to signatures 
 at front of books are listed and accounted in im- 
 plied page-numbering, but single blank pages are 
 not noted separately. Periods are sometimes 
 added to finish quotations or collations when 
 those periods do not actually exist in the original 
 text. 
 
 Perhaps explanation of the use of parentheses is 
 in order. When the words within the parentheses 
 are capitaHzed (the first letters of the main words) 
 it indicates that the parentheses and the words 
 exist on the original page; when the words within 
 the parentheses are entirely in "lower case," it 
 indicates that I am describing some feature in 
 my own words— as, "(rule)" or "(ornament)." 
 Similar distinctions as to capitalized first letters 
 
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 of words hold good in other cases; for instance, 
 "title, Contents, List of Illustrations, introduc- 
 tory," indicates that "title" and "introductory" 
 are my own words used to describe a page not 
 actually so headed, and "Contents" and "List 
 of Illustrations" are literally transcribed; yet, 
 after the colon following "Collation," I capital- 
 ize the first word without regard to the foregoing 
 rule. 
 
 I am also indebted for assistance to Mr. James 
 Tufts, Mr. Peter Cadley, Mrs. Ralph W. Ashcroft, 
 and many other individuals, not to mention al- 
 most the entire "rare-book" profession in the 
 United States. 
 
BOOKS 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
 MARK TWAIN 
 
 1867/ 
 
 The I Celebrated Jumping Frog | of | Cala- 
 veras County, I and other Sketches. | By 
 Mark Twain. | Edited by John Paul. | New 
 York: | C. H. Webb, Publisher, 119 & 121 
 Nassau St. | American News Co., Agents. | 
 1867. 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1867) and 
 imprint, dedication, Advertisement, Contents, pp. 
 (i-v) ; text, pp. [7]-i98. One leaf publisher's list 
 on yellow paper bound in before title. Size of leaf, 
 trimmed, 6f by 4J. 
 
 Issued in blue, green or red cloth, front cover 
 stamped in gilt: "The Celebrated | Jumping Frog | 
 By Mark Twain. ' ' Also gilt vignette of frog. On back : 
 "The I Jumping | Frog | (rule) | Twain " | (publisher's 
 monogram) . Frog vignette on back cover, uncolored. 
 
 Copyrighted, April 15, 1867; copy filed in the Dis- 
 trict Court of New York, May 14, 1867. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Contents: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Cala- 
 veras County.— Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man. — 
 A Complaint About Correspondents, dated in San 
 Francisco. — Answers to Correspondents. — Among the 
 Fenians. — The Story of the Bad Little Boy Who 
 Didn't Come to Grief. — Curing a Cold. — An Inquiry 
 About Insurances. — Literature in the Dry Diggings. — 
 "-After" Jenkins. — Lucretia Smith's Soldier. — ^The 
 Killing of Julius Caesar "Localized." — An Item which 
 the Editor Himself Could Not Understand. — Among 
 the Spirits.^firief Biographical Sketch of George 
 Washington. — A Touching Story of George Wash- 
 ington's Boyhood. — A Page from a Califomian Al- 
 manac. — Information for the Million. — The Launch 
 of the Steamer Capital. — Origin of Illustrious Men. — 
 Advice for Good Little Girls. — Concerning Chamber- 
 maids. — Remarkable Instances of Presence of Mind. 
 — Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu. — The Steed 
 "Oahu." — A Strange Dream. — Short and Singular 
 Rations. 
 
 First printing in book form for all items. This book went 
 to press more than once in the year 1867, as authentic first 
 copies difier from later copies on the last (198) page of text, 
 where the letter "i" in "this" is perfect in the first and 
 badly split in the latter. This piece of type persists in im- 
 perfect state through the 1868 and i86g editions. 
 
 While I list the book as issued in various colored covers, 
 it may be of interest to note that a copy bearing a written 
 date of May 10, 1867, is in the blue cloth, and a confirmation 
 might be drawn from the following extract from "Chapters 
 from My Autobiography": 
 
 "When Artemus Ward passed through California on a 
 lecturing tour, in 1865 or 1866, I told him 'The Jumping Frog' 
 story, in San Francisco, and he asked me to write it out and 
 send it to his publisher, Carleton, in New York, to be used 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 in padding out a small book which Artemus had prepared 
 for the press, and which needed some more stuffing to make 
 it big enough for the price which was to be charged for it. 
 
 "It reached Carleton in time, but he didn't think much of 
 it, and was not willing to go to the typesetting expense of 
 adding it to the book. He did not put it in the waste-basket, 
 but made Henry Clapp a present of it, and Clapp used it to 
 help out the funeral of his dying literary journal, The Satur- 
 day Press. ' The Jumping Frog ' appeared in the last number 
 of that paper, was the most joyous feature of the obsequies, and 
 was at once copied in the newspapers of America and England. 
 
 "I reported my adventure to Webb, and he bravely said 
 that not all the Carletons in the universe should defeat that 
 book; he would publish it himself on a ten per cent, royalty. 
 And so he did. He brought it out in blue and gold, and 
 made a very pretty little book of it. I think he named it 
 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other 
 Sketches, price $1.25. He made the plates and printed and 
 bound the book through a job-printing house, and published 
 it through the American News Company." 
 
 This book is said to come also in paper cover, but I have 
 never seen such a copy. 
 
 It has been claimed that the Jumping Frog story was first 
 written by one Samuel Seabough, who printed it in the 
 Stockton, California, Independent for December 11, 1858, and 
 that Twain's adaptation appeared in the San Francisco 
 Alta some six or seven years later. Whoever first told 
 that yarn, it is the Twain telling that made it immortal, as 
 in the case of the plays put in lasting form by one Shakes- 
 peare-Bacon. 
 
 The English edition of The Jumping Frog was published 
 by Routledge, 1867, during the week ending September 2, 
 according to the Publishers' Circular, nearly four months 
 after the American issue. 
 
 1868 
 
 The Public to Mark Twain. 
 
 This was a " dodger" one-sheet announcement for 
 Mark Twain's first lecture in California, later reprinted 
 in Buyer's Manual, 1872, in its entirety, with the 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 lengthened title, "The Public to Mark Twain — His 
 Reply." The original measures 13^ by sf. 
 
 1869 
 The I Innocents Abroad, | or, | The New Pil- 
 grims' Progress; | Being Some Account of 
 the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure | Ex- 
 cursion to Europe and the Holy Land; 
 with I Descriptions of Countries, Nations, | 
 Incidents and Adventures, | as they Ap- 
 peared I to the I Author. | With Two Hun- 
 dred and Thirty-four Illustrations. | By | 
 Mark Twain, | (Samuel L. Clemens.) | 
 (Issued by Subscription only, and not for sale 
 in the Book-stores. Residents of any State 
 desiring | a Copy should address the Pub- 
 lishers, and an Agent will call upon them.) | 
 (rule) I Hartford, Conn.: | American Pub- 
 lishing Company. | Bliss & Co., Newark, 
 N. J.; R. W. Bliss & Co., Toledo, Ohio. | 
 F. G. Oilman & Co., Chicago, 111.; Nettle- 
 ton & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. | F. A. Hutch- 
 inson & Co., St. Louis, Mo. I H. H. Bancroft 
 and Company, San Francisco, Cal. | 1869. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1869), dedi- 
 cation, Preface, List of Illustrations, Contents, pp. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 (i)-xviii; text, pp. (i9)-6si; publishers' lists, pp. 
 (652-656). 
 
 Frontispiece, "Illuminated title-page" and four- 
 teen full-page cuts separately printed, and numerous 
 illustrations in text. Size of leaf trimmed, 8| by sf . 
 
 Issued in black cloth and various leathers. Cloth 
 copies have engraved pictorial caption in gilt, "The | 
 Innocents Abroad | or the | New j Pilgrim's Prog- 
 ress." on the front cover, while back reads, in gilt, 
 "The I Innocents Abroad | or the | New | Pilgrim's 
 Progress | by | Mark Twain. | (rule) | Illustrated. | 
 (ornament)." Below is "American | Publishing | 
 Company." in black on gilt shield, and at top and 
 bottom ornamental rules in gilt. Last page of cover 
 bears stamp with publisher's monogram, and both 
 front and rear covers have ruled border with orna- 
 ments in corners, without color. 
 
 Copyrighted, July 28, 1869. Publication date is 
 lacking, which may have been immediate upon copy- 
 right, but certainly not later than September 5th, of 
 which date there exist presentation copies. 
 
 In the first printing, on pages xvii and xviii of "Con- 
 tents," the numerals at the right of the page are missing. 
 They were supplied in later impressions of the same year, as 
 was the word "Conclusion" at the foot of page xviii. Also 
 there is no cut on page 129, the large vacancy there being 
 subsequently filled with a portrait of Napoleon III. "Chap- 
 ter XLI" p. (643) was later corrected to "Chapter LXI." 
 
 Innocents Abroad was reprinted in England, without per- 
 mission, by Hotten, in two parts, The Innocents Abroad and 
 The New Pilgrims' Progress. Each volume carries the pub- 
 lisher's lists of 1870, and is listed by the Spectator May 14, 
 1870. The two volumes were later made one under the title 
 Mark Twain's Pleasure Trip on the Continent, also bearing the 
 publisher's lists for 1870. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 The following from Chapters from My Autobiography will 
 be of interest here: 
 
 "In June I sailed in the Quaker City excursion. I returned 
 in November, and in Washington found a letter from Elisha 
 Bliss, of the American Publishing Company of Hartford, 
 offering me five per cent, royalty on a book which should 
 recount the adventures of the excursion. In lieu of the 
 royalty, I was offered the alternative of ten thousand dollars 
 cash upon delivery of the manuscript. I consulted A. D. 
 Richardson, and he said, 'Take the royalty.' I followed his 
 advice and closed with Bliss. By my contract I was to 
 deliver the manuscript in July of 1868. I wrote the book in 
 San Francisco, and delivered the manuscript in contract time. 
 Bliss provided a multitude of illustrations for the book, and 
 then stopped work on it. The contract date for the issue 
 went by, and there was no explanation of this. ... At 
 last, toward the end of July (1869, I think), I lost pa- 
 tience, and telegraphed Bliss. . . . Then the canvassing began 
 and went briskly forward. In nine months the book ad- 
 vanced the American Book Company's stock from twenty- 
 five to two hundred, and left seventy thousand dollars profit 
 to the good." 
 
 The Routledge author's edition of Innocents Abroad follows 
 the Hotten style of issue in two volumes, with titles The 
 Innocents Abroad and The New Pilgrims' Progress, but was 
 not published until 1872, if one takes the date of the pref- 
 ace. This preface is the important feature of the books, 
 being specially written for the English authorized edi- 
 tion, and divided between the two books. It reads, in 
 part: "At the request of Messrs. George Routledge & 
 Sons I have made a patient and conscientious revision of 
 this book for republication in England, and have weeded 
 out of it nearly, if not quite, all of the most palpable 
 and inexcusable of its blemishes. At the same time I 
 have wrought into almost every chapter additions which 
 cannot fail to augment the attractions of the book, or 
 diminish them." It is probable that the "patient and con- 
 scientious revision" referred to above meant merely the 
 alteration of a few passages with a view to more complete 
 copyright protection; I leave it to the more persistent col- 
 lector to collate the volumes word for word. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1870 
 
 The I Piccadilly Annual | of | Entertaining 
 Literature | Restrospective and Contem- 
 porary. I Charles Dickens, W. M. Thackeray, 
 I Longfellow, Albert Smith, | Theodore Tay- 
 lor, Bret Harte, | J. Russell Lowell, Or- 
 pheus C. Kerr, | Dudley Costello, Blanchard 
 Jerrold, | Mark Twain, Robert Brough. | 
 (vignette, with title) | With Pictures by | 
 W. M: Thackeray, Holman Hunt, G. Du 
 Maurier, J. Morten, Lawless, Eltze, | Mes- 
 sonier, H. G. Hine, Lawson. | London: | 
 John Camden Hotten, 74 & 75, Piccadilly. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Frontispiece, title, imprint, pp. (ii- 
 iv) ; text, pp. (s)-96. One leaf of advertisements be- 
 fore frontispiece, also two leaves of same separately 
 printed and pasted in; similar set of advertising 
 leaves after text. Frontispiece and title on two 
 leaves before "B" signature. Size, trimmed, 7 by 
 9f. "Preliminary" paster between pp. (iv) and (5). 
 Issued in cream paper covers, printed in colors. 
 Above the line border on the front of cover is printed 
 in red, "Price One Shilling." Inside the border is a 
 tint-block, on which is "The Piccadilly | Annual | 
 (colored landscape scene) | With Numerous Illustra- 
 tions." Below the border is, again in red, "London. 
 John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly." Front cover 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 carries advertisements inside, and rear cover carries 
 advertisements both inside and out. Back carries 
 line, "The Piccadilly Annual — Price One Shilling." 
 
 "Preliminary" paster referred to above carries 
 date "December, 1870." 
 
 Mark Twain is represented by "Story of the Good Little 
 Boy," p. 25; "Wit-Inspirations of the 'Two- Year-Olds,' " 
 p. 26; "The Late Benjamin Franklin," p. 28; "Higgins," 
 p. 57; "Hogwash (A Touching Incident)," p. 81. All first 
 printings in book form, mainly taken, without permission, 
 from the Galaxy magazine. 
 
 1871 
 
 Mark Twain's | (Burlesque) | Autobiography | 
 and I First Romance. | (vignette) | New 
 York: | Sheldon & Company, [677 Broad- 
 way, I Under the Grand Central Hotel. 
 
 (The above title, in border, is on the first page, 
 which is practically the front cover of the copies not 
 bound in cloth.) 
 
 Collation: Title, copyright and imprint, pp. (i-ii); 
 Burlesque Autobiography, pp. (3)-! 8; cut, p. 19; 
 sub-title, p. (21); Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance, 
 pp. (23)-46; cut, p. 47. Each page in border. Size 
 of leaf trimmed, 7I by 5. (In the cloth bound copies 
 leaf is trimmed ^ closer.) Galaxy Magazine ad. on 
 last (48) page. 
 
 Issued without cover, and also in green or maroon 
 cloth. "Mark Twain's | Autobiography | and | 
 First Romance" stamped in gilt on front cover of 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 cloth-bound copies. Stamped borders without color 
 on first and last pages of cover. 
 
 Copyrighted, February lo, 1871; published, Feb- 
 ruary 18, 1871. 
 
 The first edition may be distinguished, by the reverse of 
 title, on which page the copyright notice was put at the bot- 
 tom of the page in later printings, and an advertisement of 
 Ball, Black & Co. inserted. 
 
 To the English unauthorized edition of this book, pub- 
 lished by Hotten, is added the story "On Children," which 
 Mark Twain disclaimed. This edition carries publishers' 
 lists for 187 1, but I cannot give its exact date. The Rout- 
 ledge authorized edition is listed by the Publishers' Circular 
 for May 16, 1871. 
 
 1871 
 
 Mark Twain's | Memoranda. | From the Gal- 
 axy I (monogram) | Toronto: | C. A. Backas, 
 Publisher. | 1871. 
 
 Collation : Title, imprint, pp. (i-ii) ; text, pp. (3)- 
 142; blank. Size of leaf, trimmed, 8^ by sf. 
 
 Issued in buff-colored paper covers. First page 
 of cover carries engraved caption, "Mark Twain's | 
 (portrait of Mark Twain with name beneath) | 
 Memoranda | C. A. Backas, (final word torn off bibliog- 
 raphy copy) . Last page of cover carries magazine ad. 
 
 Contents: Introductory. — The Facts in the Case 
 of the Great Beef Contract. — About Smells. — Dis- 
 graceful Persecution of a Boy. — The Story of the 
 Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper. — A Couple 
 of Sad Experiences v(The Petrified Man) . — My Fa- 
 
 9 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 mous "Bloody Massacre."— The Judge's "Spirited 
 Woman." — "Hogwash." — A Touching Incident. — 
 Post-Mortem Poetry. — Wit-Inspirations of the "Two- 
 Year-Olds." — How I Edited an Agricultural Paper 
 Once. — The "Tournament" in a.d. 1870. — Enig- 
 ma. — Unburlesquable Things. — The Late Benjamin 
 Franklin.— The Editorial Office Bore. — A Daring At- 
 tempt at a Solution of It. — To Correspondents. — A 
 Memory. — The Story of a Gallant Deed. — Political 
 Economy. — ^John Chinaman in New York.-^T^The 
 Noble Red Man.--A Royal Compliment. — The Ap- 
 proaching Epidemic. — Favors from Correspondents. — 
 The Reception at the President's. — Goldsmith's 
 Friend Abroad Again (Letters I, II, III, IV). — Curious 
 Relic for Sale. — Science vs. Luck. — Favors from Cor- 
 respondents. — Lines.^^Mark Twain's Map of Paris. — 
 To the Reader. — Official Commendations. — Riley, 
 Newspaper Correspondent. — Goldsmith's Friend 
 Abroad Again (Continued, Letters V, VI). — A Remi- 
 niscence of the Back Settlements. ^-A General Reply. 
 — Favors from Correspondents. — Lines. — An Enter- 
 taining Article.— " History Repeats Itself." — Dog- 
 berry in Washington. — My Watch. — An Instructive 
 Little Tale. — Favors from Correspondents. — The Com- 
 ing Man. — A Book Review.- — The Tone- Imparting 
 Committee. -^The Danger of Lying in Bed.— One of 
 Mankind's Bores. — A Falsehood. — The Indignity Put 
 Upon the Remains of George Holland by the Rev. 
 Mr. Sabine.— The Portrait. — Commendations of the 
 Portrait. -^The Facts in the Case of George Fisher, 
 Deceased. — Doggerel. — Goldsmith's Friend Abroad 
 Again (Letter VI). — Mean People.^A Sad, Sad Busi- 
 
 10 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 ness. — Concerning a Rumor. — Answer to an Inquiry 
 from the Coining Man. — Running for Governor. — 
 The " Present" Nuisance. 
 
 There are also uncaptioned paragraphs scattered through, 
 which may be listed as follows: "Coal Mine," "Sunday- 
 School," "Cain and Abel; or, Poor Human Nature," "Lady 
 Franklin," "Curious Incident," "Higgins; or. Breaking It 
 Gently," "Dan Murphy; or, The Widow's Protest," "How 
 is This for High?" "Johnny Greer," "Ministers," "Praise," 
 " Forty-Niner, and the Miner's Lament," "Obituary Poetry." 
 There is also another Canadian Memoranda issued in cloth by 
 Beltord, bearing on the front cover in gilt the portrait of 
 William III. from the January (187 1) Galaxy, almost identical 
 with the cover of Choice Humorous Works (1873). . Unfortu- 
 nately, I did not give the volume the attention it deserved, 
 because from a superficial examination I became convinced 
 that it was of later printing than the Backas edition here 
 collated. 
 
 Memoranda is the great volume of mystery for the Twain 
 collector. Not only is it very rare, but since it is a "pi- 
 rated" book, the date of its printing has gone unrecorded 
 and may never be certified. It contains, with half a dozen 
 exceptions, the series of paragraphs contributed by Mark 
 Twain to the Galaxy magazine in 1870-1. Practically the 
 same material, with a few more omissions of the Galaxy 
 material, and the addition of the "Mediaeval Romance" 
 appears in Screamers and Eye Openers, companion volumes 
 published in August, 187 1, by Hotten in London. None 
 of the three contains the Galaxy contributions for April, 
 1871, and all of them contain articles from February, 1871. 
 This is the third and last output of paragraphic material from 
 Twain's pen, the first being in the Pacific Coast newspapers, 
 selected items collected later in The Jumping Frog, 1867. 
 The next output was in the Buffalo Express. These small- 
 and-hasty effusions did not seem to appeal to their author 
 as proper book material, until the activity of the "pirates" 
 caused the production of an "authorized" Sketches by 
 Routledge in London. Even then no regular publication 
 was attempted in the United States until 1874-5 in Sketches 
 
 II 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 No. I, and Sketches New and Old, which contain only a 
 selected residuum of this large amount of fugitive material. 
 The Piccadilly Annual, of course, pre-dates Memoranda for 
 its short selection of the Galaxy articles, but there is nothing 
 by which to actually determine as between Memoranda and 
 the contemporary Screamers and Eye Openers, yet, for con- 
 venience sake, I place Memoranda before the other two. 
 
 1871 
 
 Eye Openers | Good Things, | Immensely 
 Funny Sayings & Stories \ That Will 
 Bring a Smile | Upon the Gruffest Counte- 
 nance, I (vignette) | by | Mark Twain, ] 
 Author of " Pleasure Trip on the Con- 
 tinent " ("The Innocents Abroad" and 
 "The New Pilgrims' Progress"); "The 
 Jumping Frog;" | " Screamers, a Gathering 
 of Delicious Bits." | London: | John Cam- 
 den Hotten, 74, Piccadilly. | (All Rights 
 Reserved.) 
 
 i6ino. Collation: Publishers' list (pasted on cover), 
 four pages publishers' lists, vignette and jokelet, title, 
 pp. (ii-viii) — these on short signature of four leaves; 
 text, pp. (9)-! 73; publishers' list on back of last 
 page of text; and there are sixteen pages of pub- 
 lishers' lists, dated 1871. Size of leaf, 6^ by 4, 
 trimmed. 
 
 Issued in cloth and in light-yellow paper covers, 
 printed in black. Paper-covered copy has on front 
 
 12 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 cover, in rule border, "Eye Openers | (vignette) | by | 
 Mark Twain. | London: John Camden Hotten, 74 & 
 75, Piccadilly." Above border, "Price 1/ — In Cloth 
 2/6." Last page of cover has pill advertisement. 
 Back has "Eye Openers. — Mark Twain, i/." Pub- 
 lishers' lists inside both covers. 
 
 Listed by the Spectator for the week of August 26, 
 1871. 
 
 Contents: Mark Twain's Autobiography. — Journal- 
 ism in Tennessee. — Memoranda. — The Facts in the 
 Case of the Great Beef Contract. — The Petrified Man. 
 — My Famous "Bloody Massacre." — The Judge's 
 " Spirited Woman." — Higgins. — Hogwash. — ^Johnny 
 Greer. — A Daring Attempt at a Solution of It. — To 
 Correspondents. — A Memory.— Political Economy. — • 
 John Chinaman in New York. — An Epidemic. — Fav- 
 ours from Correspondents.-^Reception at the Presi- 
 dent's. — Goldsmith's Friend Abroad (Letters I, II, 
 III, IV). — Curious Relic for Sale.— Science vs. Luck. 
 —" How is This for High?"— Mark Twain's Map of 
 Paris. — To the Reader. — Official Commendations. 
 — Riley, Newspaper Correspondent. — -The Story of 
 Joseph.' — Mark Twain's Last. — Mediaeval Romance. 
 
 First edition {Memoranda considered) for "Journalism in 
 Tennessee." 
 
 1871 
 
 Screamers | A Gathering of | Scraps of 
 Humour, | Delicious Bits, & Short Stories. | 
 (vignette with script quotation) | by | Mark 
 2 13 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Twain, | Author of "Pleasure Trip on the 
 Continent" ("The Innocents Abroad" | and 
 "The New Pilgrims' Progress"); "The 
 Jumping Frog;" | "Eye Openers, A Col- 
 lection of Good Things." | London: John 
 Camden Hotten, 74, Piccadilly. | (All Rights 
 Reserved.) 
 i6mo. Collation: Two leaves publishers' lists, vig- 
 nette, title, pp. (i-vii) — these on four-leaf signature; 
 text, pp. (9)-i72; publisher's list dated 1871, 18 pages 
 after text. Size of leaf, trimmed, 6| by 4. 
 
 Issued in cloth and in yellow paper covers. Paper- 
 covered copy has on front cover, printed in black, 
 "Screamers | (vignette) | by | Mark Twain. | London: 
 John Camden Hotten, 74 & 75, Piccadilly" inside rule 
 border. Above border, "Price 1/ — In Cloth 2/6." 
 Back has line, "Screamers. Mark Twain i/." Pub- 
 lishers' lists inside both covers. 
 
 Contents: Holiday Literature. — Baker's Cat. — 
 The Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did Not 
 Prosper. — Story of the Bad Little Boy. — The Sun- 
 day-School. — Poor Human Nature. — Wit-Inspira- 
 tions of the "Two- Year-Olds." — Dan Murphy.^ — 
 Soda- Water. — How I Edited an Agricultural Paper 
 Once. — Enigma.^An Unburlesquable Thing. — The 
 Late Benjamin Franklin. — The Undertaker's Story. 
 — A General Reply. — An Entertaining Article. — "His- 
 tory Repeats Itself." — Running for Governor. — The 
 Poor Editor. -^An Instructive Little Tale. — Favours 
 from Correspondents. — A Sandwich Island Editor. — 
 
 14 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 The Portrait. — Commendations of the Portrait. — 
 Doggerel. — Mean People. — Answer to an Inquiry from 
 the Coming Man. — The Danger of Lying in Bed. — 
 Almost Incredible: True Story of Chicago. — A Trav- 
 elling Show. — On Children (How to Train Up a 
 Child) .^Train Up a Child and Away He Goes. — 
 About Barbers.— Vengeance. 
 
 First edition (allowing Memoranda as first) for "Holi- 
 day Literature," "Baker's Cat," "Soda-Water," "The Under- 
 taker's Story," "A Travelling Show," and "About Barbers." 
 Mark Twain disclaims the following stories: "Almost In- 
 credible: True Story of Chicago," "On Children," "Train 
 Up a Child and Away He Goes," and "Vengeance," for letter 
 concerning which see Lectures of Bret Harte, 1909. 
 
 1872 
 
 Nast's I Illustrated | Almanac | (picture of 
 "merry-go-round") | 1872 | Published by | 
 Harper & Brothers | Franklin Square. | 
 New York. 
 
 i2mo. Issued in paper covers, title on cover, with 
 "Price Thirty Cents" above; 64 pages of text, plus 
 ads., and contains "The Late Benjamin Franklin," 
 pp. 26-27. This is the first American appearance, 
 that article having been previously published in the 
 Piccadilly Annual in England. 
 
 Copyrighted, September 8, 187 1; published Oc- 
 tober 10, 1871. 
 
 1872 
 Roughing | It | by | Mark Twain. | (Samuel L. 
 Clemens.) | Fully Illustrated by Eminent 
 IS 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Artists. I (Issued by Subscription only, and 
 not for sale in Book stores.) | (Residents of 
 any State desiring a Copy should address 
 the Publishers as below.) | (rule) | Hartford, 
 Conn.: | American Publishing Company. | 
 F. G. Oilman & Co., Chicago, 111.; W. E. 
 Bliss, Toledo, Ohio; | Nettleton & Co., Cin- 
 cinnati, Ohio; D. Ashmead, Philadelphia, 
 Penn. ; | George M. Smith & Co., Boston, 
 Mass. ; | A. Roman & Company, San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal. I 1872. 
 
 8vo Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1872), dedica- 
 tion, Prefatory, List of Illustrations, Contents, pp. 
 (i)-xviii; text, pp. (i9)-S7o; appendices, (subtitle and 
 text) A-B-C, pp. (S7i)-S9i; publishers' ad. p. (592.) 
 
 Frontispiece, plate facing frontispiece, and seven 
 other plates separately printed. Numerous illus- 
 trations in text. Size of leaf, trimmed, Sf by sf. 
 
 Issued in black cloth and various leathers. Front 
 cover bears gilt-stamped vignette and rear cover a 
 plain-stamped publishers' monogram. Back reads, 
 in gilt letters, "Roughing | It | by [ Mark Twain. | 
 (rule) I Illustrated." Below is gilt shield, with letter- 
 ing in cover color, " American | Publishing | Company,) 
 Hartford, | Conn." Ornamental rules in gilt above 
 and below. 
 
 Copyrighted , December 6,1871. Copy filed in "Wash- 
 ington February 19, 1872. 
 
 16 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 In later impressions of this book the capital "M" in first 
 line of Contents, p. (xi) , and the letter " y " in the word ' ' My, ' ' 
 first word of Chapter I, p. (19), are broken, while in the first 
 impressions they are perfect. 
 
 1872 
 
 " Roughing It." | by | Mark Twain, | (Samuel 
 L. Clemens.) | Author of "The Celebrated 
 Jumping Frog." | Copyright Edition. | Lon- 
 don: I George Routledge and Sons, | The 
 Broadway, Ludgate. 
 i6mo. Collation: Half-title; title, imprint. Prefa- 
 tory, Contents, pp. (i)-xii; text, pp. (i)-244. Front 
 and back fly-leaves, also inside both covers, bear 
 publishers' lists, and first two leaves of publishers' 
 list are printed on the first signature. Size of leaf, 
 trimmed, 6^ by 4. 
 
 Issued in cloth, paper, and pictorial boards. Latter 
 copy has on front cover vignette in black on yellow 
 field down the centre; in black on yellow, above, 
 "Roughing It."; in black on red down the left-hand 
 side, "Showing | How a | Three Months' | Pleasure 
 Trip I was ] extended to | a Term | of | Seven Years."; 
 down the right-hand side, " With a Relation | of many | 
 Humorous | and Instructive | Incidents | Connected 
 with I the Education | of an | Innocent."; in black on 
 yellow below, "By Mark Twain." Back reads in 
 black, " Roughing It, by Mark Twain." Fourth page 
 of cover carries publishers' list, ending in No. 5, The 
 Hoosier Schoolmaster. 
 
 Listed by the Spectator for the week ending Feb- 
 ruary 10, 1872. 
 
 17 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1872 
 
 The I Innocents at Home. | by | Mark Twain, | 
 Author of ' ' The Celebrated Jumping Frog. ' ' j 
 Copyright Edition. | London: | George Rout- 
 ledge and Sons, | The Broadway, Ludgate. 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Title, imprint, Contents, pp. (i)- 
 vi; text, pp. (7)-224. One leaf publishers' lists before 
 title and one leaf after text. Publishers' lists inside 
 both covers. Size of leaf, trimmed, 6f by 4. 
 
 Issued in cloth, boards, and yellow paper covers. 
 Latter copy has on front cover, in black letters, rules 
 in red, red and black border and vignette, "A Sequel 
 to Roughing It." above border; in border, "The | 
 (rule) I Innocents at Home | (rule) | by Mark Twain. | 
 (double rule) London: | George Routledge & Sons." 
 Back carries line in black, "The Innocents at Home." 
 Last page of cover carries publishers' list, ending in 
 No. 5, The Hoosier Schoolmaster. 
 
 Published February 10, 1872. 
 
 This is the second half of the work entitled Roughing It, 
 as published in the United States, and this English publica- 
 tion seems to antedate the American issue by about a week. 
 
 1872 
 
 A I Curious Dream; | and | Other Sketches. | 
 by I Mark Twain, | Author of " The Cele- 
 brated Jumping Frog." | Selected and Re- 
 vised by the Author. | Copyright. | London: 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 I George Routledge and Sons, | The Broad- 
 way, Ludgate. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Title, imprint, Contents, pp. (i-iii) ; 
 text, pp. (5)-i5o; two leaves of publishers' lists. Size 
 of leaf, trimmed, 6f by 4. 
 
 Issued in pictorial boards, red and black over yel- 
 low. Front cover carries, "Mark Twain's | Curious 
 Dream | (large picture of Old Mr. Bones in medita- 
 tion) I London: George Routledge & Sons." Back 
 has line, "Mark Twain's Curious Dream." Last page 
 of cover has advertisement of Routledge's American 
 Library up to No. 7, Innocents at Home. 
 
 Listed by Spectator in week ending May 25, 1872. 
 
 Contents: A Curious Dream. — A New Beecher 
 Church. — My Late Senatorial Secretaryship. — The 
 Facts in the Case of George Fisher, Deceased.^^The 
 New Crime. — Lionizing Murderers.— Mental Photo- 
 graphs. — A Deception. — The Facts Concerning the 
 Recent Resignation.— Back from "Yurrup." — More 
 Distinction. ^ The Legend of the Capitoline Venus. 
 — Personal Habits of the Siamese Twins. — Rev. 
 Henry Ward Beecher's Farm. — A Mysterious Visit. 
 
 First edition for all items except "Facts in the Case of 
 George Fisher, Deceased." 
 
 1872 
 
 Mark Twain's | Sketches. | (rule) | Selected 
 and Revised by the Author. | (rule) | Copy- 
 19 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 right Edition. | London: | George Routledge 
 & Sons. I 1872. 
 
 i6m.o. Collation: Title, imprint, Author's advertise- 
 ment. Prefatory, Contents, pp. (i-ix) ; text, pp. 
 (ii)-36o; two publishers' lists at back, first of six 
 numbered pages, second of ten numbered pages. 
 Front and back fly-leaves and inside covers bear pub- 
 lishers' lists. Size of leaf, trimmed, 6 J by 4. 
 
 Issued in pictorial boards. Front cover has: 
 "Author's Edition | Mark Twain's | Sketches | (vig- 
 nette of frog) I Selected and Revised | by the Author | 
 (rule) I London: George Routledge & Sons." Orna- 
 mental back reading: "Mark | Twain's | Sketches | 
 price I Two I Shillings." Last page of cover bears 
 publishers' list, black on yellow, of Routledge's 
 American Library, up to No. 7, The Innocents at 
 Home. 
 
 Listed in the Spectator for the week ending June i , 
 1872. 
 
 Contents : Memoranda. — The Jumping Frog. — How 
 I Edited an Agricultural Paper. — A New Beecher 
 Church.— The Bad Little Boy.— The Good Little 
 Boy. — Danger of Lying in Bed. — About Barbers. — 
 Human Nature. — ^Johnny Greer's Way. — Breaking 
 It Gently.— The Judge's "Spirited Woman." — My 
 Late Senatorial Secretaryship. — Facts in the Case of 
 George Fisher, Deceased. — The Great Beef Contract. 
 — The Poor Editor. — "After" Jenkins. — Answer to 
 Inquiry from Coming Man. — Concerning Chamber- 
 maids. — Burlesque Autobiography (of Mark Twain). 
 —The Undertaker's Chat.— The Petrified Man.— Mar- 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 vellous "Bloody Massacre." — ^Journalism in Tennes- 
 see. — The New Crime. — Lionizing Murderers. — ^Mental 
 Photographs. — A Deception. — Califomian Almanac. 
 — My Watch. — An Instructive Page from a Little 
 Tale. — An Entertaining Article. — Map of Paris. — 
 A General Reply. — The Late Benjamin Franklin. — 
 Fashion Item. — Answers to Correspondents. — Lucre- 
 tia Smith's Soldier. — Scriptural Panoramist. — An 
 Unburlesquable Thing. — Riley, Newspaper Corre- 
 spondent. — The Facts Concerning the Recent Resig- 
 nation. — A Daring Attempt at a Solution of It. — A 
 Memory. — Science vs. Luck. — Aurelia's Unfortunate 
 Young Man. — Mediaeval Romance. — Misplaced Confi- 
 dence. — ^The Widow's Protest. — Political Economy. — 
 The Killing of Julius Caesar Localized. — An Item 
 Which the Editor Himself Could Not Understand. — 
 Back from " Yurrup." — More Distinction. — A Legend 
 of the Capitoline Venus. — Enigma. — Wit- Inspirations 
 of the "Two- Year-Olds. "—Personal Habits of the 
 Siamese Twins. — A Curious Dream. — Inquiry About 
 Insurances. — Advice for Good Little Girls. — Cannibal- 
 ism in the Cars. — Curing a Cold. — Rev. Henry Ward 
 Beecher's Farm. — Running for Governor. — Literature 
 in the Dry Diggings. — A Mysterious Visit. 
 
 First printing in book form for "Author's Advertisement," 
 " Prefatory," and " Cannibalism in the Cars." 
 
 1872 
 
 Practical Jokes | with | Artemus Ward | In- 
 cluding the Story of | The Man Who Fought 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Cats I (vignette) | By Mark Twain | and 
 Other Humourists. | London | John Camden 
 Hotten, 74, Piccadilly | (All Rights Re- 
 served) . 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Publishers' lists, That Reminds 
 Me, title, Preliminary, Introduction, pp. (i)— xvi; 
 text, pp. (i7)-i76; publishers' lists, eight leaves. 
 Size of leaf, trimmed, 6^ by 4^^. 
 
 Issued in yellow paper covers, printed in blue. 
 Front cover has: "Practical Jokes | Artemus Ward | 
 (picture of man and cats) | Mark Twain." Picture 
 has red tint used in addition to the blue, and the 
 lettering is in cover-color in solid blue field. Back is 
 missing in my copy, but last page of cover carries 
 medicine advertisement. Publishers' lists inside both 
 covers. 
 
 Listed in Spectator for week ending August 24, 1872. 
 
 Contents: Preliminary. — Introduction. — Mark 
 Twain and the Highwaymen. — Mark Twain's First 
 Interview with Artemus Ward. — A "Goak," by Arte- 
 mus Ward. — Artemus Ward. — The Man Who Fought 
 Cats. — Mark Twain at Niagara Falls. — Rigging the 
 Market. — Sending Them Through. — Mark Twain's 
 Literary Venture. — How Mark Twain was Sold in 
 Newark. — Mark Twain's Office Bore. — About That 
 Dog. — Results of Kindness to a Cockroach. — A Book 
 Review. — Advice to Young Men. — That Book Agent. 
 — The Miners and the "Heathen Chinee." — Mark 
 Twain on Letter- Writing. — An Enoch Arden Mormon. 
 — Dr. Mulligrub's Bitters. — Mark Twain's Fine Old 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Man. — Mark Twain's Tone-Imparting Committee. — 
 Extraordinary Fishing. — A Whopper. — Mark Twain's 
 Remarkable Stranger. — A Perfect Cure. — To Raise 
 Poultry. — Mark Twain's Californian Experience. — 
 "Call a Man." — Editorial Skits. — A Melting Story.— 
 Buying a Corner Lot. — "The Union — Right or 
 Wrong?" — A CaUfornia Crow Story. — The Unsophis- 
 ticated Infant. — Mark Twain's Disgraceful Persecu- 
 tion of a Boy. — Just One More. 
 
 The "Other Humourists" line on the title-page makes this 
 a puzzler. Most of the contents are authentically Mark 
 Twain, but, personally, I should question the following: 
 "Dr. MuUigrub's Bitters," "Call a Man," "A Melting Story," 
 "Buying a Corner Lot," "The Unsophisticated Infant," 
 "Just One More," and "The Man Who Fought Cats." "A 
 'Goak,' by Artemus Ward," and "Artemus Ward" are not 
 by Twain. The book is first printing for all items except 
 "How Mark Twain was Sold in Newark," "Mark Twain's 
 Remarkable Stranger," "To Raise Poultry," "Mark Twain's 
 Californian Experience," "Mark Twain's Disgraceful Perse- 
 cution of a Boy," and "Mark Twain's Tone-Imparting 
 Committee." 
 
 "Introduction" and "Mark Twain and the Highwaymen" 
 are anecdotes only. 
 
 1872 
 
 The I Buyers' Manual | and | Business Guide; | 
 Being a Description of the | Leading Busi- 
 ness Houses I Manufactories, Inventions, 
 Etc. I of the Pacific Coast, | Together with 
 Copious and Readable Selections, | chiefly 
 from California Writers. | (rule) | Compiled 
 23 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 by J. Price and C. S. Haley. | (rule) | San 
 Francisco: | Francis & Valentine, Steam 
 Book and Job Printing Establishment, | 
 No. 517 Clay Street, and 510 to 516 Com- 
 mercial Street. | 1872. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Advertisement, advertisement, title, 
 Preface, Table of Contents, Alphabetical List of Ad- 
 vertisers, Classified Business List of Advertisers, pp. 
 (i)-(viii) ; (two leaves of advertisements inserted) ; text, 
 pp. (i)-i8s; song, pp. 186-189; ads. pp. 190-192; more 
 ads. pp. (i)-i6. Size of leaf, trimmed, 8J by sJ. 
 
 Issued in different colored cloths (black, blue, 
 brown). On first page of cover, stamped in gilt, 
 within gilt border, "Tales, | Sketches, Poetry | and 
 Music. " 
 
 This not being a registered book, it may or may not have 
 been issued before Practical Jokes. If first published, it is 
 the first edition for " Mark Twain's First Interview with Arte- 
 mus Ward." If later issued, it is first American edition of 
 the story named, as for " Entertaining History of the Scriptural 
 Panoramist." "The Public to Mark Twain — His Reply " was 
 first printed as a "dodger" for the lecture therein advertised. 
 
 1873 
 
 Tom Hood's | Comic Annual ] for | 1873. | With 
 twenty-three Pages of Illustrations | by the 
 Brothers Dalziel. | (seal) | London: | Pub- 
 lished at the Fun Office, | 80 Fleet Street, 
 
 E. C. In border. 
 
 24 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 8vo. Collation: "Fun" ad., frontispiece, title, rum 
 
 ad., Preface, restaurant ad., Contents, jeweller's ad., 
 
 pp. (i-x); text, pp. (ii)-ii2; ads., 14 pages. Size 
 
 of leaf, trimmed, 8^ by 6^. 
 
 Issued in paper cover, printed in purple. Front 
 
 cover has pictorial design containing " 1873 | Fifth 
 
 Year | Tom Hood's | Comic Annual. | 80 Fleet Street." 
 
 At top of cover is line, "Price One Shilling." Back 
 
 has line, " (ornament) Tom Hood's Comic Annual. 
 
 One Shilling, (ornament)." Cocoa ad. on last page 
 
 of cover, and ads. inside both covers. 
 
 " How I Escaped Being Killed in a Duel," by Mark Twain, 
 pp. 90-91. 
 
 1873 
 
 A Book for an Hour, | Containing | Choice 
 Reading | and | Character Sketches. | (rule | 
 A Curious Dream, | and | Other Sketches, | 
 Revised and Selected for this Work by the 
 Author I Mark Twain. | (rule) | Also, Ex- 
 amples of I Miscroscopic Printing, | Being 
 the Smallest Type Matter ever Printed — 
 reducing the Contents | of a Newspaper 
 Sheet to less than a Single Sheet of this 
 Book. I (rule) | New York: | Published at 
 65 Liberty Street. | (rule) | 1873. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Title, comic illustration with cap- 
 tion, pp. (i)-2; text, pp. 3-63; Contents, p. (64). 
 Size of leaf, trimmed, 8f by 6^. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Issued in yellow paper covers, printed in black. 
 Front cover carries, in border, " Fun, Fact and Fancy | 
 A Collection of | Original Comic Sketches; | and 
 Choice Selections of Wit and Humor | (vignette with 
 caption) | (rule) | A Curious Dream, and Other 
 Sketches, | Revised and Selected by the Author | 
 Mark Twain. | (rule) | Also, Examples of Microscopic 
 Printing. | (rule) | Price lo Cents. | (rule) | Ofl&ce, 65 
 Liberty Street, New York." 
 
 Copyright (dated 1873) under border. 
 
 Back cover has ice-pitcher advertisement. 
 
 Sketches by Mark Twain fill pages 3-16, as follows: 
 A Curious Dream. — My Late Senatorial Secretary- 
 ship. — The New Crime. — Back from "Yurrup." — 
 More Distinction. — A Self-Made Man. 
 
 First edition for "A Self-Made Man," and first 
 American edition for all other items. 
 
 Copyrighted, April 15, 1873; filed in Washington, 
 May 26, 1873. 
 
 1873 
 
 Nast's I Illustrated | Almanac | (picture of 
 "merry-go-round") ( 1873 | Published by | 
 Harper & Brothers | Franklin Square. | 
 New York. 
 
 izmo. Issued in paper cover, title on cover, with 
 "Price Twenty-five Cents" above; 48 pages of text, 
 plus ads., and contains "The Story of the Good Little 
 Boy Who Did Not Prosper." This is the first Amer- 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 ican appearance for that story, it having previously 
 been printed in the Piccadilly Annual in England. 
 
 Copyrighted, October 2, 1872; published October 
 II, 1872. 
 
 1873 
 
 The Choice | Humorous Works | of | Mark 
 
 Twain. | Now First Collected. | (vignette) | 
 
 with I Extra Passages to the ' ' Innocents 
 
 Abroad," now | first Reprinted, and a Life of 
 
 the Author. | Illustrations by Mark Twain 
 
 and other Artists; | also Portrait of the 
 
 Author. I London: | John Camden Hotten, 
 
 74 & 75 Piccadilly. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Half-title, Contents, pp. (i)-vi; 
 Mark Twain, a Sketch of His Life, pp. (vii)-xxxix; 
 text, pp. 17-599! publishers' lists, 16 pages, dated 
 1873. Frontispiece portrait and title separately 
 printed on heavy paper, and bound in as two leaves 
 after half-title. Size of leaf, untrimmed, 7^ by 4^. 
 
 Issued in red cloth, stamped in gilt. Front cover 
 has vignette of William III., with caption, and back 
 carries " (rule) | Choice Works | of | Mark Twain. | 
 (rules) I (vignette) | Portrait | & | Illustrations. | John 
 Camden Hotten. | (rules)." 
 
 Listed in the Publishers' Circular for the week of 
 April 17, 1873. 
 
 Contents: Memoir of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark 
 Twain): Part I. The Innocents Abroad; Part II. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 The New Pilgrims' Progress; Part III. Humorous 
 Stories and Sketches : The Jumping Frog of Calaveras 
 County. — British Festivities. — The Income Tax Man. 
 — Answer to an Inquiry from the Coming Man. — 
 Danger of Lying in Bed. — George Washington, Brief 
 Biographical Sketch of. — A Travelling Show. — A 
 Complaint About Correspondents. — Advice to Good 
 Little Girls. — Mark Twain's Map of Paris. — About 
 Barbers. — Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man. — Ar- 
 temus Ward, First Interview with. — Curing a Cold. 
 — The Siamese Twins. — A Visit to Niagara. — Rigging 
 the Market. — Sending Him Through. — Answers to 
 Correspondents. — To Raise Poultry. — Californian Ex- 
 perience. — "The Union — Right or Wrong?" — Dis- 
 graceful Persecution of a Boy. — Information Wanted. 
 — Mental Photographs. — My First Literary Venture. 
 — How Mark Twain was Sold in Newark. — The Office 
 Bore. — Among the Fenians. — A Book Review. — The 
 Case of George Fischer. — On Letter- Writing. — Litera- 
 ture in the Dry Diggings. — How I Secured a Berth. — 
 The Facts in the Case of the Great Beef Contract. — 
 The Petrified Man. — My Famous "Bloody Massacre." 
 — The Judge's "Spirited Woman." — Hogwash. — 
 Johnny Greer. — A Daring Attempt at a Solution 
 of It. — To Correspondents.^ — An Inquiry About In- 
 surances. — Lionising Murderers. — A Memory. — Po- 
 litical Economy. — John Chinaman in New York. 
 — A Nabob's Visit to New York. — Higgins. — Among 
 the Spirits. — When I Was a Secretary. — A Fine 
 Old Man. — The Tone-Imparting Committee. — A Re- 
 markable Stranger. — An Item Which the Editor 
 Himself Could Not Understand. — Mark Twain's Au- 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 tobiography. — ^Journalism in Tennessee. — An Epi- 
 demic. — Favours from Correspondents. — Curious Relic 
 for Sale. — Science vs. Luck. — " How Is This for High ?" 
 — The Reception at the President's. — Goldsmith's 
 Friend Abroad Again. — The Killing of Julius Caesar 
 "Localized." — The Facts Concerning the Recent 
 Resignation. — Mark Twain as George Washington. — 
 "After" Jenkins. — Riley, Newspaper Correspondent. 
 — The Story of Joseph. — Mark Twain's Last. — A 
 Mediaeval Romance. — Lucretia Smith's Soldier. — 
 Baker's Cat.— Story of the Good Little Boy Who Did 
 Not Prosper. — Story of the Bad Little Boy. — The 
 Sunday-School. — Poor Human Nature. — A Touching 
 Story of George Washington's Boyhood. — Enigma. — 
 Wit - Inspirations of the "Two- Year -Olds." — Dan 
 Murphy. — How I Edited an Agricultural Paper. — 
 Mark in Mormonland. — An Unburlesquable Thing. — 
 A Page from a Califomian Almanac. — The Under- 
 taker's Story. — A General Reply. — An Entertaining 
 Article. — "History Repeats Itself." — Origin of Illustri- 
 ous Men. — ^The Late Benjamin Franklin. — Information 
 for the Million. — Running for Governor. — The Poor 
 Editor. — My Watch. — An Instructive Little Tale. — 
 Favours from Correspondents. — A Sandwich Island 
 Editor. — The Portrait. — Short and Singular Rations. 
 — Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu. — "Doggerel." 
 — Mean People. — Remarkable Instances of Presence 
 of Mind. — The Steed "Oahu." — A Strange Dream. — 
 Concerning Chambermaids. 
 
 This seems to be the first printing in book form for " Infor- 
 mation Wanted," "How I Secured a Berth," and "Mark 
 Twain as George Washington." 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1873 
 One Hundred | Choice Selections | No. 6. | 
 
 (Uniform with the Series.) Being | A Re- 
 pository of Literary Gems | Eloquent, 
 Pathetic, Serious and Amusing. | Adapted 
 to the use of Lyceums, Temperance Socie- 
 ties, Public I Readers, Exhibition-Rooms, 
 Anniversaries, Family | Firesides, Schools, 
 Etc., Etc. I (nale) | Compiled and Arranged 
 by I Phineas Garrett, | Author of " 100 
 Choice Selections, Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5," 
 and I "Excelsior Dialogues." | (rule) | Pub- 
 lished by I P. Garrett & Co., | 708 Chestnut 
 Street, Philadelphia, Pa., and | 116 E. 
 Randolph Street, Chicago, 111. | 1873. 
 
 i2mo, paper covers. Contains in pp. 118-120, "Mark 
 Twain on Juvenile Pugilists." I have not seen this 
 elsewhere, but it is in Twain's earlier manner, ap- 
 parently. 
 
 1874 
 
 Nast's I Illustrated | Ahnanac | (picture of 
 
 "merry-go-round.") | 1874 | published by | 
 
 Harper & Brothers | Franklin Square. | 
 
 New York. 
 
 i2nio. Issued in paper covers, title on cover, with 
 
 "Price Twenty-five Cents" above; 48 pages of text, 
 
 plus ads., and contains "A Deception," pp. 30-31. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 This is the first American appearance for that story, 
 it having a previous appearance in A Curious 
 Dream in England. The article was later headed 
 "How the Author was Sold in Newark." 
 
 Copyrighted, September i8, 1873; published Octo- 
 ber II, 1873. 
 
 1873-74 
 The I Gilded Age | A Tale of To-day | by | 
 Mark Twain | (Samuel L. Clemens) | 
 Author of " Innocents Abroad," " Roughing 
 It," Etc. I and | Charles Dudley Warner | 
 Author of "My Summer in a Garden," 
 " Back Log Studies," Etc. | Fully Illustrated 
 from New Designs | by Hoppin, Stephens, 
 WiUiams, White, Etc., Etc. | (rtile) | Sold by 
 Subscription Only. | (rule) | Hartford : Amer- 
 ican Publishing Company. | 1874. 
 
 Other title-pages printed in the same form at the 
 same time bear name of another firm under " Amer- 
 ican Publishing Company," and are dated " 1873." 
 The original sheets were bound up with these various 
 title-pages, and published in December, 1873. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1873) and 
 electrotyper's imprint, Chinese characters. Preface, 
 Contents, List of Illustrations, pp. (i)-xvi; text, pp. 17- 
 574; sub-title, Appendix, pp. (575-76). Frontispiece 
 and 18 plates separately printed, numerous other il- 
 lustrations in text. Size of leaf, trimmed, 8f by 5f . 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Issued in black cloth and various leathers. Front 
 cover has gilt ring in centre enclosing "The | (orna- 
 ment) I Gilded | Age | (ornament) | A Tale of To-day." 
 Back has in gilt, "The | Gilded Age | A Tale ) of | 
 To Day | by | Mark Twain | & | Chas. Dudley Warner j 
 (short rule) | Illustrated." and in cover-color on gilt 
 shield, "American | Publishing | Company, | Hart- 
 ford, I Conn." Ornamental rules above and below 
 in gilt, and " horns-of -plenty " and ornaments about 
 "To Day." First and last pages of cover have 
 stamped borders without color, and last page has 
 publishers' monogram seal, also without color. 
 
 Copyrighted, April 23, 1873 ; copy filed in Washing- 
 ton, January 6, 1874. However, I have a copy with 
 presentation inscription of December 24, 1873, and 
 the American Publishing Company books show the 
 actual publication some days before that time. 
 
 Much confusion has been injected into the first - edition 
 question on this book by the existence of a title-page bearing 
 "American Publishing Company, 1873." It is almost cer- 
 tain that this was printed separately by a firm desiring to 
 evade subscription restrictions, and substituted for the 
 original page. It lacks the name of one of the illustrators. 
 White, and on the reverse the electrotyper is omitted, and 
 is in different faced type from other printings. Mr. Bliss, 
 of the American Publishing Company, certifies that no such 
 fonts of type were in the possession of his company. Added 
 certainty is given to the restriction-evading theory by the 
 fact that numerous other copies exist with a rectangular 
 slit at the bottom of the page where a firm name has been 
 cut out, to enable them to sell at a reduction to the "trade" 
 without detection. 
 
 The real test of the first edition of the Gilded Age may be 
 found on page 403. No illustration is to be found there in 
 the first printing, yet "Philip Leaving Laura. Tail Piece" 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 is called for by the List of Illustrations. This cut was after- 
 ward supplied, even in some copies dated 1873. 
 
 Later copies generally have two leaves of publishers' lists 
 after text. 
 
 An entry on the publishers' books shows that the first sixty 
 copies from the bindery were sent out stitched without covers 
 for review. The copy for the Boston Transcript shows on 
 the title-page "American Publishing Company. 1874" and 
 lacks cut p. 403. I have seen no correct copy in 1874 bearing 
 more than one firm name on title. All copies seen in 1873 
 have more than one firm name. 
 
 The name "Eschol Sellers," for one of the principal char- 
 acters of the book, runs through more than one edition. On 
 the protest of an actual owner of the name it was changed 
 to "Beriah Sellers," but, as stated above, this has no bearing 
 on the actual first printing. 
 
 I have not been able to secure the English edition or to 
 determine its date. The English catalogfue lists it as three 
 volumes, 1873-74. Possibly that means that the three vol- 
 umes were not issued together. It is listed in the Publishers' 
 Circular for June 16, 1874. 
 
 {From the Evening Mail, May 5, 19 10) 
 
 How Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner Came to Write 
 "The Gilded Age" 
 
 By E. J. Edwards 
 
 The late Stephen A. Hubbard, who was for many years 
 the managing editor and one of the owners of the Hartford 
 (Conn.) Courant, when Joseph R. Hawley was editor and 
 Charles Dudley Warner, the author and humorist, co-editor, 
 told me this, the real story of the manner in which Mark 
 Twain and Mr. Warner came to write The Gilded Age, which 
 was published in 1873. 
 
 "After Mark Twain came to Hartford to live," said Mr. 
 Hubbard, "he early made the acquaintance of Mr. Warner, 
 being especially attracted to him because of the success of 
 the deliciously humorous book. My Summer Garden, which 
 gained Mr. Warner national fame, and which was the first of 
 his separate writings. The acquaintance ripened into in- 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 timacy, and the families of the two men were frequently 
 together. 
 
 "It happened that one evening, when the Twains had the 
 Warners at a family dinner, something was said about the 
 success of Innocents Abroad. Thereupon both Mrs. Clemens 
 and Mrs. Warner began to twit Mark Twain; they made all 
 manner of good-natured fun of his book, called it an acci- 
 dental hit, and finally ended up by defying him to write 
 another work like it. 
 
 "In high good- humor Mark Twain turned to Mr. Warner. 
 'You and I will show these ladies that their laughter is un- 
 seemly and a cracking of thorns under a pot,' he cried. 
 'We'll get together and write a story, chapter by chapter 
 every morning, and we will so interweave our work that these 
 wives of ours will not be able to say which part has been 
 "written by Mark Twain and which by Charles D. Warner; 
 for once a week we will gather in my library and read the 
 story to them as it has progressed under our pens.' 
 
 "What was spoken in jest was acted upon in the spirit of 
 jest, Mr. Warner agreeing to meet Mark Twain every morning 
 for an hour or two so that together they could write a new 
 story somewhat on the lines of Innocents Abroad. After they 
 had been at work on their little joke for a little while they 
 became thoroughly interested in it, and then Mark Twain 
 proposed to introduce the character of Colonel Sellers in the 
 story; both he and Mr. Warner grew actually enthusiastic 
 over it, and their wives confessed their deep interest in it 
 as it was read to them as the writing progressed. 
 
 " So the jest was carried on until the story was about half 
 finished, if I remember correctly, when it suddenly occurred 
 to Mark Twain that it might be worth publishing; if it in- 
 terested the wives of the authors, it ought to interest the 
 public. Therefore, Twain approached his publishers and 
 told them that he and Mr. Warner were jointly writing a 
 book and he wondered whether he could make arrangements 
 with them to publish it. They jumped at the proposition. 
 The book was published under the title of The Gilded Age, it 
 sold beyond all expectation for a while, and then, suddenly, 
 the sales dropped. . . . The book returned some profit to the 
 joint authors and the publishers. (Copyright, igio, by E. J. 
 Edwards.) 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Later on the book was dramatized with Raymond Hitch- 
 cock in the title r61e. The play was a great success for a 
 number of years until Mr. Hitchcock withdrew, owing to a 
 difference of opinion between him and Mr. Clemens. After 
 that it failed to attract the public. 
 
 Another interesting point concerning the Gilded Age is with 
 reference to the mottoes in various languages used as chapter 
 headings. They were furnished by James Hammond Trum- 
 bull, Librarian of the Wadsworth Library, in Hartford, Conn., 
 and the translations may be found in the American Publishing 
 Company's Uniform Edition of the book. 
 
 1874 
 
 Number One. | (rule) | Mark Twain's | (vig- 
 nette) I Sketches. | Authorised Edition. | 
 (rule) I With Illustrations by R. T. Sperry.j 
 (rule) I American News Company, | New 
 York. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1874) and 
 imprint, pp. (i-ii); text, pp. (3)-32. Size of leaf, 
 trimmed, 9I by 6. 
 
 Issued in light-green paper covers, printed in dark 
 green and black. At top of front cover is: "No. I. 
 Price 25 Cents. No. I." In pictorial and ornamental 
 design is "Mark Twain's | Sketches. | (large picture of 
 frog) I Authorised Edition. | Contents of No. I. | (table 
 of contents, 13 items, as given below) | American 
 News Company, | New York." Below border is 
 "Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 
 1874, by Samuel L. Clemens, in the Office of the 
 Librarian of Congress, at Washington." 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Copyrighted, May 9, 1874; copy filed in Washing- 
 ton, June 4, 1874. 
 
 Contents: A Memorable Midnight Experience. — 
 The Jumping Frog. — Rogers. — Breaking It Gently. — 
 Back from " Yurrup." — The Facts in the Case of the 
 Great Beef Contract. — Aurelia's Unfortunate Young 
 Man. — The Widow's Protest. — Map of Paris. — Prop- 
 erty in London. — The Undertaker's Chat. — Misplaced 
 Confidence. — Concerning Chambermaids. 
 
 First edition for "A Memorable Midnight Ex- 
 perience," "Rogers," and first American edition for 
 most of the other stories. 
 
 The first issue shows a clean last page of cover. An .<Etna 
 Life Insurance advertisement, dated 1877, on that cover 
 denotes a later issue. 
 
 1875 
 
 Lotos Leaves. | Original | Stories, Essays, and 
 Poems, I by | Whitelaw Reid, Wilkie Col- 
 lins, Mark Twain, John Hay, John Brough- 
 am, Noah I Brooks, P. V. Nasby, I. H. 
 Bromley, John Elderkin, Thomas W. Knox, 
 W. J. I Florence, Chandos Fulton, J. Henry 
 Hagar, Champion Bissell, J. B. | Bouton, 
 W. S. Andrews, Gilbert Burling, Chas. I. 
 Pardee, M. D., | C. McK. Loeser, Hon. R. B. 
 Roosevelt, William F. Gill, C. Flo- | rio, 
 C. E. L. Holmes, Charles Gayler, James 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Pech, Mus. I Doc, H. S. Olcott, Edward 
 Greey, J. Brander | Matthews, and Alfred 
 Tennyson. | Edited by | John Brougham 
 and John Elderkin. | Illustrated. | Boston :| 
 William F. Gill and Company, | Late Shep- 
 ard and Gill, | 151 Washington Street. | 
 (rule) I 1875. 
 
 Square 8vo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1874) 
 and imprint, dedication, facsimile, Preface, Contents, 
 List of Illustrations, half-title, sub-title, pp. (i)-(xix) ; 
 text, pp. (2)-4ii. Frontispiece, engraved half-title, 
 and 17 plates, separately printed. Size of leaf, gilt 
 edges, 9i by 6|. 
 
 Copyrighted, December 12, 1874; copy filed in 
 Washington, January 22, 1875. 
 
 Mark Twain contributes "An Encounter with an 
 Interviewer," pp. (2 7) -3 2. 
 
 Issued in maroon cloth, front cover bearing black 
 and gilt geometrical design. Stamped in black on 
 gilt are the words "Lotos | Leaves." The back has a 
 similar stamp, and at the bottom, "William F. Gill & 
 Co." Last page of cover has design and " Lotos | 
 Leaves" without color. 
 
 First bound in maroon cloth for the " Club " edition ; 
 then on thinner paper and bound in green cloth, for 
 the "trade," both with 1875 on title. 
 
 Issued in England by Chatto & Windus, square 
 8vo, green cloth, but I cannot give the date of pub- 
 lication with regard to priority. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1875 
 
 Mark Twain's Sketches, | New and Old. | (rtile) [ 
 Now First Published in Complete Form. | 
 (rule) I Sold only by Subscription. | (rule) | 
 The American Publishing Company. | Hart- 
 ford, Conn., and Chicago, 111. | 1875. 
 
 Square 8vo. Collation: Frontispiece, title, copyright 
 (dated 1875), Preface, Index, pp. (ii-viii). These are 
 printed on a short signature of four leaves. Text, 
 numbered from 17-320, implies page numbers clear 
 out to yellow fly-leaf; that might be a "selling" trick, 
 to make the customer think he was getting more pages 
 for his money. Frontispiece and many illustrations 
 printed with the text. Size of leaf, trimmed, 8J 
 by 6i. 
 
 Issued in blue cloth and various leathers. Front 
 cover of cloth copy stamped in black and gold orna- 
 mental design, with the word "Sketches" in cover- 
 color on gilt field, and "By | Mark Twain." in gilt. 
 Back has black design, "Sketches | Old and | New" 
 in cover-color on gilt field, as are the words " By Mark 
 Twain." below. Last page of cover has design and 
 publishers' monogram in black. 
 
 Published July 21, 1875. 
 
 Contents: My Watch; an Instructive Little Tale. — 
 Political Economy. — The Jumping Frog. — Journalism 
 in Tennessee. — Story of the Bad Little Boy. — Story 
 of the Good Little Boy. — Two Poems, by Moore and 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Twain. — A Visit to Niagara. — Answers to Corre- 
 spondents. ^To Raise Poultry. — The Experiences of 
 the McWilliamses with Membraneous 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 
 Facts in the Case of George Fisher, Deceased. — Dis- 
 graceful Persecution of a Boy. — The Judge's " Spirited 
 Woman." — Information Wanted. — Some Fables for 
 Good Old Boys and Girls: Part First, Part Second, 
 Part Third. — The Facts Concerning the Late Sen- 
 atorial Secretaryship. — A Fashion Item. — Riley, 
 Newspaper Correspondent. — A Fine Old Man. — 
 Science vs. Luck. — The Killing of Julius Cssar Local- 
 ized. — An Item Which the Editor Himself Could Not 
 Understand. — The Widow's Protest. — A Mediaeval 
 Romance. — Petition Concerning Copyright. — After- 
 Dinner Speech. — Lionizing Murderers. — A New Crime. 
 — A Curious Dream. — A True Story Just As I Heard 
 It. — Personal Habits of the Siamese Twins. — Speech 
 at the Scottish Banquet at London. — A Ghost Story. 
 — Legend of the Capitoline Venus. — Speech on Acci- 
 dent Insurance. — John Chinaman in New York. — 
 How I Once Edited an Agricultural Paper. — The 
 Petrified Man. — My Bloody Massacre. — The Under- 
 taker's Chat. — Concerning Chambermaids. — "After" 
 Jenkins. — Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man. — About 
 Barbers. — "Party Cries" in Ireland. — The Facts Con- 
 cerning the Recent Resignation. — History Repeats 
 Itself. — Honored as a Curiosity. — The Late Benjamin 
 Franklin. — The "Blind Letter" Department, London 
 P. 0. — First Interview with Artemus Ward. — Canni- 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 balism in the Cars. — The Scriptural Panoramist. — 
 From "Hospital Days." — Curing a Cold. — A Curious 
 Pleasure Excursion. — Running for Governor. — A Mys- 
 terious Visit. 
 
 First edition for "Two Poems, by Moore and Twain," 
 "The Experiences of the McWilliamses with Membrane- 
 ous Croup," "Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls: 
 Part First, Part Second, Part Third," "Petition Concerning 
 Copyright," " After-Dinner Speech," "A True Story Just As 
 I Heard It," "Speech at the Scottish Banquet at London," 
 "A Ghost Story," "Party Cries in Ireland," "The 'Blind Let- 
 ter' Department, London P. O.," "From 'Hospital Days,' " 
 "A Curious Pleasure Excursion." Many other stories are 
 first American printing in book form. 
 
 The first printing is marked by the paragraph "From 
 ' Hospital Days,' " page 299. An " Erratum" slip was pasted 
 in at that page, which reads: " By an error of the publishers 
 the above sketch, 'From "Hospital Days," ' was inserted in 
 this book. It should not have been, as Mark Twain is not 
 the author of it. It will not appear in any future edition." 
 Curiously enough, the "copy" for this skit exists entirely in 
 the writing of Mr. Clemens, and the crossing out by him of 
 the name thereon of "Jane Stuart Woolsey" in sending it 
 to the printer does not entirely set at rest the suspicion that 
 Samuel and not any Jane was the guilty person. Perhaps 
 Mr. Clemens really intended it to go in, and it was an officious 
 printer who took it out on his own responsibility! 
 
 The first issue also has a duplicated "Note," pp. 119 and 
 
 1876 
 
 Old Times | on | the Mississippi. | by Mark 
 Twain, | Author of " Innocents Abroad," 
 " Roughing It," etc., etc. | (publishers' seal) | 
 Toronto: | Belford Brothers; | Publishers | 
 1876. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 lamo. Collation: Blank, half-title, title, Contents, 
 pp. (i-viii); "Old Times on the Mississippi," pp. (9)- 
 145; sub-title, p. 147; "A Literary Nightmare," pp. 
 149-157; publishers' list, one leaf. Size of leaf, 
 trimmed, 7 by 4f . 
 
 Issued in maroon cloth, stamped in black " (vignette) 
 I Old Times | On the Mississippi | by| Mark Twain | 
 (vignette)." " Old Times on the Mississippi" on back, 
 in gilt, and an ornament without color on fourth page 
 of cover. This was probably issued in paper also. 
 
 First printing in book form for both items. "Old Times 
 on the Mississippi" was later incorporated in "Life on the 
 Mississippi," 1883, and "A Literary Nightmare" was re- 
 printed under the title "Punch, Brothers, Punch!" (1878). 
 " Old Times on the Mississippi" was also printed in England, 
 and it is barely possible that it preceded the Canadian issue; 
 I cannot give the English date. 
 
 Later issues in the same year of the Canadian book contain 
 mention of Tom Sawyer on the title-page as one of the author's 
 works, as well as an ad. of same book on reverse of half-title. 
 
 1876 
 
 Information Wanted | and Other Sketches | 
 by I Mark Twain | (two-line authorization, 
 signed) | London | George Routledge and 
 Sons I The Broadway, Ludgate. 
 
 i6mo. Collation; Half-title, title, imprint, contents, 
 pp. (i-vii); text, pp. (8)-i43; publishers' lists, 18 
 pages. Size of leaf, trimmed, 6J by 4. 
 
 Issued in yellow boards, front cover having red 
 tint-block with cover color spaces in which is printed 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 in black, "Information ( Wanted | by | Mark Twain. | 
 (ornament) | London: | George Routledge & Sons. | 
 The Broadway, Ludgate." Back carries line in black, 
 "Information Wanted. Mark Twain." Last page of 
 cover carries shutter ad. Publishers' lists inside both 
 covers. 
 
 I cannot give the exact date of publication, but I 
 have seen a presentation copy dated June 4, 1876. 
 
 Contents: Information Wanted. — * Two Poems, 
 by Moore and Twain. — A Visit to Niagara. — To Raise 
 Poultry. — * The Experiences of the McWilliamses 
 with Membranous Croup. — How the Author was Sold 
 in Newark. — The Office Bore. — Disgraceful Persecu- 
 tion of a Boy. — The Judge's "Spirited Woman." — 
 Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls: Part First. 
 — Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls: Part 
 Second. — Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls: 
 Part Third.— A Fine Old Man.—* After-Dinner 
 Speech. — * A True Story Just as I Heard It. — 
 * Speech at the Scottish Banquet in London. — * A 
 Ghost Story. — Speech on Accident Insurance. — ^John 
 Chinaman in New York. — My Massacre. — "Party 
 Cries" in Ireland. — History Repeats Itself. — Honored 
 as a Curiosity. — First Interview with Artemus Ward. 
 — * A Curious Pleasure Excursion. 
 
 First edition for those marked with *. 
 1876 
 
 The I Adventures of Tom Sawyer | by | Mark 
 
 Twain | (ornament) | London | Chatto and 
 
 42 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Windus, Piccadilly | 1876. | (All Rights Re- 
 served) 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Publishers' list, half-title, imprint, 
 title, Preface, pp. (i-viii); text, pp. (i)-34o; Con- 
 clusion, p. 341; ornament, p. (343). Size of leaf, top 
 untrimmed, 7^ by 6^. Short signature of four leaves 
 before text. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. First page of cover, border 
 and ornaments stamped in black; lettering, "Tom 
 Sawyer | by | Mark Twain." in gilt. Back, ornaments 
 in black, "Tom | Sawyer [ by | Mark Twain | Chatto & 
 Windus" in gilt. 
 
 Published June 9, 1876, over six months before the Ameri- 
 can issue. It is claimed that a certain Canadian pirated 
 edition, set up from proof-sheets stolen day by day by a 
 printer at the American Publishing Company, was the first 
 issue, but it could hardly be previous to this English edition. 
 
 1876 
 
 History of | The Big Bonanza: | An Authentic 
 Account of the Discovery, History, and 
 Working of the | World Renowned | Corn- 
 stock Silver Lode of Nevada | Including the | > 
 Present Condition of the Various Mines sit- 
 uated thereon ; | Sketches of the most Prom- 
 inent Men interested in | them; Incidents 
 and Adventures Connected with | Mining, 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 the Indians, and the Country; | Amusing 
 Stories, Experiences, | Anecdotes, &c., &c.| 
 And a Full | Exposition of the Production of 
 Pure Silver | by | Dan De Quille. | (William 
 Wright.) I Profusely Illustrated. | (rule) | 
 Sold by Subscription only. | (rule) | Hart- 
 ford, Conn. : | American Publishing Com- 
 pany. I San Francisco, Cal. : | A. L. Ban- 
 croft & Co. I 1876. 
 
 Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1876), Introduc- 
 tory, dedication. Preface, List of Illustrations, Con- 
 tents, pp. (i)-xvi; text, pp. 17-566; Appendix, pp. 
 567-569. Size of leaf, trimmed, 8f by sf. Frontis- 
 piece, plate facing frontispiece, and numerous other 
 plates separately printed; a few text illustrations. 
 
 Issued in brownish-gray cloth and various leathers. 
 Front cover stamped in black design, gilt medallion 
 in centre, leaving name of book, " The | Big Bonanza." 
 in raised letters color of cloth. Back has design and 
 rules stamped in black, with gilt lettering, "The | 
 Big I Bonanza | by | Dan De Quille | Illustrated | 
 Am. Pub. Co." 
 
 Copyrighted, July 12, 1876; copy filed in Washing- 
 ton, September 20, 1876. 
 
 One-page "Introductory" is by Mark Twain. This book 
 is very desirable to the admirer of Twain, as it was written 
 by a fellow-worker on the Virginia City Enterprise, of Nevada, 
 who figured as one of the characters of Roughing It, and is a 
 most readable supplement and commentary on same. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1876 
 
 The Adventures | of | Tom Sawyer | by | Mark 
 
 Twain. | (rule) | The American Publishing 
 
 Company, | Hartford, Conn.: Chicago, 111.: 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. | A. Roman & Co., San 
 
 Francisco, Cal. | 1876. 
 
 Square 8vo. Collation: Half-title, frontispiece, title, 
 copyright (dated 1875), dedication, Preface, Contents, 
 Illustrations, pp. (i)-xvi; text, pp. (i7)-274; Con- 
 clusion, p. (275); publishers' lists, two leaves. Size 
 of leaf, trimmed, 8f by 6^. 
 
 Issued in blue cloth and several leathers. Cloth- 
 bound copy has, on front cover, "Adventures" in 
 cover-color on gilt band, and in gilt lettering below, 
 "Of I Tom Sawyer.", all included in black and gilt 
 ornamental design. Back has black and gilt design, 
 and on gilt field in cover-color, "Adventures | of Tom 
 Sawyer;" and in gilt lettering below, "By | Mark 
 Twain. | Am. Pub. Co." Design in black, including 
 publishers' monogram, on last page of cover. 
 
 Copyrighted, July 21,1875; copies filed in Washing- 
 ton, January 2, 1877. Probably on the market during 
 the last week of 1876. 
 
 Tom Sawyer was first printed on a good quality calendered 
 paper, and changed during the same year to much heavier, 
 cheaper paper. In the first issue there are two blank un- 
 numbered pages, one before and one after the Preface. This 
 latter feature, however, was repeated in some issues in later 
 years. Early in the first year an indent or "gouge" was 
 made in the bottom line on the first page of text, which 
 persists through all later imprints from the same plates. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1877 
 
 Vol. III. Whole Number, 10. | (rule) | The 
 Quarterly Elocutionist. | Readings, Recita- 
 tions, Declamations and | Dialogues, for 
 School, Parlor, and | Platform. | Edited and 
 Published by | Mrs. Anna Randall-Diehl, | 
 (Formerly Anna T. Randall,) | Author of 
 "Reading and Elocution," "Choice Read- 
 ings," Etc. j Issued I January, April, July 
 and October. | (rule) \ April, 1877. | ^i^=^For 
 Contents, see next page. | (double nile) | Sub- 
 scription • • • • One Dollar per Year. |. Single 
 Copies, 30 cents. | All orders sent to Anna 
 Randall-Diehl, 35 Union Square, New York. 
 In double-nile border, with "Copyright, 
 Mrs. Anna Randall-Diehl, 1875." below. 
 
 1 2ino. Issued in paper covers, the above title printed 
 on first page of cover. 148 pages of text, with Mark 
 Twain's "Literary Nightmare," pp. 130-136. This 
 is the first American printing in book form (allowing 
 this to be a "book") of this story, later entitled 
 "Punch, Brothers, Punch!" 
 
 The poem around which the sketch was written was issued 
 as a song set to music, (1876). Did Mark Twain write the 
 poem? 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1877 
 
 A True Story, | and the | Recent Carnival of 
 Crime. | by | Mark Twain. | Illustrated. | 
 (vignette) | Boston : | James R. Osgood and 
 Company, | Late Ticknor and Fields, and 
 Fields, Osgood, & Co. | 1877. 
 
 321110. Collation: Frontispiece, title, copyright (dated 
 1877) and imprint, Contents, ornament. Illustrations, 
 ornament, sub-title, ornament, pp. (ii-x); "A True 
 Story," pp. (ii)-29; vignette, ornament, sub-title, 
 pp. (30-32); "Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival 
 of Crime in Connecticut," pp. (33)-92; publishers' 
 lists, two leaves. Size of leaf, trimmed, 4f by 3 J. 
 
 Issued in maroon or green cloth, gilt letters, black 
 border on front cover, and black letters on back. 
 Two lines on front cover, "A True Story | Mark 
 Twain," and "A True Story: Mark Twain," down 
 the back. Inside front cover and first fly-leaf, also 
 last fly-leaf and inside rear cover bear publishers' 
 lists. Back cover bears stamp. 
 
 Copyrighted, September 17, 1877; copy filed in 
 Washington, September 19, 1877. 
 
 1878 
 
 Punch, Brothers, Punch! | and | Other 
 Sketches. | by | Mark Twain. | (rule) | New 
 York: | Slote, Woodman & Co. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1878) and 
 imprint, Contents, pp. (i-iv); text, pp. (5)-i4o; Cer- 
 tificate, scrap-book ad., blank, pp. (141-44). Size of 
 leaf, trimmed, 5^ by 4|. Cloth-bound copy may be 
 J deeper. 
 
 Issued in red paper covers, printed in black and gilt, 
 and in green or blue cloth. Paper cover bears on 
 front, "Punch. | Brothers. Punch! | . and • | Other 
 Sketches | by | Mark Twain. | — New York — | Slote. 
 Woodman & Co.," surrounded by vignettes and bor- 
 der, and on page four of cover, vignette ad. of scrap- 
 book. On the back is "Mark Twain's Sketches, 
 price 25 Cents." On the back of the cloth copies is 
 "Punch I Brothers | Punch | and | other | Sketches | 
 by I Mark | Twain." Front cover of cloth copies 
 bears the same lettering as the paper copies, stamped 
 in black (lacking the firm name) , but in different type 
 and design. Cloth copy bears vignette scrap-book 
 ad. inside instead of outside rear cover. 
 
 Contents : Punch, Brothers, Punch ! — Speech on the 
 Weather at the New England Society's Seventy-first 
 Annual Dinner. — Rogers. — Map of Paris (with Map). 
 — Random Notes of An Idle Excursion. — Speech at a 
 Dinner of the Knights of St. Patrick. — An Encounter 
 with an Interviewer. — The Loves of Alonzo Fitz 
 Clarence, etc. — The Canvasser's Tale. 
 
 First edition for "Random Notes of an Idle Ex- 
 cursion," "Speech at a Dinner of the Knights of St. 
 Patrick," "The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence," and 
 "The Canvasser's Tale." 
 
 Copyrighted and filed in Washington, March 14, 
 1878. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 The title-page of the first issue bears the name 
 "Mark Twain" in Roman "caps," while the later 
 title-page gives the name in facsimile script. Later 
 printings also contain an enlarged advertisement on 
 rear cover of "Mark Twain's Scrap-Book," which 
 includes a letter from the inventor. The smaller ad. 
 in the first issue does not include this letter, which 
 appears in a small pamphlet concerning the "Scrap- 
 Book" issued by Slote, Woodman & Co., as follows: 
 
 Mark Twain's | Patent Scrap Book | (vignette por- 
 trait of Twain, with signature) | For Sale by | (dealer's 
 name and address). Engraved ornamental lettering 
 and border. Eight-page folder, having on last page 
 same letter as appears on third page of cover, second 
 edition of Punch, Brothers, Punch! 5 by 37^ 
 
 The English edition was published by Chatto & Windus, 
 i2nio. 'sio pages of text, under the title, "An Idle Excur- 
 sion," listed by the Spectator for the week ending March 30, 
 1878. Another firm published Mark Twain's Nightmare. 
 and in Scotland appeared Punch, Brothers, Punch! Canada 
 contributed during the same period An Idle Excursion and 
 Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion. One of these may have 
 been issued previous to the American publication, but as 
 most of them were pirated, there is little hope of obtaining 
 the exact dates except by accident. 
 
 1879 
 
 One Hundred | Choice Selections | No. 17. | 
 A Rare Collection of | Oratory, Sentiment, 
 Eloquence and Humor, | — for — | Public 
 Readings, | Winter Gatherings, | Social 
 Entertainments, | Elocutionary Exercises, | 
 49 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Temperance Societies, | Exhibitions, Ly- 
 ceums, &c. I Designed to Accompany the 
 Preceding Numbers. | (rule) | Published 
 by I P. Garrett & Co., | 708 Chestnut Street, 
 Philadelphia, Pa., and | 116 E. Randolph 
 Street, Chicago, 111. 
 i2ino, paper covers. Above title was not taken from 
 the first printing, so I do not attempt to collate fully. 
 It contains, pp. 172-74, "Jim Wolfe and the Cats." 
 The story is undoubtedly Twain's, but the phrasing 
 and spelHng indicate a probability of its being a lecture 
 report, and not a direct contribution. 
 
 In one of his Chapters from My Autobiography, 
 Mark Twain states that during his stay in England, 
 about 1873, the story entitled "Jim Wolfe & the 
 Cats" was sold without warrant to "Tom Hood" by 
 a certain young man. "How I Escaped Being 
 Killed in a Duel" appeared in Tom Hood's Annual 
 for 1873, but I have not seen the issues for the en- 
 suing years. 
 
 1880 
 A Tramp Abroad; | Illustrated by W. Fr. 
 Brown, True Williams, B. Day and other | 
 Artists — With also Three or Four Pictures 
 made by | the Author of this Book, without 
 Outside Help ; | in All | Three Hundred and 
 Twenty-eight Illustrations. | by | Mark 
 Twain, | (Samuel L. Clemens.) | (Sold by 
 50 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Subscription only.) | Hartford, Conn.: | 
 
 American Publishing Company. | Chatto & 
 
 Windus, London. | 1880. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1879), Illus- 
 trations, Contents, pp. (i)-xvi; text, pp. 17-580; ap- 
 pendices, title and text, A to F, pp. (58i)-63i. 
 Reverse of last leaf carries publishers' ad. of Inno- 
 cents Abroad. Size of leaf, trimmed, 8^ by 5f. 
 
 Portrait frontispiece and 34 plates separately 
 printed, also numerous illustrations in the text. 
 
 Issued in black cloth, stamped in gilt on front 
 cover, " A Tramp Abroad | by | Mark | Twain." Figure 
 with umbrella and alpenstock drawn through the 
 lettering. Back has "A Tramp | Abroad | by | Mark 
 Twain. | (rule) | Illustrated | American | Publishing | 
 Company. | Hartford | Conn." Third and last five lines 
 in cover-color on gilt field, balance of lettering, rules, 
 and figure at top in gilt. Last page of cover has 
 publishers' monogram without color, and both first 
 and last pages carry border without color. 
 
 Published March 13, 1880. 
 
 The engraved frontispiece of Mark Twain in this book showed 
 "spots " during its first printing. It was therefore re-engraved 
 for further use. The original plate shows the fine underlying 
 lines vertical, while on the remade plate they are oblique. 
 
 The caption for the pictorial frontispiece was originally 
 "Moses," and later changed to "Titian's Moses." Abroad, 
 in cover-color on gilt. Gilt rules. 
 
 1880 
 
 A Tramp Abroad | by | Mark Twain | Author 
 of I 'The Innocents Abroad' 'The New 
 51 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Pilgrims' Progress ' etc. | (ornament) | In 
 Two Volumes. | Vol. I. (Vol. II), London [ 
 Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly] | 1880 | All 
 Rights Reserved. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Half-title, publishers' list, title, 
 imprint, pp. (i-iv); text, pp. (i)-328. Vol. II: Half- 
 title, publishers' list, title, imprint, pp. (i-iv) ; text, 
 pp. (i)-234; appendices A-B-C-D-E-F, pp. (235)- 
 304. Added are 32 pages of publishers' lists, dated 
 (in the only copy I have seen) February, 1880. Size 
 of leaf, trimmed, yf by 4^. 
 
 Issued in brown cloth. First page of cover stamped 
 in black, " (rules) | A Tramp Abroad | (rules and orna- 
 ments) I Mark Twain | (rules)." Back with lettering 
 stamped in gilt, ornaments and rules in black, "(rules) 
 A I Tramp | Abroad | Mark | Twain | Vol. I (II) | 
 (ornaments and rules) | Chatto & Windus | (rules)." 
 Last page of cover has monogram in black. 
 
 1882 " 
 
 The I Prince and the Pauper | a Tale | for 
 
 Young People of all Ages | by | Mark 
 
 Twain | with one Hundred and Ninety -two 
 
 Illustrations | Boston | James R. Osgood 
 
 and Company | 1882 
 
 Square 8vo. Collation: Facsimile MSS., transcrip- 
 tion of same, seals, title, copyright (dated 1881) 
 and imprint, dedication, quotation from Shakespeare, 
 pp. (ii-ix) ; Contents, List of Illustrations, preface, 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 sub-title, pp. ii-(2i); text, pp. 23-401; Notes, pp. 
 403-411. Size of leaf, trimmed, 8f by 6 J. Illustra- 
 tions printed with text. 
 
 Issued in green cloth and several leathers. Front 
 cover of cloth copy is stamped in gilt, "The Prince | 
 and I The Pauper | Mark Twain." Also has crown, 
 shield, etc., in gilt, and other ornaments in black. 
 Back has "The | Prince | and the | Pauper" in cover- 
 color on gilt field; "Mark Twain | James R. Osgood | 
 & Co." in gilt; ornaments and rules in black. This 
 collation is of the regularly published edition. There 
 was a specially printed number (variously stated to 
 be from 6 to 20) on China or India paper for Mr. 
 Clemens personally, a copy of which I have not had 
 opportunity to inspect. 
 
 Copyrighted, October 13, 1881 ; filed in Washington, 
 December 12, 1881. 
 
 1881 
 
 The Prince and The Pauper | A Tale for 
 Young People of all Ages | by | Mark 
 Twain | (Samuel L. Clemens) | (ornament) | 
 With One Hundred and Ninety Illustra- 
 tions I London | Chatto & Windus, Picca- 
 dilly I 1 88 1 I (All Rights Reserved) 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Publishers' list, facsimile MSS., 
 transcription of same, seals, title, dedication, preface. 
 Contents, List of Illustrations, quotation, pictorial 
 half-title, pp. (i)-xvii; text, pp. (i)-38i; "Notes," 
 
 S3 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 sub-title and text, pp. (383)-39i; publishers' lists, 32 
 numbered pages, dated November, 1881. Size of leaf, 
 top untrimmed, 7 J by 4^. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. Front cover is stamped in gilt 
 and black. Border at top in black; "The Prince | 
 and the | Pauper," in gilt; vignettes in black; as also are 
 "Mark | Twain" and the bottom border. Back has 
 black border at top, "The Prince | and | the Pauper | 
 Mark | Twain" in gilt, vignette in black, " Illustrated" 
 in gilt, black border, "Chatto & Windus" in gilt. 
 Publishers' seal in black on last page of cover. Fig- 
 ured end-papers. 
 
 Published December i, 1881, almost two weeks before the 
 American issue. 
 
 1882 
 
 The I Stolen White Elephant | etc. | By Mark 
 Twain | (publishers' seal) | Boston | James 
 R. Osgood and Company | 1882 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Half-title,, title, copyright (dated 
 1882) and imprint, Contents, pp. (i-v); text, pp. (7)- 
 306; publishers' lists, pp. (i)-i2; blank. Size of leaf, 
 trimmed, 6^ by 4J. 
 
 Issued in tan cloth, front cover stamped with orna- 
 mental border and design in brown, including ele- 
 phant's head, and the words "The | Stolen | White | 
 Elephant | &c. | Mark | Twain." The last two words, 
 as well as the background for the elephant, are gilt. 
 Back is lettered, in brown, "The | Stolen | White | 
 Elephant | (ornament) | Mark Twain." Above and 
 
 54 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 below are designs in brown, and below is publishers' 
 monogram in gilt. 
 
 Copyrighted, April 29, 1882; copies filed at Wash- 
 ington, June 12, 1882. 
 
 Contents: *The Stolen White Elephant. — Some 
 Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion. — The Facts 
 Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connect- 
 icut. — * About Magnanimous-Incident Literature. — 
 Punch, Brothers, Punch ! — * A Curious Experience. — 
 * The Great Revolution in Pitcairn.— * Mrs. McWill- 
 iams and the Lightning. — * On the Decay of the Art 
 of Lying. — 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. — Rogers.^The Loves of Alonzo Fitz 
 Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton. 
 
 First edition for those marked with *. 
 1882 
 
 The I Stolen White Elephant | etc. | By | Mark 
 Twain | (Samuel L. Clemens) | (ornament) | 
 London | Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly | 
 1882 I (All Rights Reserved) 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Blank, half-title, publishers' list, 
 title, imprint. Contents, pp. (i-v) on short signature of 
 four leaves; text, pp. (i)-28s; vignette, p. (287); 
 publishers' lists, dated May, 1882, 32 numbered pages, 
 added. Size of leaf, top untrimmed, 7f by 4|. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. Front cover has pictorial 
 55 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 elephant design in black, and in border, "The Stolen | 
 White Elephant" in gilt. Back has in gilt, "The j 
 Stolen I White | Elephant | etc. | Mark | Twain | Chatto 
 & Windus," with picture in black above the last line. 
 Last page of cover carries publishers' monogram in 
 black. 
 
 Contents identical with American edition. 
 
 Published June lo, 1882, a day or so previous to the 
 American issue. 
 
 1882 
 
 Date 1 60 1. I Conversation, as it was by the 
 
 Social Fireside, | in the Time of the Tudors. | 
 
 * Mem. (in brackets, eight Hnes.) 
 
 Collation: Title, p. (I), text, pp. (i)-xi. Imprint, 
 p. xi, reads "Done att | Ye Acadamie Presse, | 
 MDCCC LXXX II." Size of leaf, trimmed, lof by 7|. 
 Issued stitched, without cover. 
 
 This has been privately printed in small editions several 
 times, but the copy described above is presumably the first 
 edition, as it came direct from Stormfield to me. It is, how- 
 ever, just possible that some borrower of the original MSS. 
 may have surreptitiously put it in type before 1882. Witness 
 the following extracts from letters from John Hay to one 
 Gunn, of Cleveland, dated in 1880: "Here it is. It was 
 written by Mark Twain in a serious effort to bring back our 
 literature and philosophy to the sober and chaste Elizabethan 
 standard. . . . The proposition which you make to pull a 
 few proofs of the masterpiece is highly attractive, and, of 
 course, highly immoral. I cannot properly consent to it, and 
 I am afraid the great man would think I was taking an 
 unfair advantage of his confidence. Please send back the 
 document as soon as you can, and if, in spite of my prohibi- 
 tion, you take these proofs, save me one." 
 
 The italics are mine. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1883 
 
 Life on the Mississippi | by | Mark Twain | Au- 
 thor of "The Innocents Abroad," "Rough- 
 ing It," I "The Prince and the Pauper," 
 etc. I With more than Three Hundred Illus- 
 trations I (vignette with caption) | (Sold by 
 Subscription only.) | Boston | James R. Os- 
 good and Company | 1883. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Frontispiece, title, copyright (dated 
 1883) and imprint, page quotation from Harper'^ 
 Magazine, pp. (ii-v); Contents, pp. (7)-i4; List of 
 Illustrations, pp. (i5)-2o; text, pp. (2i)-S93; appen- 
 dices A, B, C, and D, pp. (S9s)-624. Size of leaf, 
 trimmed, 8f by 5|. 
 
 Issued in brown cloth and various leathers. Front 
 cover of cloth copy reads, "Life | on the | Mississippi | 
 Mark Twain | .Illustrated." First two lines are in 
 black, and the last three in cover-color on black strips; 
 whole enclosed in ornamental bordering, and bearing 
 gilt-stamped scene with "roustabout" in upper left- 
 hand corner. Back has "(rules) | Life | on the | 
 (rules) I (scene in pilot-house) | (rules) | Mississippi | 
 by I Mark Twain | Illustrated | James R. Osgood & 
 Co. I (rules)." Letters in gilt, rules in black. 
 
 Copyrighted, January 18, 1883 ; copy filed in Wash- 
 ington, May 17, 1883. 
 
 The first copies contained a plate, page 441, showing Mark 
 Twain in flames, which was omitted, at the request of Mrs. 
 Clemens, in further printings of same title-page date. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1883 
 
 Life on the Mississippi | by | Mark Twain | 
 Author of ' A Tramp Abroad ' ' The Inno- 
 cents Abroad ' | ' The Prince and the 
 Pauper' Etc. ( (vignette, with caption) | 
 With over 300 Illustrations | London | 
 Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly | 1883 | (All 
 Rights Reserved). 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Blank, half-title, publishers' list, 
 frontispiece, title. Trade (S. L. Clemens), Mark and 
 imprint, page quotation, Contents, List of Illustra- 
 tions, pp. (i)-xxv; text, pp. (i)-S33; appendices 
 A, B, C, D, pp. 535-561; ornament, p. (563); pub- 
 lishers' lists (dated March, 1883), 32 numbered pages. 
 Size of leaf, top untrimmed, 7 1 by 4!^. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. Front cover stamped with 
 picture in black, and lettering in gilt, "Life | on the | 
 Mississippi." Back is stamped in gilt, "Life | on 
 the I Mississippi | Mark | Twain | Illustrated | Chatto 
 & Windus." Vignette in black after "Twain." On 
 last page of cover is publishers' seal in black. Figured 
 paper inside covers. 
 
 Published May 12, 1883, some days before the American 
 issue. J 
 
 1883 
 
 The New Guide | of the | Conversation | in 
 Portuguese and English | in Two Parts | by | 
 
 58 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Pedro Carolino | First American Edition, 
 
 Reprinted Verbatim et Literatim | with an 
 
 Introduction | by Mark Twain. | Boston | 
 
 James R. Osgood and Company | (rule) | 
 
 1883 
 
 24ino. Collation: Blank, half-title, title, copyright 
 (dated 1883) and imprint, "Observagao," pp. (i-v); 
 Introduction to the Osgood edition . by Mark Twain, 
 pp. (vii)-xi; preface, pp. (xiii)-xiv; text, pp. (i)-i82; 
 one leaf blank. Size of leaf, trimmed, s| by 4^. 
 
 Issued in various colored cloths, dark yellow, light 
 and dark brown. Front cover stamped in black, 
 "The I New . Guide | of the | Conversation | in Portu- 
 guese I and I ■ . ■ English ' . ' | with Preface by | Mark 
 Twain | (ornament)." Issued also in light orange- 
 colored paper, with printed front cover same as title. 
 
 The only copy printed in England I have seen was issued 
 by Routledge, and bore the date of 1884. 
 
 Two articles captioned "Portuguese English " appeared in 
 the Calif ornian magazine in 1864, commenting upon this 
 same work by Pedro Carolino (Jose de Fonseca). The com- 
 ments give no evidence of having been written by Mark 
 Twain, but it is highly probable that in his capacity as as- 
 sistant editor of the magazine he obtained the book and was 
 moved to write his later effusion. 
 
 1885 
 
 Adventures | of | Huckleberry Finn | (Tom 
 Sawyer's Comrade). | Scene: The Mississippi 
 Valley. | Time : Forty to Fifty Years Ago. | 
 59 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 By I Mark Twain. | With One Hundred and 
 Seventy- four Illustrations. | New York: | 
 Charles L. Webster and Company. | 1885. 
 
 Square 8vo. Collation : Half-title, frontispiece, copy- 
 right (dated 1884) and imprint, Notice, Explanatory, 
 pp. (i-vii); Contents, Illustrations, pp. (9)-! 5; text, 
 pp. (i7)-366; blank, one leaf. Frontispiece seems 
 to be printed with the text, but is split off from first 
 signature and inner edge pasted to fly-leaf. Between 
 frontispiece and title is an inserted plate of a Mark 
 Twain bust. This plate exists in two states, which 
 being first printed I cannot avow. Size of leaf, trim- 
 med, 8^ by 6f. 
 
 Issued in green and blue cloth. Front cover is 
 stamped in black and gilt, "Adventures of | Huckle- 
 berry I Finn. | (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) | by | Mark 
 Twain. | (ornament) | Illustrated." "Mark Twain" 
 and the "H" and "F" at the beginning of the 
 "Huckleberry Finn" are in gilt, balance in black. 
 Lower left-hand portion of the cover is occupied by 
 a drawing of "Huck," part of background in gilt. 
 Back has "Adventures | of | Huckleberry | ^ Finn." 
 in black on gilt field. Below, separated by an orna- 
 ment, is "By I Mark Twain. | Charles . L. Webster | & 
 Co." Assorted black rules above and below. 
 
 An edition of 30,000 was printed and a number of copies 
 for agents were bound up when the illustration on page 283 
 disclosed a defect of such nature that it became necessary 
 to correct the plate and substitute a new sheet for that page. 
 The copies in the agents' hands were recalled as far as pos- 
 sible, and destroyed. However, it is said that a few of the 
 original copies still exist. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1884 
 The Adventures | of | Huckleberry Finn | (Tom 
 Sawyer's Comrade) | Scene: The Mississippi 
 Valley | Time: Forty to Fifty Years Ago | 
 by I Mark Twain | (Samuel L. Clemens) | 
 (ornament) | With 174 Illustrations | Lon- 
 don I Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly | 1884 | 
 (All Rights Reserved.) 
 
 i2ino. Collation: Half-title, publishers' list, frontis- 
 piece, title, imprint, Notice, Explanatory, Contents, 
 List of Illustrations, pp. (i)-xvi; text, pp. (i)-438; 
 vignette, p. (439); publishers' lists, 32 numbered 
 pages (dated October, 1884). Size of leaf, top un- 
 trimmed, 7 J by 4|. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. Front cover pictorially stamp- 
 ed in black, with lettering in gilt, "The Adventures | 
 of I Huckleberry | Finn." Back has letters in gilt, 
 "The Adventures | of | Huckleberry | Finn | Mark | 
 Twain | Illustrated | Chatto & Windus," with vig- 
 nette in black under "Twain." Publishers' seal on 
 last page of cover. Figured end-papers. 
 
 Published December lo, 1884, three days before an Amer- 
 ican copy was received at Washington. 
 
 1885 
 
 Phunny Phellows — Funniest Book of all. 
 i2mo, paper covers. 
 
 My copy lacks the title-page, so I cannot give much correct 
 information about the book. It was pubUshed by Rhodes 
 6 61 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 & McClure, Chicago, April 7, 1885. The Mark Twain items 
 are: "Mr. Beecher's Farm, "pp. i-iii, and "Mark Twain's 
 Remarkable Gold Mines," page 6. The first item appeared 
 in "Curious Dream," London, 1872, but the latter I have not 
 found elsewhere. 
 
 1887 
 
 English I as | She • is • Taught | Being Genuine 
 
 Answers to Examination Questions | in our 
 
 Public Schools Collected by [ Caroline B. 
 
 Le Row I with a Commentary Thereon ) by | 
 
 Mark Twain. | London | T. Fisher Unwin | 
 
 26, Paternoster Square | 1887. 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Half-title, quotation, title, pub- 
 lisher's seal, quotation, Preface, Contents, ornament, 
 pp. (i)-(x); review by Mark Twain, pp. xi-xli; text 
 (by Mrs. Le Row), pp. 1-109; imprint, p. (no). 
 Size of leaf, untrimmed, 6 J by 4f . 
 
 Issued in imitation alligator-skin cloth. Front 
 cover is stamped, in black, "English | as | She • is • 
 Taught I With a Commentary | by | Mark Twain." 
 The back reads "English as She is Taught," with 
 publisher's monogram and rules. 
 
 The American book published under the same title in 1887 
 has Cassell & Co.'s imprint, and carries only the five-line 
 guptatipn from Mark Twain referred to above. The entire 
 Mark Twain article was first published in book form in the 
 United States in 1900, but without the Le Row compilation. 
 
 1888 
 
 Mark Twain's | Library of Humor | (rule) | 
 
 Illustrated by E. W. Kemble | (rule) | New 
 62 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 York I Charles L. Webster & Company j 
 1888 
 8vo, brown cloth. 
 
 This book consists entirely of reprints from previous books, 
 with the exception of the "Compiler's Apology," page (v), and 
 " Warm Hair," page 7. This latter paragraph is attributed to 
 Mark Twain in the first printing, but the author's name was 
 later omitted from the page. First editions of 1888 had the 
 Table of Contents in page numerical order, later corrected 
 to alphabetical order. A slightly darker cloth was also used 
 in the binding of later issues. 
 
 Under this same general title. Harpers issued, in 1906, 
 "Men and Things," "Women and Things," "The Primrose 
 Way," and "A Little Nonsense," all being equally barren of 
 first-edition material — for Mark Twain, at least. 
 
 1889 
 
 A Connecticut Yankee | in | King Arthur's 
 Court. I by | Mark Twain. [ New York: | 
 Charles L. Webster & Company. | 1889. 
 
 Square 8vo. Collation : Frontispiece, title, copyright 
 (dated 1889) and imprint, Contents, List of Illustra- 
 tions, Preface, pp. (ii)-(xv) ; A Word of Explanation, 
 pp. 17-23; sub-title, p. 25; text, pp. 27-575; leaf 
 of publishers' lists and blank on two-leaf signature. 
 Size of leaf, trimmed, 8J by 6^. 
 
 Issued in green cloth. Front cover bears in gilt, 
 "A Yankee | in | King Arthur's Court | Mark Twain." 
 Above the "Mark Twain," in the centre of the cover, 
 is an ornamental, armorial design of the "Yankee" 
 in black, gilt, and slate-colored "plate." Back carries 
 
 63 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 "(double rule) | A | Yankee | in | King | Arthur's | 
 Court I (double rule) | (armorial design) | Mark 
 Twain | Charles • L. Webster | & Co.," all in gilt. 
 
 Copyrighted, August 7, 1889; copy filed in Washing- 
 ton, December 5, 1889. The English edition is lamo, 
 red cloth, 525 pages of text, issued by Chatto & 
 Windus, and published December 6, 1889. 
 
 1890 
 
 Charles Dickens \ By Pen and Pencil | Includ- 
 ing Anecdotes and Reminiscences Collected | 
 from his Friends and Contemporaries | by 
 Frederic G. Kitton | (portrait vignettes of 
 Dickens) | (quotation, two lines) | Illus- 
 trated with Engravings | London | Frank 
 T. Sabin 3 Garrick Street | John F. Dexter 
 16 Minford Gardens West Kensington | 
 MDCCCXC. 
 
 Folio, in paper-covered parts. Contains on pp. 157-158 a 
 fine letter contributed by Twain, evidently written for pub- 
 lication, therefore here listed and not among "Letters." 
 
 1892 
 
 Merry Tales | by | Mark Twain | New York | 
 Charles L. Webster & Co. | 1892. 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Half-title and edition title, pub- 
 lishers' list, copyright (dated 1892) and imprint, 
 
 64 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Editor's Note, Contents, pp. (i-vii); text, pp. 9-209; 
 three leaves of publishers' lists and two blank. Size 
 of leaf, trimmed, 7 by 4|. 
 
 Issued in blue-gray cloth. Front cover stamped 
 in gilt, "Merry Tales | Mark | Twain." In orn?.- 
 mental border below are the words, "Fiction Fact | 
 and I Fancy Series," stamped in dark blue. Back is 
 stamped in gilt, "Merry | Tales | (ornament) | Mark 
 Twain." Below in dark blue and in ornamental bor- 
 der, "Fiction | Fact |'and | Fancy | Series." Then 
 again in gilt, "Charles L. Webster | and Company." 
 
 Copyrighted, February 23,. 1892; filed in Washing- 
 ton, March 28, 1892. 
 
 Contents : The Private History of a Campaign that 
 Failed. — The Invalid's Story. — Luck. — The Captain's 
 Story. — A Curious Experience. — Mrs. McWilliams 
 and the Lightning.— Meisterschaft. 
 
 First edition for the first, second, third, and last items. 
 
 This book was first bound up with figured end-papers. 
 Subsequently, plain end - papers were used, and a portrait 
 frontispiece of Mark Twain added. 
 
 1892 
 
 Mark Twain | His Life and Work | A Bio- 
 graphical Sketch I by | Will M. Clemens | 
 (rule) I 1892 I The Clemens Publishing Com- 
 pany I San Francisco 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Blank, title, copyright (dated 
 1891) and imprint, Contents, pp. (i-v); Preface, pp. 
 
 6S 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 (7)-i2; text, pp. 13-211. Size of leaf, trimmed, 6f 
 by 4 J (cloth copy 6^ by 4^). 
 
 Issued in paper and cloth. Paper-bound copy has 
 on front cover, "Pacific Library, Price 50 Cents. | 
 Published Quarterly. No. i, July, 1892. Sub- 
 scription, $2 per Year. | (double rule) | Mark Twain | 
 The Story of His Life and Work | (portrait of Twain) | 
 By Will M. Clemens | 1892 | The Clemens Publishing 
 Company | San Francisco." Back carries longi- 
 tudinal line, "Mark Twain — His Life and Work." 
 Rear cover has publishers' ad. "Mark Twain" on 
 front cover is printed in red, balance is in black. 
 Cloth-bound copy is stamped in gilt, "The Life of 
 Mark Twain. | By Will M. Clemens." with black 
 rules above and below. Back has in gilt, "The | 
 Life I of I Mark | Twain | (rule) | Clemens | (rule)." 
 
 This material was run in twelve parts in the Library and 
 Studio, from June, 1891, to June, 1892; the book was pub- 
 lished May 25, 1892, the first issue being less than 1000 
 copies. It contains many Mark Twain letters, speeches, 
 anecdotes, and other literary and personal items. Until the 
 authorized Life by Albert Bigelow Paine is published it will 
 remain the most complete presentation for the period it pur- 
 ports to cover. 
 
 1892 
 
 The I American Claimant | by | Mark Twain | 
 New York | Charles L. Webster & Co. | 
 1892 
 
 1 2mo. Collation : Blank, half-title, frontispiece, title, 
 copyright (dated 1892) and imprint, Explanatory, the 
 Weather in this Book, Contents, List of Illustrations, 
 
 66 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 pp. (i)-xv; text, pp. 17-273; appendix, pp. 275-277; 
 publishers' lists, pp. (279-284); one leaf blank. Size 
 of leaf, trimmed, 8 by 5^. 
 
 Issued in blue-gray and tan-colored cloths. Front 
 cover stamped with pictorial design in black, and the 
 lettering in gilt, "The American | Claimant | Mark 
 Twain." The back carries in gilt, "The | American | 
 Claimant | (rule) | Mark Twain | Illustrated. | Chas. 
 L. Webster | & Co." Above and below are gilt rules, 
 and under the author's name is a vignette in black. 
 
 Published in various newspapers by the McClure Syndicate, 
 and also appeared as a serial in the Idler magazine in twelve 
 numbers, from January, 1892, to January, 1893. Copy- 
 righted in 1891 and 1892 for the newspaper and magazine 
 appearances, but no record in Washington for the book 
 publication. 
 
 The English edition is i2mo, red cloth, 258 pages of text, 
 issued by Chatto & Windus, carries publishers' lists dated 
 May, 1872, and was published May 2, 1892. Hal Hurst's 
 illustrations from the serial publication in the Idler are added 
 to those by Dan Beard. The absence of data in the Library 
 of Congress at Washington concerning the date of publication 
 in America prevents determining priority of issue. 
 
 1893 
 
 The I £1,000,000 Bank- Note | and | Other 
 New Stories | by | Mark Twain | New York | 
 Charles L. Webster & Company | 1893 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Blank, half-title, title, copyright 
 (dated 1893), Contents, pp. (i-vii); text, pp. 9-260; 
 blank, publishers' lists, pp. (i)-9. Frontispiece sepa- 
 rately printed. Size of leaf, trimmed, 7f by 5^. 
 
 67 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Issued in tan-colored cloth. Front cover is let- 
 tered, "The ;£ioooooo. I Banknote, j* Mark | Twain* ." 
 Of the first two lines, ";£ioooooo." is in gilt, balance 
 in brown. " * Mark Twain * " is in black, enclosed in 
 a brown-and-black wreath. At top of page is a car- 
 toon in brown, black, and gilt. Back is lettered in 
 gilt, "The I ;£ioooooo. | Banknote | Mark* | Twain * | 
 Chas. L. Webster | & Co." 
 
 Copyrighted and published February 25, 1893. 
 
 The English edition is i2nio, red cloth, issued by Chatto 
 & Windus, 311 pages of text. I cannot give the exact date 
 of issue, beyond the fact that the book was reviewed in the 
 Spectator in the week ending June 24, 1893, and the book 
 itself carries publishers' lists for March, 1893. 
 
 1893 
 
 The Niagara Book | A Complete Souvenir of 
 Niagara Falls | Containing Sketches, Stories 
 and Essays — Descrip- | tive, Httmorous, 
 Historical and Scientific, | Written Ex- 
 clusively for this Book. | by | W. D. How- 
 ells, Mark Twain, | Prof. Nathaniel S. 
 Shaler, and Others. | Fully Illustrated by 
 Harry Fenn | Bufifalo | Underhill and Nichols | 
 1893. 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1893) 
 and imprint, Preface, Contents, Illustrations, pp. 
 (i-vi); text, pp. (i)-2 2 5. Frontispiece separately 
 printed, and from title to page 2 of text on short 
 
 68 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 signature of four leaves. Size of leaf, trimmed, 6f 
 by4f. 
 
 Issued in paper covers and in green cloth. The 
 front cover is stamped in silver with border and 
 pictorial design containing, in red, "The | Niagara | 
 Book I Illustrated ( • W. D. Howells • | • Mark • Twain • j 
 • And • Others • " Back has in red, "The | Niagara | 
 Book I Illustrated | W. D. Howells | Mark • Twain | 
 And • Others | Underbill | and | Nichols." This is 
 separated by five ornaments in silver. This is a 
 description of the cloth cover, as I have yet to see 
 a paper-covered copy that conforms strictly to first- 
 edition specifications. 
 
 Published June 27, 1893. 
 
 The fourth story in the table of contents is given, "The 
 First Authentic Mention of Niagara Palls by Mark Twain." 
 page 93. Turning to page 93, there is a drawn heading, " The 
 Earliest Authentic Mention of Niagara Falls . . . Extracts 
 from Adam's Diary Translated from the Original MS. by 
 Mark Twain." pp. (93)-io9. 
 
 First edition carries no advertisements, and does not have 
 the word "Advertisements" printed on the back of the final 
 page of text, as later copies do. On cop37Tight page later 
 copies add " In the United States and Canada " to "All Rights 
 Reserved." It is probable that some early copies had figured 
 end-papers. 
 
 1893 
 
 Pudd'nhead | Wilson's | Calendar for | 1894. 
 
 (vignettes above and below.) 
 
 (Yellow printed paper cover carries title.) 
 
 48mo. Collation: Title (on cover), adv. Century 
 Magazine (second page of cover) ; text, pp. 1-14; adv. 
 
 69 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 serial publication of Pudd'nhead, pp. 15-16; portrait 
 of Mark Twain, third page of cover; and on last page 
 of cover a "fake" printer's ad. Size of leaf, trimmed, 
 3 by 2|. 
 
 This book was distributed to both old and prospective 
 subscribers of the Century Magazine just before the com- 
 mencement of the new volume, November, 1893. This 
 would place the date of publication about September, 1893. 
 The "Calendar" later appeared as chapter headings in the 
 periodical and book publication of Pudd'nhead. 
 
 1893 
 
 The First Book | of the Authors Club | (orna- 
 ment) I Liber Scriptorum | (two-line quota- 
 tion, with credit) | (ornament) | New York | 
 Published by the Authors Club | M DCCC 
 XCIII. 
 
 "Liber Scriptorum" and "Published by the Au- 
 thors Club " in red, balance in black. 
 
 Large 4to. Collation: Blank, 3 leaves (first pasted 
 on end-paper); Title, copyright, and edition no.. 
 Preface, Contents, half-title, pp. (i)-(xvi) ; text, pp. 
 (i)-(S9o); quotation, imprint, pp. (591-592). Front 
 signature is 12 pages, 4 extra, and the blank leaves 
 are not taken in account in the page numbers. Size 
 of leaf, gilt top, otherwise untrimmed, 12^ by 8f. 
 
 Issued in full leather, front cover stamped in gilt, 
 "Liber [ Scriptorum," in black and gilt ornamental 
 border. Back stamped in gilt, " Liber | Scriptorum | 
 
 70 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Authors I Club " in black ornamental border. Black 
 ornamental border on last page of cover. Figured 
 end-papers. 
 
 Copyrighted, October 31, 1893; probably published 
 same date. 
 
 "The Californian's Tale," by Samuel L. Clemens, occupies 
 pp. (iS4)-i6i. Mark Twain was one of one hundred and four 
 contributors, every article in every copy of the book being 
 signed by its author in ink. There were originally two hun- 
 dred and fifty-one copies of the book, but over thirty were 
 split up into their component articles and so destroyed. 
 
 1894 
 
 Tom Sawyer Abroad | by Huck Finn | edited 
 by I Mark Twain | with Illustrations by | 
 Dan Beard | New York | Charles L. Webster 
 & Company | 1894 
 
 lamo. Collation: Blank, half-title (on short signa- 
 ture of two leaves), frontispiece, title, copyright (dated 
 1894), and imprint, pp. (ii-iv); Contents, pp. (s)-6; 
 Illustrations, pp. (7-8); text, pp. (9)-2i9; publishers' 
 lists, pp. (221-224). Size of leaf, trimmed, yl by sf. 
 Issued in gray cloth, front cover stamped in gilt, 
 "Tom Sawyer | Abroad | by | Mark | Twain." and 
 after the second line a large design in red and black of 
 "Tom" and "Huck" being chased by a lion. Back 
 is lettered in gilt, "Tom | Sawyer | Abroad | Mark | 
 Twain," and in red and black a vignette of "Huck's" 
 escape from the lion. Below in gilt is "Webster." 
 Frontispiece, illustrations, and text printed together. 
 
 71 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Copyrighted, January 25, 1894, and copy filed in 
 Washington, April 18, 1894. 
 
 Ran as serial in St. Nicholas, November, 1893, to April, 
 1894. 
 
 1894 
 
 Tom Sawyer Abroad | by | Mark Twain | 
 (Samuel L. Clemens) | (ornament) | With 
 26 Illustrations by Dan • Beard | London | 
 Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly | 1894 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Half-title, publishers' list, frontis- 
 piece, title, imprint, List of Illustrations, pp. (i)-viii; 
 text, pp. (i)-2o8; publishers' lists, 32 pages (dated 
 February, 1894). Size of leaf, top and side un- 
 trimmed, 7i by 5. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. First page of cover is pictorial- 
 ly stamped in black, with the words, "Tom Sawyer | 
 Abroad." Back is stamped, "Tom | Sawyer | Abroad 
 I Mark | Twain" in gilt, and vignette and "Chatto 
 & Windus" in black. Last page of cover carries 
 publishers' seal in black. 
 
 This book was announced by Chatto & Windus for April 
 16, 1894. I can find no confirmation for the actual issue, 
 but if the publishers kept their word the book appeared two 
 days before the filing of an American copy in Washington. 
 
 1894 
 
 The Tragedy of | Pudd'nhead Wilson | And 
 
 the Comedy | Those Extraordinary Twins | 
 
 72 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 by I Mark Twain | (Samuel L. Clemens) | 
 with Marginal Illustrations. | (ornament) | 
 1894 I Hartford, Conn. | American Publish- 
 ing Company. 
 
 Second and eighth lines in red, balance in black. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Blank, title, copyright (dated 1894), 
 sub-title, sub-copyright, pp. (i-vi) ; A Whisper to the 
 Reader, pp. 15-16; Pudd'nhead Wilson, pp. 17- 
 303; sub-title, p. (305); sub-copyright, p. (306); sub- 
 frontispiece, p. (308) ; Those Extraordinary Twins, 
 pp. 309-431; Final Remarks, p. 432. 
 
 Frontispiece portrait separately printed; each page 
 of text with marginal illustrations. Book begins with 
 short signature of four leaves, and the implied page 
 numbering seems to include not only the fly-leaf but 
 the tissue leaf over the frontispiece. Size of leaf, 
 sprinkled edges, trimmed, 8| by sf . 
 
 Issued in maroon cloth and various leathers. Front 
 cover of cloth copy stamped with black ornamental 
 design enclosing lettering in gilt, "Pudd'nhead Wil- 
 son. I Mark Twain | Those Extraordinary | Twins." 
 And on back, also in gilt, with black containing de- 
 sign, "Pudd'nhead | Wilson | Mark Twain | Those | 
 Extraordinary | Twins | American | (ornament) | Pub- 
 lishing Company | (rule) | Hartford, Conn." 
 
 Copyrighted, November 10, 1894; published Novem- 
 ber 28, and filed in Washington, November 30, 1894. 
 
 "Pudd'nhead Wilson" appeared as a serial in the Century 
 Magazine from December, 1893, to June, 1894. That publi- 
 cation did not include "Those Extraordinary Twins." 
 
 73 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1894 
 
 Pudd'nhead Wilson | a Tale | by | Mark 
 Twain | (Samuel L. Clemens)'! (ornament) | 
 with a Portrait of the Author by James 
 Mapes Dodge | and six Illustrations by 
 Louis Loeb | London | Chatto & Windus, 
 Piccadilly | 1894 
 
 i2mo. Collation: half-title, publishers' list, title. 
 Whisper to the Reader, Illustrations, pp. (i)-(xi). 
 Frontispiece and title are printed on sheet of heavy 
 paper, folded in two leaves, and bound in with the 
 short signature of four leaves. Text, pp. (i)-246; 
 ornament, p. (247); publishers' lists, 32 pages, dated 
 September, 1894. Frontispiece and six plates sepa- 
 rately printed. Size of leaf, 7|- by 4J. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. Front cover is stamped in 
 black, showing three characters from the book, and 
 "Pudd'nhead | Wilson" in box border. On the back 
 is "Pudd'n | head | Wilson | Mark Twain" in gilt, and 
 a character from the book and "Chatto & Windus" 
 in black. Last page of cover has publishers' seal in 
 black. 
 
 Listed by the Spectator for the week ending November 24, 
 1894, at least four days before the American issue. 
 
 1896 
 
 Personal Recollections | of | Joan of Arc | by | 
 The Sieur Louis de Conte | (Her Page and 
 
 74 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Secretary) | Freely translated | out of the 
 ancient French into Modem English | From 
 the original Unpublished Manuscript | in the 
 National Archives of France | by | Jean 
 Fran9ois Alden | Illustrated | from original 
 Drawings by | F. V. Du Mond | and from Re- 
 productions of I old Paintings and Statues | 
 (seal) I New York | Harper & Brothers Pub- 
 lishers I 1896 
 
 i2ino. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1896), quo- 
 tation, list of authorities, Translator's Preface, trans- 
 lator's comment. Contents, Illustrations, half-title, 
 pp. (i)-(xv) ; text, pp. (i)-46i ; one leaf of publishers' 
 lists. Size of leaf, trimmed, 7|- by sf . Frontispiece, 
 Contents, and 35 plates separately printed. Blank 
 page before title, being part of short signature of four 
 leaves at beginning of book. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. Front cover stamped in gilt 
 and silver ornamental design carrying lettering: " Per- 
 sonal I Recollections | of | Joan | of | Arc | Mark 
 Twain." Back also stamped with ornamental design 
 in gilt and silver carrying the same words in the same 
 order, with " • Harpers • " at the foot. 
 
 Copyrighted, March 18, 1896; copy filed in Wash- 
 ington, May I, 1896. 
 
 The English edition was published May i simultaneously 
 with the American issue. It is a 1 2mo, bound in blue cloth, 
 issued by Chatto & Windus, and carries publishers' list dated 
 March, 1896. 
 
 75 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1896 
 
 Tom Sawyer Abroad | Tom Sawyer, Detec- 
 tive I and other Stories | Etc., Etc. | By 
 Mark Twain ( Illustrated | (seal) | New 
 York I Harper & Brothers Publishers | 1896 
 
 lamo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1896), Con- 
 tents, Illustrations, half-title, pp. (i-ix); text, pp. 
 (i)-iio; one-leaf publishers' lists. Frontispiece, 45 
 plates and map separately printed. Size of leaf, 
 trimmed, 7f by s|. Short signature of four leaves 
 up to half-title. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. "MT" monogram stamped in 
 gilt on front cover, and without color on last page of 
 cover. Back stamped in gilt, "Mark Twain | (rule) | 
 Tom Sawyer | Abroad | Tom Sawyer | Detective | and | 
 Other Stories | Illustrated | • Harpers." 
 
 Copyrighted, August 25, 1896; published November 
 17, 1896. 
 
 Contents: Tom Sawyer Abroad. — Tom Sawyer, 
 Detective. — The Stolen White Elephant. — Some 
 Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion. — Facts Con- 
 cerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut. 
 — About Magnanimous Incident Literature. — Punch, 
 Brothers, Punch! — The Great Revolution in Pitcairn. 
 — On the Decay of the Art of Lying. — The Canvasser's 
 Tale. — An Encounter with an Interviewer. — Paris 
 Notes. — Legend of Sagenfeld. — Speech on the Babies. 
 — Speech on the Weather. — Concerning the American 
 Language. — Rogers. — The Loves of Alonzo Fitz- 
 
 76 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton. — Map of Paris. — 
 Letter Read at a Dinner. 
 
 First edition for "Tom Sawyer, Detective." 
 
 1897 
 
 Tom Sawyer, Detective | as Told by Huck 
 Finn | and Other Tales | by | Mark Twain | 
 (S. L. Clemens) | (ornament) | With a 
 Portrait | London | Chatto & Windus | 
 1897 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Half-title, publishers' list, title, 
 imprint, Contents, sub-title, pp. (i-vii) on short sig- 
 nature of four leaves; text, pp. 1-246; ornament, p. 
 (247); publishers' lists, 32 numbered pages, dated 
 November, 1896. Frontispiece portrait separately 
 printed. Size of leaf, untrimmed, 7^ by 5. 
 
 Issued in blue cloth. Front cover has small 
 stamped border design, without color, containing 
 "Tom I Sawyer | Detective" stamped in gilt. Back 
 is stamped in gilt: "Tom | Sawyer | Detective | &c. | 
 Mark | Twain | Chatto & Windus." Rules, without 
 color, at top and bottom, and ornamental bars in 
 
 gilt. 
 
 Published December 8, 1896. 
 
 Contents: Tom Sawyer, Detective. — The Califor- 
 nian's Tale. — Adam's Diary. — How to Tell a Story. — 
 "Mental Telegraphy Again. — What Paul Bourget 
 Thinks of Us.— (A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget. 
 First printing for the last four items. 
 6 77 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1897 
 How to Tell a Story | and Other Essays | by | 
 Mark Twain | (publishers' seal) | New York | 
 Harper & Brothers Publishers | 1897 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Blank, title, publishers' list and 
 copyright (dated 1897), Note, Contents, half-title, 
 pp. (i-ix); text, pp. (3)— 233; one leaf of publishers' 
 lists. Size of leaf, gilt top, untrimmed edges, yjby 5. 
 Short signature of four leaves before half-title. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. Front cover has gilt orna- 
 mental border, containing lettering in black, "How 
 to Tell a Story | and Other Essays | Mark Twain." 
 Back has ornamental gilt borders, "How to Tell | a 
 Story I and | Other Essays" in black, "Mark | Twain" 
 in gilt, and "Harpers" in black. Last page of cover 
 has monogram in gilt. 
 
 Copyrighted, March 8, 1897 ; Harper date of publica- 
 tion, March 9, 1897; copy filed in Washington, April 
 
 9. 1897- / 
 
 Contents : How to Tell a Story. — In Defence of Har- 
 riet Shelley. — Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences. — 
 "^Travelling with a Reformer. — Private History of the 
 "Jumping Frog" Story. — Mental Telegraphy Again. 
 — What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us. — A Little Note 
 to M. Paul Bourget. 
 
 First edition for the second, third, fourth, and fifth 
 items ; first American edition for the balance. 
 
 1897 
 Following I the Equator | A Journey Around 
 the World | by | Mark Twain | Samuel L. 
 
 78 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Clemens | (vignette) | Hartford, Connect- 
 icut I The American Publishing Company | 
 MDCCCXCVII 
 
 ( Enclosed in double rule border, cross-rules box- 
 ing in vignette, and filled with tint.) 
 
 8vo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1897), dedi- 
 cation, sub-title, pp. (i-v); Contents, pp. 7-712. 
 Frontispiece separately printed, other illustrations 
 on same as text. Size of leaf, trimmed, 9 by s|. 
 
 Issued in blue cloth and several leathers. Front 
 cover of cloth copy bears rectangular pictorial design 
 in colors showing elephant. Back is stamped in gilt 
 with ornamental bordering, including the lettering, 
 "Following I the | Equator | Mark Twain | Illus- 
 trated I American Publishing Company | Hartford 
 Conn." 
 
 Copyrighted, September 10, 1897; copy filed in 
 Washington, November 13, 1897. 
 
 Only one printing was made of the large illustrated edition. 
 But two hundred and fifty sets of sheets, first from the press, 
 were set aside. A number of copies were then bound up with 
 a title-page bearing the imprint of the American Publishing 
 Co. The remainder were put out with the combined imprint 
 of the American Publishing Co. and the Doubleday & McCIure 
 Co. Finally a few copies were bound up of the original two 
 hundred and fifty sheets above mentioned, signed by Mark 
 Twain and issued as a large paper edition "de Luxe"; the 
 full number of copies were not bound up for sale because of 
 fancied conflict with the projected " Autograph " edition of 
 the collected works. This limited edition was bound up later 
 than the initial marketing of the other two imprints. A very 
 mixed procedure. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1897 
 More Tramps Abroad | by | Mark Twain | 
 
 (ornament) | London | Chatto & Windus | 
 
 1897 
 i2ino. Collation: Half-title, publishers' list, title, 
 copyright (dated 1897) and typewriter's imprint, dedi- 
 cation, Pudd'nhead Maxims, pp. (i-vii) ; text, pp. i- 
 486; ornament, p. (487); publishers' lists, 32 pages 
 (dated September, 1897). Size of leaf, top gilt, other- 
 wise un trimmed, 7 J by 5. 
 
 Issued in maroon cloth, gilt stamped on front cover, 
 "More I Tramps | Abroad | Mark | Twain." Back is 
 stamped in gilt, "More | Tramps | Abroad | Mark | 
 Twain | Chatto & Windus." Figured end-papers. 
 
 Published November 12, 1897, one day before the filing of 
 the American issue, under the title " Following the Equator" 
 in Washington. It is probable, however, that the publica- 
 tion of the two books was simultaneous, the extra day for 
 the American book being lost in the mails from Hartford to 
 Washington. 
 
 1897 
 
 Sixty and Six | Chips | from | Literary | Work- 
 shops I edited by | Will M. Clemens | Author 
 of "The Life of Mark Twain," "Famous 
 Funny | Fellows," "Songs of To-Morrow," 
 Etc., Etc. I New Amsterdam Book Com- 
 pany I 156 : Fifth : Avenue : New : York. 
 
 All in line border, first, seventh, and tenth lines in 
 red, balance in black. 
 
 80 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Collation: Blank, title, copyright (dated 1897), Con- 
 tents, pp. (i-iv) ; text, pp. (1-89) ; blank, three leaves. 
 None of the pages are numbered, and title and con- 
 tents are separately printed. Size of leaf, untrimmed, 
 6 by 4f . 
 
 Issued in pictorial cloth, green and red on yellow. 
 Front and last pages of cover both read in black, 
 "Sixty I and Six." Back reads, "66 Sixty and 
 Six 66." Published November 17, 1897. 
 
 Contains, as article 52 (the book being unpaged), "The 
 Panama Railroad," by Mark Twain. This is a small portion 
 of an article once contributed to a Chicago newspaper. 
 
 1897 
 
 Queen | Victoria's | Jubilee | (ornaments) | 
 The Great Procession of June 22, 1897, | in 
 the Queen's Honor, Reported both | in the 
 light of History, and as a | Spectacle, by- 
 Mark Twain | (ornament) | Privately 
 
 Printed | for Private Distribution only. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Title, edition number, pp. (i-ii) ; text, 
 pp. (i)-22; blank, pp. (23-24). Frontispiece, and leaf 
 with illustrations between pp. 3-4, separately printed. 
 Size of leaf, trimmed, 9^ by 6^. 
 
 Issued in light-cream boards, cloth back. Front 
 cover is printed in black, in double rule border, 
 "Queen | Victoria's | Jubilee | (portrait bust, with 
 ornament below) | Anno 1897 Domini | (ornament)." 
 
 Originally contributed to the New York Journal, June 21 
 81 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHYOF MARK TWAIN 
 
 and 23, 1897. Date of issue of the book is uncertain, but at 
 least previous to 1908. Editi6n limited to one hundred and 
 ninety-five copies. 
 
 1900 
 
 How to Tell a Story | and | Other Essays | by | 
 Mark Twain | (Samuel L. Clemens) | (pub- 
 lishers' seal) I Hartford Conn. | The Ameri- 
 can Publishing Company | 1900. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Edition title, edition number, title, 
 copyright (dated 1900), Illustrations, Contents, pub- 
 lic acknowledgment. This is printed on a short 
 signature of four leaves, but the last page of this 
 short signature is numbered "vi," not "viii." Half- 
 title, p. (vii); and text, pp. 7-333. Frontispiece por- 
 trait, engraved title and three other plates separately 
 printed. Size of leaf, untrimmed, 8f by sf . 
 
 Issued in various leathers. Half-leather copy is 
 stamped in gilt on back, "Mark Twain's | Works | 
 Volume xxii | How To Tell | a Story | Etc." Inter- 
 spersed are various ornaments and rules. 
 
 Contents: How to Tell a Story. — In Defence of 
 Harriet Shelley. — Fenimore Cooper's Literary Of- 
 fences. — Travelling with a Reformer. — Private His- 
 tory of the "Jumping Frog" Story. — Mental Teleg- 
 raphy Again. — What Paul Bourget Thinks of Us. — 
 A Little Note to M. Paul Bourget. — ^The InvaHd's 
 Story. — The Captain's Story. — Stirring Times in 
 Austria. — Concerning the Jews. — Frorn the London 
 Times of 1904. — -At the Appetite Cure. — In Memoriam. 
 — Mark Twain: A Biographical Sketch. 
 
 82 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Copyrighted, April 9, 1900; filed in Washington, 
 May II, 1900. 
 
 The last article was not written by Mr. Clemens; the five 
 preceding articles are first appearance in book form. The 
 same plates were used in printing several editions, but the 
 book collated above, in the " Autograph " limited edition, 
 went first to press. 
 
 1900 
 
 The Man that | Corrupted Hadleybtirg | and | 
 Other Stories and Essays | By Mark Twain | 
 Illustrated | (publishers' seal) | Harper & 
 Brothers Publishers | New York and Lon- 
 don I 1900 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Blank, half-title, publishers' list, 
 title, copyright (dated 1900), Contents, Illustrations, 
 half-title, circular type-freaks, pp. (i-xii) ; all this on 
 six leaves before the first signature, beginning, text, 
 pp. 1-398; publishers' list, pp. (3991-340). Size of 
 leaf, trimmed, 7| by sf. 
 
 Issued in red cloth, front cover stamped in gilt with 
 "MT" monogram, and last page of cover with same 
 monogram without color. Back has, in gilt, "Mark 
 Twain | (rule) | The Man | That Corrupted | Hadley- 
 burg I and | Other Stories and | Essays | Illustrated | 
 • Harpers • " 
 
 Copyrighted, April 30, 1900; published June 11, 
 1900. 
 
 Contents : * The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg. 
 — * My D^but as a Literary Person. — From the Lon- 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 don Times of 1904. — At the Appetite Cure. — * My 
 First Lie and How I Got Out of It. — * Is He Living 
 or Is He Dead ? — * The Esquimau Maiden's Ro- 
 mance. — How to Tell a Story. — * About Play-Act- 
 ing.^Concerning the Jews. — Stirring Times in Aus- 
 tria. — * The Austrian Edison Keeping School Again. 
 — Travelling with a Reformer. — Private History of 
 the "Jumping Frog" Story. — * My Boyhood Dreams. 
 
 First edition for those marked with *. 
 
 The publishers of this book changed the quality of the 
 paper from heavy to light while still running off sheets bear- 
 ing the 1900 date. The earlier issues may be told by the 
 greater thickness of the volume, the gilt-letter title on the 
 back having free space in the first case, and in the later style 
 reaching clear to the sides. 
 
 The English edition of Hadleyburg is i2nio, orange cloth, 
 four hundred and fourteen pages of text, issued by Chatto 
 & Windus. I have not the exact date of publication, but it 
 bears the ads. of June, 1900, and was presumably simul- 
 taneous with the American issue. 
 
 1900 
 
 The Man that Corrupted | Hadleyburg | and | 
 Other Stories and Sketches | by | Mark 
 Twain. | Copyright Edition. | In Two Vol- 
 umes. I Vol. I (II) I Leipzig | Bemhard 
 Tauchnitz | 1900. 
 
 i6mo. Issued in paper CO vers. Size of leaf, untrimmed, 
 6f by 4^. I cannot give collation for this work, as 
 my copy was incomplete. 
 
 Contents: Vol I. The Man that Corrupted Hadley- 
 84 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 burg.— My First Lie, and How I Got Out of It. — The 
 Esquimau Maiden's Romance. — Christian Science, 
 and the Book of Mrs. Eddy. — Is He Living or Is He 
 Dead? — My Ddbut as a Literary Person. — At the 
 Appetite Cure. Vol. II. Concerning the Jews. — From 
 the London Times of 1904. — About Play -Acting. — 
 TraveUing with a Reformer.— Diplomatic Pay and 
 Clothes. — Luck. — The Captain's Story. — Stirring 
 Times in Austria. — Private History of the "Jumping 
 Frog" Story. — My Military Campaign. — Meister- 
 schaft. — My Boyhood Dreams. — In Memoriam. 
 
 First printing in book form for "Christian Science, and the 
 Book of Mrs. Eddy" and "Diplomatic Pay and Clothes." 
 
 1900 
 
 Eccentricities | of Genius | Memories of | 
 Famous Men | and Women of | the Plat- 
 form I and Stage | by | Major J. B. Pond | 
 G. W. Dillingham Company | Publishers 
 New York. All in black borders, various 
 rule and circle borders within, lettering 
 in red, except "by" and "Publishers New 
 York." 
 
 8vo, cloth (first issue red, second issue maroon). 
 Published November 19, 1900. Mark Twain's lecture 
 tour across the continent, under management of Pond, 
 is detailed, pp. 197-233, including many Mark Twain 
 letters and anecdotes. That journey was the one 
 undertaken to clear off the Webster debts, and was 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 continued on around the world, as related in " Follow- 
 ing the Equator," 1897. Two speeches are given, 
 "Introducing Nye and Riley," pp. 247-49, and "In- 
 troducing Henry M. Stanley," pp. 265-67. 
 
 1900 
 
 English as | She is Taught | by | Mark Twain. | 
 With I Biographical Sketch | of Author | 
 by I Matthew Irving Lans. | (ornament) i 
 Mutual Book Company, | Boston, Mass. 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1900), 
 Biographical Sketch, Works of Mark Twain, pp. 
 (i-vi); English as She is Taught, pp. (7)-28; pub- 
 lishers' lists, blank, pp. (29-32). Size of leaf, un- 
 trimmed, 7 by 4^ . Issued in dark gray paper cover, 
 with border, reading, "English | as She is | Taught | 
 (double rule) | by | Mark Twain | With Biographical 
 Sketch I of Author." Main caption is in red, and the 
 balance in black. The cloth copy is similar in typog- 
 raphy, and duplicates the front cover on the rear. 
 
 This material was first printed in book form in London, 
 1887; therefore this 1900 publication is first American issue 
 only. It contains none of the Le Row compilation. 
 
 1901 
 
 To the Person \ Sitting | in Darkness | (rule) | 
 — by — I Mark Twain | (rule) | Reprinted by 
 permission from the North American | Re- 
 view, February, 1901 
 86 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Collation: Title, p. (i); text, pp. 2-(i6). Last 
 page (i6) also carries two-line ad. Anti- Imperialist 
 League. Size of leaf, trimmed, 6f by 4J. Issued 
 without cover. 
 
 If, as was claimed by the secretary of the Anti-Imperialist 
 League, 125,000 of this pamphlet were distributed during 
 the "campaign" of 1901 as political propaganda, there must 
 have been more than one printing of the item. It is now so 
 scarce that I can give no hint of any distinctions. 
 
 Dan Beard, illustrator of A Yankee in King Arthur's 
 Court, tells of meeting Mr. Clemens on the street; said the 
 author: "By the way, I have just written something that 
 you'll like. It is called 'To the Person Sitting in Darkness.' 
 I read it to Howells, and Howells said I ought to have that 
 published. . . . Howells also said that I must go hang myself 
 first, and when I asked him what I should do that for, he 
 said to save the public the trouble, because when that story 
 appeared in print they would surely hang me." Iconoclastic 
 as the article referred to may have been, Mr. Clemens lived 
 to meet his end peacefully at home. "Holding back" was 
 not Mr. Clemens's forte. 
 
 1901 
 
 Edmund Burke on | Croker & | Tammany 
 I (double rule) | By Mark Twain | a Mem- 
 ber of the I Order of Acorns | (double rule) 
 I (seal of Order of Acorns) . In border. 
 
 This title is on front cover. Page i of text repeats 
 the above in the form of a heading, adding the Acorn 
 address, 350 Broadway, N. Y., and the Acorn motto: 
 "Tall Oaks from little Acorns grow." Then follows 
 this note, p. I: "This article, delivered as an address 
 before the Organization Committee of the Acorns, 
 
 87 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 at the Waldorf-Astoria, Thursday evening, October 
 17, was originally prepared for the North American 
 Review. Col. G. B. M. Harvey, publisher of the 
 Review, seeing its great force, agreed that the article 
 should first appear as an address, in order that it 
 reach the citizens of New York before the publication 
 of the November issue of the North American Review." 
 
 Collation: Text, pp. 1-8; Acorn announcement, pp. 
 (9)-(i3) ; Mark Twain's membership application, p. 
 (15). Size of leaf, trimmed, 10 by 8. 
 
 Issued in dark gray printed paper cover. Page i 
 of cover carries title as described above, and page 4 
 carries printer's line. 
 
 1902 
 
 A Double I Barrelled | Detective | Story | by | 
 Mark Twain | Author of | " Huckleberry 
 Finn" "Life on the Mississippi" | "A 
 Yankee in King Arthur's Court" etc. | Il- 
 lustrated by I Lucius Hitchcock | (publish- 
 ers' seal) I New York and London | Harper 
 & Brothers | Publishers MCMII. In red 
 border, first four lines in red, first three 
 lines underscored in red, balance in black. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Blank, two leaves, title, copyright 
 (dated 1902), Illustrations, pp. (i-vii) on short signa- 
 ture of four leaves; half-title with sub-title, and text, 
 pp. (i)-i79; two leaves blank. Separately printed 
 
 88 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 frontispiece and six plates. Gilt top, otherwise un- 
 trimmed. Size of leaf, 7 J by ${. 
 
 Issued in red cloth, front cover reading in cover- 
 color on gilt field, "A Double | Barrelled | Detective | 
 Story." Two-line quotation, signed, in gilt letters, 
 at foot. All in gilt line border. Back has in gilt, 
 "(rule) I (ornament) | (rule) | A | Double | Barrelled | 
 Detective | Story | (rule) | (ornament) | Mark | Twain | 
 Harpers | (rule)." Pictorial end-papers. 
 
 Copyrighted, February 21, 1902; published by 
 Harpers, April 8, 1902; filed in Washington, April 10, 
 1902. 
 
 The English edition is i2mo, blue cloth, one hundred and 
 seventy-nine pages of text, issued by Chatto & Windus, and 
 bears the publishers' lists for March, 1902. I cannot give 
 the date of publication, but it was probably simultaneous 
 with the American issue. 
 
 1902 
 
 A Double-Barrelled | Detective Story | Etc. | 
 by I Mark | Twain | Copyright Edition | 
 Leipzig I Bernhard Tauchnitz | 1902. 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Tauchnitz volume no. (3591) and 
 half-title, publishers' list, title. Contents, sub-title, 
 pp. (i-vii); text, pp. (7)-247; imprint, p. (248); 
 publishers' lists, 32 pages. Size of leaf, untrimmed, 
 6i by 4|. 
 
 Issued in light-yellow paper wrappers, printed in 
 black. In border on front cover is as follows: "Col- 
 lection I of I British Authors | Tauchnitz Edition. | 
 (rule) I Vol. 3591. I A Double-Barrelled Detective 
 
 89 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Story, Etc. | by | Mark Twain. | In one Volume. ( 
 Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. | Paris: Librairie C. 
 Reinwald, 15 Rue des Saints-pferes. | Paris: the Galig- 
 nani Library, 224, Rue de Rivoli, | and at Nice, 8, 
 Avenue Mass^na." Above border is: "Each Volume 
 sold Separately," and below border: "This Collec- 
 tion I is PubHshed with Copyright for Continental 
 Circulation, but | all Purchasers are earnestly Re- 
 quested not to Introduce the | Volume into England 
 or into any British Colony." Second, third, and 
 fourth pages of cover carry publishers' lists for July, 
 1902. Back has: "(rules) | British | Authors | Tauch- 
 nitz I Edition | (rules) | Vol. 3591. | (rules) | Twain | 
 30. I (rules) I A Double- | Barrelled | Detective | 
 Story, I Etc. | (rules) | Price | M. 1.60. | (rules)." 
 
 Contents: A Double-Barrelled Detective Story. — 
 Two Little Tales. — The Death-Disk. — A Defence of 
 General Funston. 
 
 First printing in book form for all but the title story, and 
 only printing in book form for "A Defence of General Fun- 
 ston." 
 
 1903 
 
 My D^but I As a I Literary Person | with | 
 Other Essays and Stories | by | Mark Twain | 
 (Samuel L. Clemens) | (publishers' seal) | 
 Hartford, Conn. | The American Publishing 
 Company | 1903. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Edition title, edition no., title, copy- 
 right (dated 1903) and imprint, Illustrations, Con- 
 
 90 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 tents, acknowledgment, half-title, pp. (i)-(ix); text, 
 pp. (ii)-367. Gilt top, otherwise untrimmed. Size 
 of leaf, 8J by sf . Frontispiece, engraved title, and 
 illustrations separately printed. 
 
 Uniform in binding and style with How to Tell a 
 Story, 1900, this being Vol. xxiii, and that Vol. xxii, 
 of the limited (512 copies) "Autograph" edition. 
 
 Issued in various leathers. Back of half-leather 
 copy is stamped in gilt, "Mark Twain's | Works | 
 Volume xxiii | My D6but | as a | Literary Person," 
 separated by various ornaments and rules. 
 
 Filed in Washington, April 28, 1903. 
 
 Contents: My Ddbut as a Literary Person. — The 
 Esquimau Maiden's Romance. — The Man That Cor- 
 rupted Hadleyburg. — My First Lie and How I Got 
 Out of It. — The Belated Russian Passport. — Two 
 Little Tales. — About Play-Acting. — Diplomatic Pay 
 and Clothes. — Is He Living or Is He Dead? — My 
 Boyhood Dreams. — The Austrian Edison Keeping 
 School Again. — Extracts from Adam's Diary. — The 
 Death-Disk. — A Double-Barrelled Detective Story. 
 
 First appearance in book form for "The Belated Russian 
 Passport," and first American edition for "Two Little Tales," 
 "Diplomatic Pay and Clothes," and "The Death -Disk." 
 The three latter stories had previously appeared in Hadley- 
 burg (Tauchnitz) and Double-Barrelled Detective Story (Tauch- 
 nitz) . 
 
 1903 
 
 Masterpieces of | Wit and Humor [ with 
 Stories and an Introduction by | Rob- 
 ert J. Burdette | the World - renowned 
 91 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Preacher Hvimorist | (half-tone cartoon 
 
 with caption) | Containing all that is 
 
 Best in the Literature | of Laughter 
 
 of all Nations | With Illustrations by 
 
 Frederick Opper, John T. McCutcheon, 
 
 Robert L. | Dickey, Charles Lederer, Ike 
 
 Morgan, R. C. Bowman, G. W. Rehse, 
 
 Bryan | Walker, Hugh von Hafsten, Chas. 
 
 Nelan and other famous Cartoonists. | 
 
 Copyright, 1902, by E. J. Long. One-line 
 
 quotation at top, and various box and rule 
 
 borders. 
 
 8vo, cloth. Contains two Mark Twain sketches, 
 "New Ideas on Farming," pp. 55-56, and "Did Not 
 Hurt the Mule," pp. 412-413. These I have not seen 
 in magazine or newspaper, and while of course Mark 
 Twain did not contribute directly to this book, both 
 articles seem authentic as resembling his early work. 
 
 This bears date 1902 on the title-page as given above, but 
 no record is had of it in Washington before October, 1903. 
 
 1903 
 
 The Jumping Frog | In English, then in 
 French, then | Clawed Back into a Civilized | 
 Language Once More by | Patient, Unre- 
 munerated Toil | by Mark Twain | Illus- 
 trated by I F. Strothmann | (publishers' 
 92 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 seal) I New York and London | Harper & 
 Brothers | Publishers : : MCMIII. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: title, copyright (dated 1903) ; Illus- 
 trations, pp. (i-iii), on two leaves before the first signa- 
 ture; text, pp. i-(66) ; blank. Size of leaf , trimmed, 8 
 by si- Frontispiece and 11 plates separately printed. 
 Issued in red cloth, front cover stamped in white, 
 "The Jumping Frog | (rule) | Mark Twain." Below, 
 on front cover, is froggie in green, black, and white. 
 Back reads, in white, "The | Jumping | Frog | Mark | 
 Twain | Harpers." 
 
 This book contains the original "Jumping Frog" story 
 with all of its later addenda, but is the first printing for 
 "Note," pp. 64-66. Published November 18, 1903. 
 
 1903 
 
 "A Dog's Tale" | (double rule) | Reprinted 
 by permission from | Harper's Magazine | 
 Christmas Number, 1903 | (double rule) | 
 by Mark Twain | (rule) | Printed for the | 
 National Anti - vivisection Society. In 
 double-rule border. 
 
 Collation: Blank, half-title, pp. (i-iii); text, pp. (1-9); 
 adv. Nat. Anti-vivisection Soc, p. (10); blank. Size 
 of leaf, trimmed, 9 J by 6f . 
 
 Issued in yellow printed paper covers, page one 
 carrjdng title as above. (In border.) Final page of 
 cover carries list of same society's officials, also in 
 7 93 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 border. This issue is illustrated by four pictures, 
 by Smedley, printed in text, but there is no frontis- 
 piece. 
 
 This story originally appeared in Harper's Magazine for 
 December, iSgjj. The edition described above was printed 
 from the magazine type, with the omission of the page num- 
 bers, and limited to less than fifty copies, the exact number 
 being in doubt. 
 
 On the rear cover is printed a list of officers of the National 
 Anti-vivisection Society, apparently all of Great Britain, and 
 it is understood that practically this entire edition was dis- 
 tributed among the officials so mentioned, possibly with the 
 object of obtaining letters for use in advertising the trade 
 edition. It is probable that this small edition was printed 
 soon after the appearance of the story in magazine form, 
 and before the close of 1903. 
 
 The title-page of the "trade" edition is as follows: 
 
 A Dog's Tale | by | Mark Twain | Illustrated by | 
 W. T. Smedley | (publishers' seal) | New York and 
 London | Harper & Brothers | Publishers . • . 1904. 
 Enclosed in black ruled border, with inner orna- 
 mental border of brown. 
 
 The book is i2ino, red cloth, thirty-six pages of text, with 
 four separately printed illustrations in colors, and was pub- 
 lished September 15, 1904. The English edition is identical, 
 with the exception of "London and New York" on title, and 
 "Printed in the United States of America" on copyright 
 page, and it was presumably issued simultaneously. 
 
 1904 
 
 Extracts | from Adam's Diary | Translated 
 from the Original MS. | by Mark Twain | 
 Illustrated by | F. Strothmann | (publishers' 
 94 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 seal) I New York and London | Harper & 
 Brothers | Publishers : : MCMIV. 
 
 i2mo, red cloth, eighty-nine pages of text. Pub- 
 lished, April 6, 1904, and is first edition for the fol- 
 lowing note: 
 
 " I translated a portion of this diary some years ago, and a 
 friend of mine printed a few copies in an incomplete form, 
 but the public never got them. Since then I have deciphered 
 some more of Adam's hieroglyphics, and think he has now 
 become sufficiently important as a public character to justify 
 this publication.— M. T." 
 
 Otherwise, the text is the same, line for line, as the story 
 contributed to the Niagara Book, 1893, without additions, 
 and with the omission of about three lines (pp. 97-98, Niagara 
 Book), and the Niagara Book was certainly public property. 
 
 1905 
 
 King Leopold's | Soliloquy | A Defense of his 
 Congo Rule | by | Mark Twain | (rule) | The 
 P. R. Warren Co. | Boston, Mass. | 1905. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Half-title, quotation, title, copy- 
 right (dated 1905), pp. (i-iv); text, pp. 3-40; quota- 
 tion, p. (41); sub-title, "Supplementary," and text 
 (quotation from Stead), pp. (43-50). Size of leaf, 
 trimmed, 7i by 4f. Frontispiece and five plates 
 separately printed; other illustrations in text. 
 
 Issued in paper covers, printed in green. The 
 green-printed tint covers the entire outside of the 
 book, with the lettering and design showing through 
 in white stencil effect on the front cover, with the 
 addition of a yellow circular field for the knife and 
 
 95 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 crucifix on same cover. In chain border on front 
 cover is "King | Leopold's | Soliloquy | by | Mark 
 Twain | (skull, knife, and crucifix design) | " By This 
 Sign We Prosper." " Last line is on solid green rib- 
 bon, and knife and crucifix are green. Above border 
 is " Price Twenty-five Cents." 
 
 Copyrighted and published September 28, 1905. 
 
 The second issue may be determined by the change of cover 
 tint to black from green. The issue with " Second Edition " 
 (in reality the third printing) is first printing for " Supple- 
 mentary," pp. 45-(46.) 
 
 1906 
 
 Their Husbands' Wives | Harper's Novelettes 
 (underscored) | Edited by | William Dean 
 Howells I and | Henry Mills Alden | (pub- 
 lishers' seal) I Harper & Brothers Pub- 
 lishers I New York and London | 1906. 
 Enclosed in orange border, first line and 
 publishers' name in orange, balance in 
 black. 
 
 i6mo. Collation: Blank, stub-leaf, contents, pp. (i- 
 v); text, pp. (r)-i8i; two leaves blank. Title, copy- 
 right (dated 1906), Introduction, on sheet folded in 
 two leaves pasted on stub -leaf as given above. 
 Size of leaf, top trimmed, 6f by 4J. 
 
 Published March 15, 1906. 
 
 "Eve's Diary," by Mark Twain, fills pages {i)-2'j. 
 
 Issued in green cloth. Front cover stamped with 
 architectural border in silver, carrying above, "Their 
 
 96 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Husbands' | Wives," and below "(seal) Harper's 
 Novelettes | edited by | W. D. Howells & H. M. Al- 
 den," lettering in gilt, seal in silver. Back carries 
 " (ornamental rules) | Their | Husbands' | Wives | (or- 
 namental rules) I Harpers | (ornamental rule)." Rules 
 are in silver, lettering in gilt. 
 
 This antedates by four months the separate illustrated 
 edition of Eve's Diary. 
 
 1906 
 
 What is Man? | New York | Printed at the 
 De Vinne Press | 1906. In rule border, first 
 line in red, balance in black. 
 
 8vo. Collation: Number of copies printed (six lines) , 
 half-title, title, copyright (1906), preface, half-title, 
 pp. (i-ix) ; text, pp. (3)-! 40. Size of leaf, untrimmed, 
 9i by 6^. 
 
 Issued in gray boards, gilt-stamped paster at top 
 of back, lettered, "What | is | Man?" With double 
 rules above and below, and enclosed in rule box. 
 
 Published August 20, 1906. ■ 
 
 Published anonymously and limited to two hundred and 
 fifty numbered copies. A book with serious intent, contain- 
 ing Mark Twain's philosophy of life. According to its pref- 
 ace, studies for the book were begun as far back as 1880, and 
 it was actually written in 1898. Copies were distributed to 
 his personal friends only, and public acknowledgment of his 
 authorship was withheld until after his death. While fear 
 of being misunderstood deterred him from publicly publishing 
 his views in 1906, in 1910 the faith that was in him was so 
 strong that an article in Harper's Bazar for February, 1910, 
 "The Turning Point of My Life," contains an almost com- 
 plete exposition of that same philosophy. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1906 
 
 The $30,000 Bequest | and Other Stories | by [ 
 Mark Twain | Illustrated | (seal) | New- 
 York and London | Harper & Brothers 
 Publishers | 1906. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Title, publishers' list and copy- 
 right (dated 1903), publication date September, 1906, 
 Contents, Illustrations, half-title, pp. (i)-vii; text, 
 pp. (1-523). Frontispiece portrait and seven plates 
 separately printed, other illustrations and facsimiles 
 in the text. Size of leaf, trimmed, 7f by 5|. 
 
 Issued in red cloth, "MT" monogram stamped in 
 gilt on front cover, and without color on last page of 
 cover. Back is stamped in gilt, "Mark Twain | (rule) 
 I The I $30,000 I Bequest | Illustrated | • Harpers." 
 
 Copyrighted, August 17, 1906; copy filed Septem- 
 ber 27, 1906. 
 
 Contents: * The $30,000 Bequest. — A Dog's Tale. 
 — * Was It Heaven? or Hell.— The Calif ornian's Tale. 
 — * A Helpless Situation. — * A Telephonic Conver- 
 sation. — * Edward Mills and George Benton: a Tale. 
 — * Saint Joan of Arc. — * The Five Boons of Life. — 
 * The First Writing Machines. — * Italian Without 
 a Master. — * Italian with Grammar. — A Burlesque 
 Biography. — * General Washington's Negro Servant. 
 — Wit-Inspirations of the "Two- Year-Olds." — * An 
 Entertaining Article. — * A Letter to the Secretary of 
 the Treasury. — * Amended Obituaries. — * A Monu- 
 ment to Adam. — * A Humane Word from Satan. — 
 Introduction to "The New Guide to the Conversa- 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 tion in Portuguese and English." — Advice to Little 
 Girls. — Post-Mortem Poetry. — A Deception. — The 
 Danger of Lying in Bed. — Portrait of King William 
 III. — * Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? — Eve's 
 Diary. — The Invalid's Story. — The Captain's Story. — 
 Mark Twain : A Biographical Sketch. — In Memoriam. 
 — The Belated Russian Passport. — Two Little Tales. 
 — Diplomatic Pay and Clothes. — Extract from Adam's 
 Diary. — The Death -Disk. — A Double - Barrelled De- 
 tective Story. 
 
 First edition for those marked with *. 
 
 English edition same sheets, simultaneously issued, with 
 stamp at foot of copyright page, " Printed in U. S. of America." 
 
 1906 
 
 A Horse's Tale. 
 
 As was the case with the " Dog's Tale," a few copies of this 
 story were first printed from the magazine type, bound in 
 wrappers, and privately distributed, it is said, principally to 
 persons connected with the Society for Prevention of Cruelty 
 to Animals. 
 
 I have yet to see a copy of this issue, but the same person 
 is the authority for its actuality who informed me of the 
 similar printing of the " Dog's Tale" and who afterward fur- 
 nished me a copy of same, so I cannot doubt his word; 
 especially since he was an employee of the publishers, and was 
 concerned with the actual printing and handling of the books. 
 
 The story originally appeared in Harper's Magazine for 
 August and September, 1906, and the pamphlet listed above 
 was probably printed in the same year. 
 
 The title-page of the "trade" edition is as follows: 
 
 A Horse's Tale | by | Mark Twain | Illustrated by | 
 Lucius Hitchcock | (publishers' seal) | New York and 
 London | Harper & Brothers | Publishers:: | MCMVII, 
 
 99 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 The book is i2mo, red cloth, one hundred and fifty- three 
 pages of text, with five separately printed illustrations, and 
 was published October 24, 1907. The English edition is 
 identical, with the exception of "London and New York" on 
 the title, and " Printed in the United States of America " on 
 copyright page. 
 
 1907 
 
 Christian Science | with Notes Containing | 
 Corrections to Date | by | Mark Twain | Il- 
 lustrated I (publishers' seal) | New York 
 and London | Harper & Brothers Publishers | 
 1907. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Title, publishers' list and copy- 
 right (dated 1907), Illustrations, Preface, sub-title, 
 pp. (i-vii); text, pp. (3)-362. Frontispiece portrait 
 separately printed. Size of leaf, trimmed, 7f by 5 J. 
 
 Issued in red cloth, front cover stamped in gilt with 
 "MT" monogram. Back reads, in gilt, "Mark 
 Twain | (rule) | Christian | Science | Illustrated | • Har- 
 pers." Last page of cover has "MT" monogram 
 without color. 
 
 Copyrighted, January 22, 1907 ; published February 
 7, 1907. 
 
 English edition simultaneously published, and identical, 
 with the exception of " London and New York" on title-page, 
 and "Printed in the United States of America" on copyright 
 page. 
 
 1907 
 
 The Wit and Humor | of America | Edited 
 
 by I Kate Milner Rabb | Volume V | In- 
 100 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 dianapolis | The Bobbs-Merrill Company | 
 
 Publishers. 
 8vo, cloth. Identical sheets bound variously in four 
 or five volumes. The last volume contains sketches 
 by Mark Twain as follows : Under the general heading, 
 "Nevada Sketches," pp. 1805-20, the following: "In 
 Carson City," "City Marshal Perry," "A Sunday in 
 Carson," "Advice to the Unreliable on Church- 
 going," "The Unreliable," "Ye Sentimental Law 
 Student," "The Great Prize Fight" occupy pp. 1903- 
 12, and "The Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. 
 Jones," pp. 1918-26. 
 
 These are selections from contributions to Nevada and San 
 Francisco newspapers in the middle '60s. They are contem- 
 porary with the sketches included in Tlie Jumping Frog, 1867, 
 and, therefore, evidently not of enough literary merit for 
 their author to include in his collected works. However, 
 they are very interesting as showing average specimens of 
 Mark Twain's earliest literary effort, especially since prac- 
 tically the only available files of those early newspapers have 
 since been destroyed by the great San Francisco fire. 
 
 "Wit and Humor of America" was published September' 
 12, 1907. 
 
 1907 
 
 The Savage Club | a Medley of History | Anec- 
 dote and Reminiscence | by | Aaron Wat- 
 son I with a Chapter by | Mark Twain | 
 London | T. Fisher Unwin | Adelphi Terrace | 
 1907. First, fifth, seventh and ninth lines 
 in red, balance in black. 
 8vo. Half-title, publishers' list and imprint, title 
 (All Rights Reserved), dedication. Preface, Contents, 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 List of Illustrations, pp. (i)-xii; text and index, pp. 
 1-327. First signature seems to have but six leaves, 
 second signature commencing at text. Frontispiece 
 and many plates separately printed. Gilt top, edges 
 untrimmed. Size of leaf, 9 by sf . 
 
 Issued in white boards and maroon cloth. Front 
 cover of copy in boards is printed in red, "The | 
 Savage | Club ) by ( Aaron Watson," enclosed in gilt 
 and red ornamental border, credited in corner to 
 "Jas. D. Linton, R. I." Back is stamped in gilt, 
 "(rule) I The | Savage | Club | by | Aaron Watson | 
 (seal) I T. Fisher Unwin | (rule)." 
 
 Chapter XII, comprising pages 131-135, is con- 
 tributed by Mark Twain. Chapter XI contains some 
 anecdotes and notes of speeches under the heading 
 " Artemus Ward and Mark Twain." 
 
 1909 
 
 Is Shakespeare | Dead? | From My Auto- 
 biography I Mark Twain | (publishers' seal) 
 Harper & Brothers Publishers | New York 
 and London | MCMIX. Enclosed in double 
 rule border. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Title, publishers' list and copy- 
 right (dated 1909), PubUshers' Note, half-title, pp. 
 (i-v); text, pp. i-(i49). Facing frontispieces of 
 Shakespeare and Bacon. Gilt top, otherwise un- 
 trimmed. Size of leaf, 8J by 5 J. 
 
 Issued in green cloth, front cover lettered in gilt, 
 "Is Shakespeare | Dead ? ? ? ? | (rule) | Mark Twain." 
 
 102 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Back also in gilt, " Is Shake- 1 speare | Dead ] ? |Mark | 
 Twain | Harpers." 
 
 Copyrighted, April 5, 1909; published April 8, 1909. 
 
 The London edition is identical with the New York issue, 
 with the addition of "Printed in the U. S. of America" 
 stamped at foot of copyright page. However, most of the 
 copies for England were recalled, and after the final leaf of 
 text there was inserted, "tipped in," an extra leaf of adver- 
 tisements of "The Shakespeare Problem Restated," by George 
 G. Greenwood, M.P., and "In re Shakespeare Problem," by 
 the same author. This was to obviate an action by John 
 Lane, the publishers, alleging want of credit for the quota- 
 tions by Twain from Greenwood. 
 
 1909 
 
 The Lectures of | Bret Harte | Compiled from 
 
 Various Sources | To Which is Added | "The 
 
 Piracy of Bret Harte's Fables" | by |- Charles 
 
 Meeker Kozlay | (ornament) | Printed and 
 
 Published by | Charles Meeker Kozlay | 
 
 Brooklyn-New York | 1909. Enclosed in 
 
 double rule border. 
 
 i2mo, limp leather, first printing 100 numbered 
 copies. Contains Mark Twain letter, pp. 48-51, con- 
 tributed to the Spectator, concerning Hotten's pirated 
 English editions. This letter was for the public and 
 so included here, and not in " Letters." 
 
 1909 
 Extract from | Captain Stormfield's | Visit to 
 
 Heaven | by | Mark Twain | (publishers' 
 103 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 seal) I New York and London | Harper & 
 
 Brothers | M-C-M-I-X. 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Blank, title, copyright (dated 
 1909), half-title, pp. (i-v) ; text, pp. i-(i2i). Frontis- 
 piece separately printed . Size of leaf, trimmed, 8 by 5 ^. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. Front cover stamped in 
 white "Extract from | Captain Stormfield's | Visit to 
 Heaven | (vignette in blue and white)." Back is 
 stamped in white "Extract | from | Captain | Storm- 
 field's I Visit I to I Heaven | Mark | Twain | Harpers." 
 
 Copyrighted and published, October 14, 1909. 
 
 English edition identical, plus stamp on copyright page, 
 "Printed in the United States." 
 
 [N. D.] 
 
 Latighing Gas | A | Repository | of | Fun, Wit 
 
 and Humor, (rule) | by | Dr. J. J. Villers, [ 
 
 the Celebrated American Humorist. | (rule) | 
 
 (six-line motto) | (rule) | New York: | J. S. 
 
 Ogilvie & Company, | 31 Rose Street. 
 
 8vo. Illustrated paper cover, bordered. Front cover 
 reads, "Laugh and Grow Fat, | Laughing | Gas, | or | 
 Mirth for the Million. | by | Dr. J. J. Villers, | The 
 Celebrated American Humorist. | (rule) New York: | 
 J. S. Ogilvie & Company, 31 Rose Street." Front 
 cover also carries pictorial feature, and rear cover 
 has publishers' advertisement. 
 
 The book seems to be in two parts, numbered separately, 
 " Laughing Gas," pp. (3)-32, and " Salt, Pepper and Mustard, 
 
 104 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 or Mirth for the Million," pp. (3) -24. The book was evidently- 
 issued in the '70s, but I cannot vouch for its exact original 
 form. 
 
 None of the articles are signed by Mark Twain, but "Put- 
 ting Up Stoves," p. 18, has been signed by him when pub- 
 lished in the Heptasoph magazine. From the style of several 
 other stories therein, I am inclined to think they are some 
 of Mark Twain's early writings for California newspapers, 
 notably, "The Legal Way," "Seafaring," "Sewing on a But- 
 ton," "Salt, Pepper and Mustard," "A Mysterious Box," 
 "Late News from England." 
 
SPEECHES 
 
SPEECHES 
 
 Mr. Clemens has made hundreds of speeches on all 
 manner of occasions. His lecture-tours have covered 
 continents, and his after-dinner efforts would have 
 brought him fame had he never written a line. Most 
 of his speeches have been carefully prepared literary 
 efforts — some have been included in his books ; others 
 have been wholly impromptu, and, in general, wholly 
 delightful. The main objection to listing these 
 speeches in this very serious bibliography we find to 
 be not in the original matter of the speeches, but in 
 the manner of their reporting. We have these 
 speeches (with a few grateful exceptions) only through 
 the medium of newspapers and their reporters. A 
 reporter is not always a stenographer, and even if so, 
 his report is apt to be altered and trimmed to suit 
 the taste of an editor or the exigencies of space. If 
 the speech is reported from memory or by " longhand, ' ' 
 then the fine shades of expression used in the speech 
 are almost sure to be lost, and only the blunter of 
 points made are set down, and then much altered by 
 the recorder. Some even seize the occasion to foist 
 on the innocent public some of their own jokes as 
 original Twain. I remember on one occasion listening 
 to a speech which to my mind contained one particu- 
 lar bright scintillating gem of humor and keenness. 
 8 109 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 With curiosity I opened the papers next morning, and 
 not one report of that speech contained that particular 
 gem, which had taken some minutes in the telling! 
 
 The list is necessarily far from complete, and can 
 be indefinitely extended by earnest searchers through 
 newspaper files in this and other countries, with per- 
 haps some slight aid through the Chronology given in 
 the "Notes" for this book. 
 
 The following books, given in chronological order, 
 contain Mark Twain speeches without other Mark 
 Twain material. A full collation is given for only 
 the climax item, "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910, 
 which reprints almost all of the speeches given in the 
 previous books, with the addition of over 80 others. 
 
 Edmund Burke on Tammany and Croker is listed 
 elsewhere, as it was not primarily intended for an 
 address. Other books listed elsewhere containing 
 speeches are: Eccentricities of Genius, Mark Twain, 
 His Life and Work, and Extracts from the Minutes 
 and Report of the Robert Fulton Monument Association. 
 The Bulletin of the Society of American Authors for 
 December, 1900, which contains a speech, can hardly 
 be called a book. It is said that Mark Twain's Pre- 
 toria speech in 1896 was printed in book form, but I 
 have not seen it. 
 
 [N. D.] 
 
 Mark Twain's | Speech ] on | Accident Insur- 
 ance. 
 One leaf, folded, making four pages about 4 by 3. 
 
 First page carries title, with insurance company seal 
 
 no 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 at top, and the next two pages carry the speech as 
 later reprinted in Sketches New and Old, 1875, with a 
 few additional lines descriptive of the banquet to 
 Mr. Walford. Last page carries list of insurance 
 company officers. 
 
 [N. D.] 
 
 The Fun Library | is a | Collection | of | Hu- 
 morous Stories, Ludicrous | Incidents of 
 Travel, | Anecdotes, and | Fun Items, | from | 
 Brightest Sources of Current Wit and Hu- 
 mor. I (ornament) | Boston: | J. H. & A. L. 
 Brigham, | 179 Milk Street. 
 
 8vo, paper cover. Otherwise "Gripsack Glean- 
 ings," No. 4. On page 54 is printed "Opening re- 
 marks of Mark Twain's Lectures," and on page 61 
 "Mark Twain's Wooing." This latter anecdote is of 
 no importance here, as it has been printed so many 
 times elsewhere. 
 
 Address Before The Ancient and Honorable 
 
 Artillery Company. 
 Svo. Boston, 1875. 
 
 I have not inspected this item personally. 
 
 1876 
 
 Seventy-First | Anniversary Celebration | 
 of the I (vignette) | New-England Society | 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 in the City of New York | at | Delmonico's | 
 Dec. 22, 1876. All in border, carrying va- 
 rious vignettes, with captions. 
 
 8vo, paper covers. Contains Mark Twain's reply to 
 the toast, "The Oldest Inhabitant, New England 
 Weather," pp. 50-54. This is generally quoted as 
 "Speech on the Weather." 
 
 1879 
 Report of the Proceedings | of the | Society | 
 of the I Army of the Tennessee, | at the | 
 Thirteenth Annual Meeting, | held at | Chi- 
 cago, Illinois, I November 12 and 13, 1879. | 
 (rule) I Cincinnati: | Printed by F. W. Free- 
 man, S. W. Cor. Third & Walnut Sts. | 1879. 
 
 8vo. Issued in printed blue paper covers. Front 
 cover is same as title, in border. 
 
 This book contains a short Mark Twain speech, p. 
 50, and a longer one, "The Babies," pp. 154-57. 
 
 1881 
 Reunion of the Army of the Potomac. N. Y. 
 8vo. Address by Clemens. 
 
 I have not inspected this item personally. 
 
 1881 
 
 First Annual Festival | of the | New England 
 
 Society I of Pennsylvania | at the | Conti- 
 
 112 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 nental Hotel, Philadelphia, | December 22, 
 
 1881. 
 
 8vo. Issued in gray paper covers, printed in black 
 same as title, on front cover. Mark Twain's address 
 appears pp. 54-59, and has been later entitled, " Plym- 
 outh Rock and the Pilgrims." 
 
 1882 
 Seventy-seventh | Anniversary Celebration | 
 of the I (vignette) | New-England Society | 
 in the City of New York | at | Delmonico's, | 
 Dec. 22, 1882. All in border, carrying va- 
 rious vignettes, with captions. 
 
 8vo, paper covers. Mark Twain's address fills pp. 
 39-42. Other remarks by him are on p. 75. 
 
 1884 
 
 Life of I Oliver Wendell Holmes | by E. E. 
 Brown | Author of "Life of Garfield," "Life 
 of Washington," "From | Night to Light," 
 etc., etc. I Boston | D. Lothrop and Com- 
 pany I Franklin Street. 
 
 i2mo, cloth. Published March 31, 1884. Pp. 162-65 
 contain the Mark Twain speech at the "Holmes 
 Breakfast," August 29, 1879, later captioned "Uncon- 
 scious Plagiarism." 
 
 113 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1886 
 International Copyright. | (nile) | Statements 
 Made Before the Committee on Patents of | 
 the United States Senate Relating to the 
 Bill I (S. No. I 191) to EstabHsh an Inter- 
 national Copyright, and the | Bill (S. 11 78) 
 to Amend Title 60, Chapter 3, of the Re- | 
 vised Statutes of the United States. 
 
 Above is at top of p. (I) of text. At top of p. (i) 
 is as follows: 
 
 "Forty-ninth Congress, ist Session. Senate. Re- 
 port No. 1 188. I (double rule) | in the Senate of the 
 United States. | (rule) | May 21, 1886. — ordered to be 
 printed." 
 
 8vo, sewed, paper covers. Mr. Clemens' statement 
 is given pp. 15-17. 
 
 1888 
 Werner's | Readings and Recitations | No. 
 30 I (rule) I Elocutionary St-udies | (rule) | 
 Compiled and Arranged by | Anna Randall= 
 Diehl I (publishers' seal) | New York | 
 Edgar S. Werner Publishing & Supply Co. 
 (Inc.) I (rule) | Copyright, 1888, by Edgar 
 S. Werner. 
 
 i2mo, paper covers. Mark Twain's speech, "General 
 Grant's English," appears p. 74. 
 
 114 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1890 
 
 Wise, Witty, Eloquent | Kings | of the | Plat- 
 form and Pulpit | by | Melville D. Landon | 
 Biographies, Reminiscences and Lectures 
 of I (five lines of three names each) | and 
 the Master Lectures of | (five lines of three 
 names each) | and | Personal Reminiscences 
 and Anecdotes of | noted Americans | (rule) | 
 Profusely Illustrated | (rule) | Chicago | 
 the Wabash Publishing House | 1890. 
 
 8vo, cloth and various leathers. Mark Twain anec- 
 dotes and speeches fill pp. 348-359. Of these, the 
 Papyrus Club, Boston, reply to the toast, "The 
 Ladies," is first printing in book form. This speech 
 is not the one listed under the same title in Sketches 
 New and Old, 1875. 
 
 Published September 25, 1890. 
 
 1891 
 
 Werner's | Readings and Recitations. | No. 5. | 
 American Classics. | Compiled and Arranged 
 by I Sara Sigoumey Rice. | (monogram) | 
 New York; | Edgar S. Werner • 1891. 
 
 Vol. II. June, 1891. 
 i2mo, paper covers. On pp. 91-92 is printed "A 
 Ghost Story ' ' by Mark Twain. This is the tale known 
 
 IIS 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 as "The Golden Arm," used by Mark Twain in his 
 early lectures, and retold in Haw to Tell a Story. 
 
 189s 
 A Brief History | of | The Lotos Club. | by | 
 John Elderkin. | (rule) | Club House, | 556 
 and 558 Fifth Avenue, | New York. 
 
 i2mo, cloth, privately printed and distributed. 
 Those first bound up carry list of Lotos Club members 
 at back. Two Mark Twain speeches are quoted in 
 part, pp. IS and 114-17. 
 
 1900 
 
 Masterpieces | of (ornaments) | American | Elo- 
 quence 1 (Christian Herald Selection) | . . . 
 with Introduction by ... | Julia Ward 
 Howe I New York | The Christian Herald | 
 Louis Klopsch, Proprietor | 1900. Line bor- 
 dering, rule boxes, ornaments, and "Ameri- 
 can Eloquence" in red, balance in black. 
 
 Square 8vo, cloth. Mark Twain speeches, "The Dis- 
 counts of an Author," pp. 428-30, and "An Author's - 
 Soldiering," pp. 438-40. First was an address at a 
 banquet of ex-Confederate and Union soldiers in New 
 York City, October 12, 1890, and the second an ad- 
 dress at a banquet of the Union veterans in Baltimore. 
 
 116 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1901 
 
 Modem | Eloquence | Editor- | Thomas B. 
 Reed I Justin McCarthy • Rossiter Johnson | 
 Albert EUery Bergh | Associate Editors | 
 Vol. I I After-Dinner | Speeches | A-D | The 
 University Society | New York. In en- 
 graved border, printed in tints. 
 
 8vo, red morocco, 10 vols., limited to 500 copies, 
 signed by Reed. Published June 29, 1901. 
 
 Vol. I contains Mark Twain's speech, "A 'Littery' 
 Episode," pp. 214-18. This speech was delivered at 
 the "Whittier Birthday Dinner" at the Hotel Bruns- 
 wick, Boston, Mass., December 17, 1877. 
 
 Vol. IV contains Mark Twain's lecture (delivered 
 during 1877), "The Sandwich Islands," sometimes 
 known as "Hawaii," pp. (2S3)-59. 
 
 Vol. V contains Mark Twain's remarks introducing 
 Charles Kingsley, Boston, February 17, 1874, pp. 
 691-93. 
 
 1901 
 
 Speeches at the | Lotos Club | Arranged by | 
 John Elder kin | Chester S. Lord Horatio N. 
 Eraser | (Lotos Club seal) | New York | 
 Privately Printed | MCMI. 
 
 8vo. It announces, "Of this book there have been 
 printed from type, in the month of March, nineteen 
 
 117 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 hundred and one, nine hundred copies on specially 
 made paper and one hundred copies on Van Gelder 
 hand-made paper." I have not seen one of the loo 
 numbered copies. 
 
 On pp. 374-79 appears Mark Twain's speech at the 
 dinner in his honor on November 10, 1900. 
 
 1902 
 
 Mark | Twain's | Birthday | (ornament) | 
 Report of the | Celebration of | the Sixty- 
 seventh I thereof at the | Metropolitan | 
 Club, New York | November 28th | 1902. 
 Enclosed in black ruled border. 
 
 8vo, red boards, in case. Privately printed and dis- 
 tributed, probably 300 copies issued. Mark Twain's 
 speech occupies pp. 41-49. 
 
 1905 
 Mark Twain's | (ornament) 70th Birthday 
 (ornament) | Souvenir of its Celebration | 
 (portrait bust with caption " Mark Twain "). 
 Top three lines in type line box, between 
 which and portrait is copyright line, " Copy- 
 right, 1905, by Harper & Brothers." 
 
 Without covers, given as supplement to Harper's 
 Weekly for December 23, 1905. 
 
 118 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Copyrighted, December 13, 1905; published Decem- 
 ber 19, 1905. Mark Twain's speech is given pp. (3-4). 
 
 1906 
 
 Copyright Hearings, December 7 to 11, 1906. | 
 (rule) I Arguments | before the | Committee 
 on Patents | of the | Senate and House of 
 Representatives, Conjointly, | on the Bills | 
 S. 6330 and H. R. 19853. | to Amend and 
 Consolidate the Acts | respecting Copy- 
 right. I (rule) I December 7, 8, 10, and 11, 
 1906. I (rule) I Washington: | Government 
 Printing Office. | 1906. 
 
 8vo. Paper covers. Mr. Clemens' argument is found 
 pp. 116-121. 
 
 1906 
 
 Mark Twain on Simplified Spelling | (A Speech 
 
 at the Annual Dinner of the Associated 
 
 Press held | in New York, September 19, 
 
 1906, Revised Expressly for the | Simplified 
 
 Spelling Board. 
 
 Above is title-heading on p. I of text. Upper right- 
 hand corner p. I has "SimpUfied Spelling Board | 
 Circular No. 9, Nov. 10, 1906." 
 
 Issued without covers, single sheet folded once, 
 making four pages of text. 
 
 119 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1907 
 
 The American Society in London. | (rule) | 
 Report of the Speeches | at the Independ- 
 ence Day Banquet, | July 4th, 1907, | Held 
 at the Hotel Cecil, London, j (rule). 
 
 Oblong 8vo, red boards, privately printed and dis- 
 tributed. Mark Twain's speech appears pp. 14-18. 
 
 1908 
 
 Dinner in Honor of | the Honorable Whitelaw 
 Reid I American Ambassador to the Court 
 of Saint James | by the Pilgrims of the 
 United States | on Wednesday, the Nine- 
 teenth of February | One Thousand, Nine 
 Hundred and Eight | at Delmonico's, New 
 York. Large vignette above. 
 
 1 2mo, paper covers, with above title on front cover, 
 privately printed and distributed. Mark Twain's 
 speech appears pp. 30-35. 
 
 1910 
 Mark Twain's | Speeches | With an Introduc- 
 tion by I William Dean Howells | (pub- 
 lishers' seal) I New York and London | Har- 
 per & Brothers Publishers | 19 10. 
 120 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 i2mo. Collation: Title, copyright (dated 1910), Con- 
 tents, Introduction, Preface, half-title, pp. (i-xi); 
 text, pp. i-(434); blank, one leaf. Frontispiece por- 
 trait separately printed. Size of leaf, trimmed, 5 J 
 by 7f. Published June 21, 1910. 
 
 Issued in red cloth. "MT" monogram stamped in 
 gilt on the front cover, and without color on the rear. 
 Back reads, in gilt, "Mark Twain | (rule) | Mark | 
 Twain's | Speeches | Portrait | . Harpers ." 
 
 Contents: Introduction. — Preface. — The Story of a 
 Speech. — Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims. — Compli- 
 ments 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 Ba- 
 bies. — Our Children and Great Discoveries. — Educat- 
 ing 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 and Practical Morals. — 
 Layman's Sermon. — University Settlement Society. — 
 Public Education Association. — Education and Citi- 
 zenship. — Courage. — The Dinner to Mr. Choate. — On 
 Stanley and Livingstone. — Henry M. Stanley. — Din- 
 ner to Mr. Jerome. — Henry Irving. — Dinner to Hamil- 
 ton W. Mabie. — Introducing Nye and Riley. — Dinner 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 to Whitelaw Reid. — Rogers and Railroads. — The 
 Old-fashioned Printer. — Society of American Authors. 
 — Reading Room Opening. — Literature. — Disappear- 
 ance of Literature. — The New York Press Club Din- 
 ner. — 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 Ad- 
 dress. — Statistics. — Galveston Orphan Bazaar. — San 
 Francisco Earthquake. — Charity and Actors. — Rus- 
 sian 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. — On 
 Poetry, Veracity, and Suicide. — 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. 
 
 First edition for all items except "Whittier Birth- 
 day" (in "The Story of a Speech"), "Unconscious 
 Plagiarism," "The Weather," "The Babies," "The 
 Dress of Civilized Woman," "The Ladies," "Henry 
 
 122 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 M. Stanley," "Introducing Nye and Riley," "Dinner 
 to Whitelaw Reid," "The Union; Right or Wrong?" 
 "Accident Insurance," "Mistaken Identity," "Lotos 
 Club Dinner," "Copyright," "Welcome Home," 
 "Sixty-seventh Birthday," "Independence Day," 
 "Americans and the English," and "Seventieth 
 Birthday." 
 
LETTERS 
 
LETTERS 
 
 Some of us become greatly miffed if our old letters 
 are made public. Literary people are not so sensi- 
 tive, and the following extract from " Chapters from 
 My Autobiography" in the North American Review 
 of September 21, 1906, gives Mr. Clemens' personal 
 attitude on thq question: 
 
 "This is from this morning's paper: 
 
 " MARK TWAIN LETTER SOLD." 
 
 Written to Thomas Nast, it Proposed a Joint Tour. 
 
 " 'A Mark Twain autograph letter brought $43.00 yester- 
 day at the auction by the Merwin-Clayton Company of the 
 library and correspondence of the late Thomas Nast, the 
 cartoonist. The letter is nine pages note paper, is dated 
 Hartford, November 12, 1877, and is addressed to Nast. It 
 reads in part as follows: ' 
 
 "This is as it should be. This is worthy of all praise. I 
 say it myself lest other competent persons should forget to 
 do it. It appears that four of my ancient letters were sold 
 at auction, three of them at twenty-seven dollars, twenty- 
 eight dollars and twenty-nine dollars respectively, and the 
 one above mentioned at forty-three dollars. There is one 
 very gratifying circumstance about this, to wit; that my 
 literature has more than held its own as regards money value 
 through this stretch of thirty-six years. I judge that the 
 forty-three-dollar letter must have gone at about ten cents 
 a word, whereas if I had written it to-day its market rate 
 
 127 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 would be thirty cents — -so I have increased in value two or 
 three hundred per cent. I note another gratifying circum- 
 stance — that a letter of General Grant's sold at something 
 short of eighteen dollars. I can't rise to General Grant's 
 lofty place in the estimation, but it is a deep happiness to 
 me to know that when it comes to epistolary literature he 
 can't sit in the front seat along with me. 
 
 "Nine years ago, when we were living in Tedwirth Square, 
 London, a report was cabled to the American journals that I 
 was dying. I was not the one. It was another Clemens, a 
 cousin of mine. The London representatives of the American 
 papers began to flock in, with American cables in their hands, 
 to inquire into my condition 
 
 "The next man was also an Irishman. He had his New 
 York cablegram in his hand. It said : ' If Mark Twain dying, 
 send five hundred words. If dead, send a thousand.' 
 
 "Now that old letter of mine sold yesterday for forty- 
 three dollars. When I am dead it will be worth eighty-six." 
 
 1877 
 
 Seventy-second | Anniversary Celebration | 
 of the I (vignette) | New-England Society | 
 in the City of New York | at | Delmonico's | 
 Dec. 22, 1877. All in border, carrying va- 
 rious vignettes, with captions. 
 
 8vo, paper covers. Letter of regret from Mark Twain, 
 p. 84. 
 
 1880 
 
 The Reception | given to | Thurlow Weed | 
 
 on his I Eighty-third Birthday | by the | 
 
 New York Press Club. | (rule) | (for Private 
 128 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Distribution.) | (rule) | Albany; | Weed, 
 Parsons and Company, Printers. | 1880. 
 
 8vo, paper covers. A three-line letter of no impor- 
 tance is given, p. 23. 
 
 1880 
 
 Some Funny Things; | a careful Selection of 
 Funny Sketches, | from the Pens of such 
 well I known Writers as | The Detroit Free 
 Press Man, The | Burlington Hawkeye Man, 
 The I Danbury News Man, The | Norristown 
 Her- I aid Man, | and a Number of other 
 Funny Men. | (rule) | New York: | Frank 
 Harrison & Co., | 206 and 208 Broadway. 
 
 i6mo, paper covers. An anecdote, "Starting a 
 Paper," including a Mark Twain letter, is on pp. 
 49-52- 
 
 1889 
 
 Camden's Compliment | to | Walt Whitman [ 
 May 31, 1889 I Notes, Addresses, Letters, | 
 Telegrams | Edited by | Horace L. Traubel | 
 Philadelphia | David McKay, Publisher | 
 23 South Ninth Street | 1889. 
 
 8vo, cloth. An open letter from Mark Twain is 
 printed pp. 64-65. It is not in his happiest vein. 
 
 129 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1891 
 
 Portraits | and | Autographs: | an Album for 
 The People. | Edited by W. T. Stead | The 
 Review of Reviews. | A Sixpenny Monthly | 
 London: | Mowbray House, Norfolk St. | 
 Strand, W. C. | (rule) | 1891. 
 
 Facsimile letter from Clemens to Stead, p. 63. 
 
 1894 
 
 The I Diversions | of an | Autograph-Hunter. | 
 by I J. H. I (rule) | London: | Elliot Stock, 
 62, Paternoster Row, E. C. | 1894. 
 
 lamo, cloth. The frontispiece is a facsimile of a 
 Mark Twain letter, and the history of the letter is 
 given, pp. 61-63. 
 
 1904 
 
 Cat Stories | Retold from St. Nicholas | Edited 
 by I M. H. Carter | Department of Science 
 of the I New York Training School for 
 Teachers | (vignette) | New York | The 
 Century Co. | 1904. In border. 
 
 i2mo, cloth. On page four is a letter from Mark 
 Twain about his cats, reprinted from St. Nicholas, 
 where it was addressed to one Edwin Wildman. 
 
 130 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1904 
 Th. Nast I His Period and his Pictures | by | 
 Albert Bigelow Paine | New York | The 
 Macmillan Company | London: Macmillan 
 & Co., Ltd. I 1904 I All Rights Reserved. 
 
 8vo, cloth. Letters from Mark Twain are printed, 
 pp. 263, 367-68, and 513, one of them concerning a 
 joint lecture tour projected by Twain and Nast. 
 
 Special Performance | of | Haensel and Gretel 
 I by the | Conried | Metropolitan Opera 
 Company | for the Benefit | of the | Legal 
 Aid Society | at the | Metropolitan Opera 
 House I Thursday Evening | March 15th | 
 1906. In pictorial border. 
 
 Svo, paper wrappers. Contains Mark Twain letter, 
 pp. 24-26. 
 
 1906 
 
 History | of the Ohio Society | of New York | 
 1885-1905 I Prepared and Compiled under 
 the direction of | Henry L. Burnett | War- 
 ren Higley | Leander H. Crall | Committee 
 on Publication | by | James H. Kennedy | 
 Historian of the Society | (seal of the Ohio 
 131 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Society) | The Grafton Press | New York 
 
 MCMVI. First three lines and seal in red, 
 
 balance in black. 
 
 8vo, cloth. Short and unimportant Mark Twain 
 letter, p. 341. 
 
 1907 
 
 Extracts from the | Minutes and Report | of 
 the Robert Fulton | Monument Association | 
 From its inception, for Pre- | sentation at 
 the annual | Meeting held in the State | 
 Room at the Waldorf Asto- | ria on Nov- 
 ember 14, 1907, at I 3.30 P.M. 
 
 24nio, paper covers. Mark Twain speech, pp. 49-50; 
 Mark Twain letters, pp. 75 and 87. 
 
 1908 
 The Life of | Thomas Bailey Aldrich | by | 
 Ferris Greenslet | (publishers' seal) | Cam- 
 bridge I Printed at The Riverside Press | 
 MDCCCCVIII. First two lines and " Cam- 
 bridge" in red, balance in black. 
 
 8vo, cloth. Large paper edition of 500 copies. Pp. 
 95-99 contain several letters from Twain to Aldrich. 
 
 1909 
 Letters and Opinions of "Letters of a Japa- 
 nese Schoolboy" 
 
 132 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 This is not a title-page as given, but my own cap- 
 tion for a pamphlet announcement of Mr. "Wallace 
 Irwin's book, published by Doubleday, Page & Com- 
 pany, 1909. The pamphlet is 8vo, 8 pages, and on 
 the second page carries a letter of appreciation from 
 Mark Twain. 
 
 1910 
 Stories of Authors | British and American | 
 by I Edwin Watts Chubb | Professor of 
 English Literature | In the Ohio Univer- 
 sity. I Illustrated | New York | Sturgis & 
 Walton I Company | 19 10 | All Rights Re- 
 served. 
 
 i2mo. Cloth, 369 pages of text. "The Story of 
 Mark Twain's Debts" fills pp. 349-357, and contains 
 a portion of a letter, together with a small amount of 
 anecdotal material. 
 
 Books listed elsewhere containing Mark Twain 
 letters are: Mark Twain, His Life and Work; Eccen- 
 tricities of Genius; and Charles Dickens by Pen and 
 Pencil. 
 
 The following periodicals contain Mark Twain 
 letters: California Mail Bag, May, 1873; Harper's 
 Magazine, May, 1896; Ladies' Home Journal, October, 
 1898; Ainslee's, August, 1900; Army and Navy Jour- 
 nal, March, 1901; Papyrus, March, 1905; Harper's 
 Weekly, August 25, 1905, October 21, 1905, December 
 15, 1905, March 24, 1906, May 26, 1906, March 27, 1909; 
 
 133 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Collier's Weekly, September 22, 1906, July 6, 1908, 
 August 8, 1908. 
 
 The following New York newspapers print Mark 
 Twain letters: Times, March 12, 1898; Journal, 
 June 25, 1900; World, January 24, 1901; Journal, 
 August 19, 1902; Tribune, March 31, 1903; Herald, 
 August 16, 1903; World, October 22, 1903; Herald, 
 January 14, 1904; Times, May 15, 1905; Times, 
 November 5, 1906; American, December 21, 1907; 
 Sun, January 12, 1908; Times, March 30, 1908; 
 Tribune, June 9, 1908; American, August 4, 1909. 
 
 Catalogues containing Mark Twain letters are as 
 follows : 
 
 Geo. D. Smith's Catalogue of Autographs, 1903. 
 Mark Twain letters, pp. 21 and 23. 
 
 Anderson Auction Co.'s Catalogue for December 3, 
 
 1907. Mark Twain inscription, p. 26. 
 
 Anderson Auction Co.'s Catalogue for January 20- 
 21, 1908. Mark Twain Presentation inscription, p. 20. 
 
 Anderson Auction Co.'s Catalogue for March 17, 
 
 1908. Mark Twain letters, p. 8. 
 
 Anderson Auction Co.'s Catalogue for May 15, 1908. 
 Mark Twain letters, p. 8. 
 
 Anderson Auction Co.'s Catalogue for December 
 9-10, 1909. Mark Twain letter, p. 18. 
 
 Germantown Hospital Book Sale Catalogue for 
 1906. Mark Twain facsimile inscription, plate after 
 p. (22). Mark Twain inscriptions, pp. 50-51. 
 
 134 
 
ANECDOTES 
 
ANECDOTES 
 
 In this section is given the anecdotal Twain ma- 
 terial that has achieved the importance of book 
 production. In each age the foremost story-teller 
 is credited with numerous tales he never fathered: 
 the relators of these spurious efforts seeking to gain 
 a hearing by attributing them to the master-creation. 
 " As Lincoln once said " was followed by "Mark Twain 
 tells this one." 
 
 The one anecdotal book that is important, certified, 
 and certain, is My Mark Twain, 1910, by Twain's 
 close literary friend of forty-four years, William Dean 
 Howells. 
 
 1882 
 
 Famous | Funny Fellows | Brief Biographical | 
 Sketches of American Humorists | by | 
 Will M. Clemens | Cleveland, Ohio | William 
 W. Williams | 1882. 
 
 i2mo. Issued in cloth and paper covers, and con- 
 tains short sketch of Mark Twain, including a few 
 letters, etc., pp. 11-23, but most of the material 
 therein is repeated and expanded to much better 
 effect in the author's later book, Mark Twain, His 
 Life and Work, 1892. 
 
 137 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1883 
 
 Wit and Humor | of the Age. | Comprising [ 
 Wit, Humor, Pathos, Ridicule, | Satires, 
 Dialects, Puns, | Conundrums, Riddles, 
 Charades, | Jokes and Magic, | (rule) | by | 
 Mark Twain, Robt. J. Burdette, | Josh 
 Billings, Alex. Sweet, | Eli Perkins. | With | 
 The philosophy of Wit and Humor, | by | 
 Melville D. Landon, A. M. | (rule)' | Illus- 
 trated I (rule) I Chicago: | Western Pub- 
 lishing House. I (rule) | 1883. Other rules 
 and ornaments at top. 
 
 8vo, cloth. Pp. 194-95-96 contain story alleged to 
 have been related by Mark Twain about his fast horse, 
 same as found in Gripsack Gleanings, No. 3. In 
 justice to Mr. Clemens it must be stated that Mr. 
 Landon had a free habit of trading on his brother 
 humorists, without sufficient accuracy of quotation, 
 and in one book, Eli Perkins at Large, even went so 
 far as to include a long article headed, "How Eli 
 Perkins Lectured at Pottsville, by Mark Twain," 
 which he (Landon) admitted writing himself in its 
 entirety. 
 
 1889 
 
 The People | I've Smiled with | Recollections 
 of a Merry | Little Life | by | Marshall P. 
 138 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Wilder j (rule) | Cassell & Company, 
 Limited, | 104 & 1 06 Fourth Avenue, New 
 York. 
 
 i2mo, cloth and paper covers. One short anecdote, 
 "Chestnuts," is given, p. 137, and one about Augustin 
 Daly's dog, pp. 194-98, purports to be the report of 
 a speech at the looth night dinner of "The Taming 
 of the Shrew," in New York. This last was retold by 
 Mark Twain in Following the Equator, 1897, pp. 415- 
 
 25- 
 
 1891 
 
 Eli Perkins | Thirty Years of Wit | and | 
 Reminiscences of Witty, Wise | and Elo- 
 quent Men I by | Melville D. Landon | (Eli 
 Perkins) | (rule) | New York | Cassell Pub- 
 lishing Company, | 104 & 106 Fourth Ave- 
 nue, New York. 
 
 i2mo, cloth and paper covers. Mark Twain anec- 
 dotes on pp. 12, 13, 86, 87, 88. 
 
 1900 
 
 Five Famous Missourians. | Authenticated 
 Biographical | Sketches of | vSamuel L. 
 Clemens, Richard P. Bland, | Champ Clark, 
 James M. Greenwood, | and Joseph O. 
 Shelby. | by | Wilfred R. HoUister and 
 139 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Harry Norman. | with Introductories by | 
 Walter Williams, Hon. Champ Clark, Hon. 
 Joseph W. Bailey, | Professor John R. Kirk, 
 and Mrs. T. J. Henry. | (rule) | Kansas 
 City, Mo.: | Hudson-Kimberly Publish- 
 ing Co., I 1900. 
 
 i2mo, cloth. The sketch of Mark Twain fills pp. 
 7-86. It contains but little literary material, and is 
 far less important than the Will M. Clemens book. 
 
 1902 
 
 Two Hundred | After Dinner Stories | as told 
 by I many American Himiorists. | (rule) | 
 Copyright, 1902, by J. S. Ogilvie Publish- 
 ing Company. | (rule) | New York: | J. S. 
 Ogilvie Publishing Company. | 57 Rose 
 Street. 
 
 i2mo, paper covers. Mark Twain anecdotes, pp. 6, 
 IS. 58, 113. "6. 143. 179. 212, 247, and 294. 
 
 1902 
 
 The I "Man in the Street" | Stories. | from 
 
 "The New York Times." | Containing 
 
 over Six Hundred Humorous After-dinner 
 
 Stories | about Prominent Persons. | With 
 
 140 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 an Introduction by | Chauncey M. Depew. | 
 (rule) I Copyright, 1902, by J. S. Ogilvie 
 Publishing Company. | (rule) | New York: | 
 J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose 
 Street. 
 
 i2mo, cloth. Contains Mark Twain anecdotes, pp» 
 58, 113, 116, 143, 179, 212, 247, and 294. 
 
 1902 
 
 Authors of our Day | in their Homes | (double 
 rule) I Personal Descriptions & Interviews | 
 (double rule) | Edited with Additions by | 
 Francis Whiting Halsey | Seventeen Illus- 
 trations I (publishers' seal) | (double rule) | 
 New York | James Pott & Company | 
 MCMII. First two lines, seal, and pub- 
 lisher in red, balance in black. 
 
 i2nio, cloth. Pp. 23-35 contain "Mark Twain in 
 Riverdkle-on-the-Hudson, and in Hartford, Conn." 
 This has small amount of literary and anecdotal 
 material. 
 
 1904 
 
 After-Dinner | Stories | Compiled and Edited 
 by I C. M. DoUiver | Comprising | The 
 Latest and Best Stories of America's | 
 10 141 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Brightest Wits | (ten lines of speakers' 
 names) | J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Co., | 57 
 Rose Street, New York. | (rule) | (Copy- 
 right, 1904, by Will Rossiter.) Enclosed in 
 three-ruled box borders. 
 
 24mo, paper covers. On pp. 8-9 are three anecdotes 
 of Mark Twain. 
 
 1904 
 
 Autobiography | Memories and Experiences | 
 of i Moncure Daniel Conway | In Two 
 Volumes | Vol. I (Vol. II) | (publisher's 
 seal) I Boston and New York | Houghton, 
 Mififlin and Company | The Riverside Press, 
 Cambridge | 1904. 
 
 Two vols., 8vo, cloth. First printing limited to 100 
 copies and signed by the author. Mark Twain anec- 
 dotes, pp. 142-46, Vol. II. 
 
 1905 
 After I Dinner | Stories | (vignette) | Compiled 
 by I E. C. Lewis | The Mutual Book Co. | 
 Publishers | Boston. Mass. 
 
 i2mo, limp leather. Mark Twain anecdotes, pp. 7, 
 12, 14, 18, and 20. 
 
 142 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1907 
 In Lighter Vein | a Collection of | Anecdotes, 
 Witty Sayings | Bon Mots, Bright Repartees 
 I Eccentricities and | Reminiscences of | 
 Well-known Men and Women | Who are or 
 have been | Prominent in the | Public 
 Eye I Collected, Edited | and Presented 
 to the Public | by | John De Morgan | 
 Author of I "Literary Side of the Presi- 
 dents" I "Homes and Haunts of British 
 Authors" I "Heroes of the Cromwellian 
 Era" I Etc. | (ornament) | Paul Elder & 
 Company | San Francisco and New York. 
 In border. 
 
 i2mo, cloth. Mark Twain anecdotes, pp. 144, 145, 
 146. 
 
 1908 
 
 Reminiscences of | Senator William M. Stew- 
 art I of Nevada | edited by | George Roth- 
 well Brown | (ornament) | New York and 
 Washington | The Neale Publishing Com- 
 pany I 1908. 
 8vo, cloth. On pp. 219-24 is an alleged account of 
 the writing of Innocents Abroad, as remembered by 
 Senator Stewart. He writes with an apparent bias 
 that will not please the admirer of Twain. 
 
 143 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 1908 
 
 Authentic and Brilliant | After Dinner Stories 
 I and Repartee | (two ornaments) | Glean- 
 ings from I The Most Gifted After Dinner 
 Speakers | of the Day | (one ornament) | 
 The Arthur Westbrook Company | Cleve- 
 land, U. S. A. 
 
 24mo, paper covers. Mark Twain anecdote, p. 48. 
 
 1908 
 
 A Bunch I of Lemons | Collected, Condemned | 
 and Cussed | by | A. Phew Lemons | (vig- 
 nette by Opper) | H. M. Caldwell Co. | New 
 York Boston. In rule and box borders. 
 
 24mo, cloth. Mark Twain anecdote, p. 59. 
 
 1910 
 
 My Mark Twain | Reminiscences and Criti- 
 cisms I by I W. D. Howells | Illustrated | 
 (publishers' seal) | Harper & Brothers Pub- 
 lishers I New York and London | 19 10. 
 
 i2mo, green cloth. Published September 10, 1910. 
 
 The high quality and importance of this anecdotal 
 
 book is no more than could be expected of Mark 
 
 144 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Twain's closest and oldest literary friend. The " Rem- 
 iniscences" were written after Mr. Clemens' death, 
 and published in three numbers of Harper's Maga- 
 zine from July, 1910; the "Criticisms" are collected 
 reviews of Mark Twain books from magazines of 
 different periods. For one who wishes a grasp of 
 Mark Twain's personality, it will form a necessary 
 supplement to Will M. Clemens' incomplete Life; and 
 may even have a nearer personal touch than Mr. 
 Albert Bigelow Paine's Biography, though, of course, 
 not in any way so comprehensive as the latter work 
 will be. 
 
 [N. D.] 
 
 The Fun Library | is a | Collection | of | Hu- 
 morous Stories, Ludicrous | Incidents of 
 Travel, | Anecdotes, and | Fun Items, | 
 from I Brightest Sources of Current Wit 
 and Humor. | (ornament) | Boston: i J. H. 
 & A. L. Brigham, | 179 Milk Street. 
 
 Otherwise "Gripsack Gleanings, No. 3." 8vo, 
 paper cover. On page 7 is an anecdote, "Mr. Mark 
 Twain. He tells about a very fast horse he once 
 drove." The same anecdote is given in Wit and 
 Humor of the Age. 
 
NOTES 
 
NOTES 
 
 Those who value Mr. Clemens' speeches and fugitive 
 efforts will find use for the appended Chronology of 
 his various residences and travels as an aid for search 
 in newspaper files and other local sources. 
 
 1861-64, in Nevada; in summer of 1864 to San 
 Francisco; 1865, in California; in 1866, a trip to 
 Hawaii, then back to San Francisco; 1867, across the 
 isthmus to New York, thence to Washington, back 
 to New York, sailing in June on Quaker City trip to 
 the Orient; 1868, in Washington, thence in March to 
 San Francisco, and back in September to New York; 
 in fall of 1869, to Buffalo, balancing between Buffalo 
 and Elmira until the fall of 1870, removing to Hart- 
 ford; in July, 1871, to England; most of 1872 and 1873 
 between London and Hartford; 1874 to 1877 in Hart- 
 ford, with summers in Elmira; winter of 1877-78 in 
 Chicago, then to Europe; 1879, in England, France, 
 and Germany, until September, then back to U. S.; 
 1880, until 1890, mainly in Hartford, with summer 
 changes, mostly to Elmira, home of Mrs. Clemens; 
 most of 1891-92-93-94 in Europe, wintering in 
 Aix-les-Bains, Berlin, Florence, and Paris in turn; 
 1895, to Europe, then back for lecture tour of U. S.; 
 leaving Vancouver in August for 'round-the-world 
 
 149 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 trip, reaching England in August, thence to Vienna 
 in September; early part of 1897, in London, in July, 
 to Switzerland, thence to Vienna; 1898 and 1899, 
 mainly in Europe, first in Austria, then in England, 
 with summer of '99 in Sweden; 1900, in New York, 
 with trip to London, then back to New York; 1901, 
 in Riverdale-on-the-Hudson, Saranac in the summer; 
 1902, in Riverdale, trip to Missouri in May, June, and 
 York Harbor, Maine, in the fall; 1903, Riverdale, 
 leaving in October for Italy; 1904, in Florence, Italy, 
 until June, thence to Lee, Mass., and in the winter 
 to New York City; 1905, New York City, Dublin, 
 N. H., in fall; New York City in 1906, winter trip 
 to Bermuda; returns from Bermuda in spring to 
 Tuxedo, then in July to England, then back to Tuxedo 
 and New York; 1908, early months in Bermuda, 
 thence to New York, and on June 18, to Redding, 
 Conn. ; 1909, in Redding, on November 18, to Bermuda, 
 returning on December 18; 19 10, on January 5, to 
 Bermuda, returning to end his career in Redding, on 
 April 21. There are, no doubt, other excursions of 
 which I have no record. 
 
 Twain's first article in the Enterprise was a bur- 
 lesque on a lecture by Chief Justice George Turner, 
 in Carson City, the latter part of 1861. Turner was 
 very much of an egotist, and Twain called his skit 
 "The Lecture of Mr. Personal Pronoun." His first 
 letters from Esmeralda to the Enterprise were signed 
 "Josh," and were only three or four in number; he 
 
 ISO 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 went to work regularly on the Enterprise in the fall 
 of 1862. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Mr. John Camden Hotten, the English publisher, 
 justified the inclusion of several sketches in his edi- 
 tions which Mark Twain repudiated, by claiming that 
 Mark wrote for the Buffalo Express over the nom de 
 plume "Carl Byng." 
 
 A book to be listed by the future bibliographer of 
 Twain is Albert Bigelow Paine's Biography of Mark 
 Twain, which is first to take serial form in the North 
 American Review. Mr. Howells proposes to publish 
 a volume of letters from Mr. Clemens to himself, and 
 another compilation of Twain letters in general is 
 
 possible. 
 
 * * * 
 
 It is claimed that Mr. Clemens wrote a certain skit 
 of exaggerated tendencies entitled "A Poet's Epistle 
 to the Society of the Mammoth Cod." I cannot 
 
 vouch for it. 
 
 * * * 
 
 "Sketches Old and New" on the cover, and 
 
 "Sketches New and Old" on the title-page. That's 
 
 a twister. 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 
 
 The following items generally credited to Mark 
 Twain have nothing of first-edition interest: "The 
 
 151 
 
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 Travelling Innocents," "Mark Twain's Pleasure Trip 
 on the Continent," "Men and Things," "Women and 
 Things," "A Little Nonsense," "The Primrose Way," 
 "An Unexpected Acquaintance," "Yankee Droller- 
 ies," "Idle Notes of an Idle Excursion," "English as 
 She is Instructed," "Mark Twain's Nightmare," 
 "Choice Bits," and "Mark Twain's Birthday Book." 
 "Mark Twain's Scrap Book" is a patented pasting 
 device, not a literary production. "The Literary 
 Guillotine " was not written or collaborated in by Mr. 
 Clemens. "An Unexpected Acquaintance" is merely 
 an excerpt from "The Tramp Abroad." 
 
 "To My Guests Greeting and Salutation and Pros- 
 perity!" was the heading of a printed letter given each 
 visitor to Mark Twain's home in Stormfield; it was 
 an appeal for aid to the Redding Public Library. 
 
 Beadle's Dime Dialogues, No. lo, contains "Mrs. 
 Mark Twain's Shoe," a four-page dialogue. I cannot 
 think Mark Twain wrote it. 
 
 Mr. Clemens has been interviewed countless times 
 by newspaper and magazine writers. His refreshing 
 and original views always made good reading for the 
 public. He could be grave or gay as suited the 
 topic. It became so the custom in New York for 
 the editors to send reporters to him on any and all 
 
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 occasions, that he was forced to draw the line, limit- 
 ing them to the day of his departure for some distant 
 point, and the day of his return. The same ques- 
 tions arise in regard to interviews as with speeches, 
 chiefly as to accuracy of reporting. I once saw a 
 scrap-book containing newspaper interviews which 
 had been submitted to Mr. Clemens by some ardent 
 admirer, and the author had margined it with his 
 comments. Some had merely a confirmatory " O.K," 
 others had more extended comments, and but one 
 was denied in toto; surely Mr. Clemens found a far 
 less percentage of "Mendacious Journalism" than 
 others of our public men. On the one interview 
 which he did not choose to remember giving to the 
 press, which purported to be a reply to a society 
 leader's previous article, he margined, in effect, "I 
 
 would be as apt to discuss this with Mrs. A as 
 
 with the cat." 
 
 Here is Mark Twain's own idea of the interview as 
 
 he has met it: 
 
 "I have, in- my time, succeeded in writing some very- 
 poor stuff, which I have put in pigeon-holes until I realized 
 how bad it was, and then destroyed it. But I think the very 
 poorest article I ever wrote and destroyed was better worth 
 reading than any interview with me that was ever pub- 
 lished. I would like just once to interview myself in order 
 to show the possibilities of the interview." 
 
 For those who wish to pursue the question of inter- 
 views a short and typical list is given below, alto- 
 gether from New York newspapers: 
 
 ipoo — World, June i6; World, October 14: Herald, October 
 16; World, October 21. igoi— Herald, January 20; Journal, 
 
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 March 14; Journal, October 9; Herald, October 14. 1902 — 
 Herald, June 15; World, September 7. 1903 — Herald, June 
 15. 1905 — American, August 30; Herald, November 12; 
 American, November 26 and 28; World, December 3. 1906 — 
 Herald, January 30; Herald, March 11; American, March i8; 
 American, December 7; World, December 16. 1907 — Amer- 
 ican, May s; Press, May 9; Am^ican, May 26; Times, May 
 12; American, June 8; Sun, June 19; American, June 23; 
 Times, June 30; World, July 13; Times, American, World, 
 Tribune, July 23; World, August 25. 1908 — Journal, Feb- 
 ruary 23; American, April 14; Journal, September 27. 1909 
 — World, October 7. 1910 — Journal, December 20. 
 
 Here is a short list of periodicals containing the 
 more important articles, not by Twain, but inter- 
 views, collections of anecdotes, and the like : 
 
 Idler, February, 1892; Californian, July, 1893; Harper's 
 Magazine, May, 1896; McClure, January, 1898; Ainslee's, 
 August, 1900; Review of Reviews, January, 1901; Criterion, 
 August, 1901; Sketch, March 30, 1904; Metropolitan, March, 
 1904; Gunter's, April, 1905; Outing, October, 1907; Black and 
 White, January 29, 1908; Pacific Monthly, March, 1908; Coun- 
 try Life in America, April, 1909; Harper's Magazine, May, 
 1909; Bookman, Jnns, 1910. 
 
 Mr. Howells, in My Mark Twain, 1910, gives the 
 story of the dramatization of The Gilded Age, the play 
 being known as "Mulberry Sellers," or "Colonel 
 Sellers." It seems that the original play was the 
 work of an unknown dramatist, who adapted from 
 Mark Twain's book. Twain and Howells undertook 
 to write a continuation of that play. It was staged 
 for one week. Other dramatizations from Twain 
 books have been "Pudd'nhead Wilson," and "The 
 Prince and the Pauper." I believe one E. H. House 
 
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 had to do with the dramatization of the latter, but 
 cannot give further facts, or tell whether actual col- 
 laboration was done by Mr. Clemens; and I have 
 vainly searched for any printed copies of those plays. 
 Belford's Magazine for December, 1890, gives a small 
 portion of the Prince and the Pauper in dramatic 
 form. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Mark Twain is said to have contributed several 
 stories to some publication advertising a certain 
 western railroad at an early period of his career. I 
 cannot confirm this. 
 
 "Good Things," "Gatherings of Scraps," "Side 
 Splitters," and "Funniest Fiction" have all been 
 wrongly listed as books; they are merely sub-captions 
 for Screamers and Eye-Openers. 
 
 * * * 
 
 The original outside paper wrapper of Mark Twain's 
 Speeches, 19 10, set forth as one of the items in the 
 book, "The address delivered at the Aldrich Me- 
 morial meeting." That particular speech had been 
 omitted from the contents, as no good report of it 
 could be found. 
 
 * * * 
 
 The Boston Transcript for November 27, 1872, 
 prints two interesting Mark Twain items. It seems 
 that the steamer Batavia, on which the humorist was 
 
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 returning from England, chanced to pick up some 
 shipwrecked mariners. The passengers of the Ba- 
 tavia wished to memorialize the Royal Humane 
 Society in behalf of the heroic rescuers, and also de- 
 sired to express their commendations directly to the 
 officers of the ship, and in both cases Mark Twain 
 was persuaded to compose the documents. 
 
 Once upon a time Elinor Glyn, she of the Weeks, 
 enjoyed a little talk with Mr. Clemens. She straight- 
 way sent to the printer her recollections of what 
 Mr. Clemens had said, distributing the pamphlet so 
 produced among her friends. Through carelessness 
 on her part (or her press agent's), one of said pam- 
 phlets turned up in a newspaper office, and was sent 
 out for the world to read, greatly to the annoyance 
 and objurgation of its purported relator, who in 
 haste and with vehemence denounced the publica- 
 tion as a garbled and unauthentic affair. 
 
 When I list in the index a story, say, " An Advent- 
 ure of Huckleberry Finn," and refer to the book in 
 which it later appears. The Adventures of Huckleberry 
 Finn, pages such-and-such, I do not guarantee that 
 the story is included word for word in the book 
 exactly as it appeared in the magazine. Naturally 
 the stories were edited, and in many cases quite con- 
 siderable changes made before book publication. 
 
 Some Mark Twain stories appeared in newspapers, 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 and in changed and edited form were included in 
 
 one of his books, as Innocents Abroad or Roughing It. 
 
 Later, some one has lifted the story verbatim from 
 
 the original newspaper, in dodging the copyright law, 
 
 thereby making a differently worded book edition 
 
 from the authorized version. I have listed no such 
 
 publications. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Here is a contributed note which I have not had 
 opportunity to follow up : 
 
 "Years agone a murderer by the name of Ruloff was con- 
 demned to be hung in New York. He was an eminent 
 scholar, a professor of something or other, and his was a 
 celebrated case. Just before his execution, Mark Twain 
 wrote a letter to the Tribune which dwelt upon the condemned 
 man's extraordinary learning, set forth how great a loss to 
 humanity his putting away would be, and with an air of 
 sincerity offered to take his place on the gallows, being 
 actuated from altruistic motives. It is said the generous 
 offer was not seriously considered in official circles." 
 
 Another note from a correspondent, this time con- 
 cerning the Toronto edition of An Idle Excursion: 
 
 "On page i6 a sentence has been left out at the end of the 
 fourth line from the last, marring the climax of chapter I; it 
 should read: 'Could not fail of the performance! The Chro- 
 nometer of God never errs.' " 
 
 This may prove of considerable interest if it should 
 ever be discovered that An Idle Excursion antedated 
 Punch, Brothers, Punch! 
 
 One of my collector-friends has a volume edited 
 by or for Eugene Field, with title of "The Stag- 
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 Party." A pencil note over one of the stories in- 
 cluded anonymously, attributes it to Mark Twain. 
 A mere perusal of the story, however, is almost a com- 
 plete refutation of such a claim. 
 
 Mark Twain lapsed but seldom into poetry. "A 
 Memory," in the Galaxy, August, 1870, gives his first 
 youthful effort as a parody on "Hiawatha." "The 
 Miner's Lament" also appeared in the Galaxy. "The 
 Aged Pilot Man," in Roughing It, is a parody on 
 "The Ancient Mariner," and "The Mysterious China- 
 man," which has never been dignified by book or 
 magazine printing, was adapted from Poe's " Lenore." 
 " In Memoriam," written in 1897, is a serious and dig- 
 nified tribute to his daughter Susan. 
 
 Hot Stuff is merely one of the countless collec- 
 tions of Wit and Humor, and the Choate Story Book 
 was edited by Will M. Clemens, not Samuel L. 
 Clemens; both have been credited to Mark Twain in 
 certain check-lists. 
 
 Ward, Locke & Company's editions of Mark Twain, 
 some of them in what was termed "Beeton's Li- 
 brary," are invariably reprints of earlier English 
 
 issues. 
 
 * * * 
 
 In his preface to Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain 
 refers to letters written to Daily Alta California, 
 
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 I 
 New York Tribune, and the New York Herald, 
 which he afterward incorporated in the book above 
 mentioned. Most of these letters appeared in 1867 
 in the journals named, but I have not had the op- 
 portunity to obtain the exact dates. Several news- 
 paper articles, notably in the Buffalo Express, were 
 incorporated in Roughing It, and it is said that the 
 New York Sun printed letters later used in A Tramp 
 
 Abroad. 
 
 * * * 
 
 Mr. Clemens' attitude toward illustrators and col- 
 lege-men was typical of newspaper editors of his time ; 
 since then employers have learned to recognize and 
 even stimulate merit in those unfortunate classes. 
 Dan Beard contributed the following to the New 
 York American concerning his first meeting with 
 Mark Twain to discuss the illustration of a book. 
 Mr. Beard endeavors to give in type a representation 
 of Mark's peculiar drawl: 
 
 " ' Mr. Beard, I — do — not — want — to — inflict — any — men- 
 tal — agony — upon — you nor subject you — to — any — undue 
 suffering, but — I — do wish — you'd read — the — book before 
 — you make the — pictures.' 
 
 "I assured him that I had already read the manuscripts 
 thoroughly three times, and he replied by opening a promi- 
 nent magazine at his elbow, to a very beautiful picture of an 
 old gentleman with a smooth face, which the text described 
 as having a flowing white beard, remarking, as he did so : 
 
 " ' From — a — casual — reference — to — the current — maga- 
 zines — I — did not— suppose^ — that — was — the usual — custom 
 — with — illustrators. Now, Mr. Beard, you — know— my — 
 character — of — the — Yankee. He — is — a — common, uned- 
 ucated — man. He's a good — telegraph — operator; he-^can 
 — make — a — Colt's — revolver — or — a — Remington — gun, but 
 — he's — a — perfect — ignoramus. He's — a — good — foreman — 
 
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 for — a — manufacturer, can survey — land — and — run — a — 
 locomotive; in other — words, he — has — neither — the — re- 
 finement — nor — the — weakness — of — a — college — education. 
 In — conclusion — I — want — to ^ — say, that — I — have — en- 
 deavored—to — put — in — all — the — coarseness — and — vul- 
 garity — into — the — Yankee — in — -King — Arthur's — Court — 
 that is — necessary, and — rely — upon — you — for — all — that — 
 refinement — and delicacy — of — humor — which — your — facile 
 — pen — can — depict. Glad to have met you, Mr. Beard.'" 
 
 Everything that Mark Twain wrote did not come 
 to the public. The temptation for an author of as- 
 sured success to get real money for inferior stuff must 
 be great, but Mark Twain laid aside a chest full of 
 manuscripts as unworthy, and no doubt destroyed 
 many others. An instance in point is given by Dan 
 Beard: 
 
 "It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward 
 McAllister's book {Society as I have Found It) appeared, and 
 when he sauntered into my studio one day, I said : 
 
 " 'Mr. Clemens, have you read Ward McAllister's book?' 
 
 " 'Yes; have you?' he replied. 
 
 " 'Indeed, I have. I have read it through several times, 
 and intend to read it again. It is one of the most humorous 
 books I ever read.' 
 
 " 'That's so,' said Mark, 'that's so. Now, I will tell you 
 something. I spent three months writing a satire on that 
 book of Ward McAllister's, and when I got through, I again 
 read McAllister's book, and then my satire, and then tore the 
 blamed thing up. Some things are complete in themselves 
 and cannot be improved upon, and I take off my hat to Mr. 
 McAllister.' " 
 
 * * * 
 
 To show Mark Twain's relation to the physical ap- 
 pearance of his books, letters from his illustrators are 
 of interest. Says Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock: 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 "I went to Mr. Clemens' house to see about the Horse's 
 Tale. He had a little, old photograph of one of his children, 
 who had died when a child, and he wanted me to work ' that 
 little face' into the picture of the little girl in the story. I 
 asked him if there was any further suggestion he wanted to 
 make about what scenes of the story to take, etc., but he 
 said: 'No, it's just this way about that. I find the artist 
 knows more about what will make a good picture than I do. 
 What I thought a good subject for a picture isn't worth a 
 hang, and something I should not have thought of at all 
 makes a very good one, so I will leave all that with you.' 
 At the same time he gave me a photo of the cats he wanted 
 me to use in the drawing of the old general. 
 
 "When the Horse's Tale drawings were finished, I took 
 them down for him to see. He came into his study in a bath- 
 gown and pipe. There was no place to put the drawings 
 where they could be seen but on the floor. So the old man 
 dropped down on the floor like a child to look them over. 
 He was pleased with them all far beyond their merits. He 
 thought the drawing of the child looked like the original, and 
 of the 'moonlight' he said, 'A very eloquent horse!'" 
 
 Dan Beard writes: 
 
 "I would rather work for Mark Twain than any man I 
 ever met. First, because his writings are so full of imagina- 
 tion, so full of ideas, that each paragraph would make a good 
 subject for a picture, a cartoon, or an illustration; second, 
 because Mark Twain himself had a quicker perception and 
 a keener appreciation of thoughtful, earnest work than any 
 author for whom I have worked or met; third, because he 
 was never niggardly with his praise, never waited for one to 
 ask him how he liked the illustration, but of his own volition, 
 and without suggestion from the artist, he would take time 
 to sit down and write a personal letter of commendation for 
 the work which pleased him; fourth, because he did not try 
 to draw the pictures for the illustrator himself, as do most 
 authors and publishers. Said he : ' Dan — If-a-man-comes-to- 
 me-an'-says-Mr.-Clemens-I-want-you-to-write-me-a-book, I'll 
 write it for him, but-if-he-comes-to-me and says-he-wants- 
 me-to-write-a-book-'n'-then-tells-me-what-to-write, I'll-say- 
 Dang-you, go-hire-a-type-writer. ' 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 "When I had finished the illustrations for the now rare 
 Webster Edition of The Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark 
 sent me a dignified, courtly letter of encouragement and 
 commendation. When I finished the book, he wrote : ' There 
 are hundreds of artists who could illustrate my other books, 
 but there is but one who could illustrate this one. What a 
 lucky day I went netting for lightning-bugs and caught a 
 meteor. Live for ever. Mark.'" 
 
 Mr. Clemens had ideas of his own on the proper illus- 
 tration of certain books, and insisted on their being 
 carried out. The contract for pictures to accompany 
 the separate edition of Eve's Diary had actually been 
 let to a certain artist whose work had hitherto given 
 great satisfaction, when Mark interposed with a de- 
 mand for a different style of work for that particular 
 book. It was with considerable effort that the exact 
 style of decorative and allegorical pictures he de- 
 sired was obtained. 
 
 Then again, for Joan of Arc he wished nothing hu- 
 morous, but suggested that the pictures convey the 
 sense of mysticism and allegory which he claimed was 
 lacking, or only partially indicated in his text. 
 ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Claims have been made that the Montreal, 1881, edition 
 of The Prince and the Pauper was the first printing. The 
 Toronto, 1882, edition of the same title relates in a preface 
 the history of the Montreal edition. This preface states that 
 Mr. Clemens resided two weeks in Canada previous to the 
 Montreal appearance, and demanded copyright protection as 
 a Canadian for his book. The courts denied the validity of 
 this procedure, and the author fell back on the plea of 
 previous publication in England. This would seem to establish 
 the priority of the English issue. 
 
 * * * 
 
 All Mark Twain collectors have noted the pecu- 
 liar and distinctive form taken by the books bearing 
 
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 his name, beginning with the Innocents Abroad, and 
 continuing through the larger and more important 
 works. 
 
 This was due to the more or less accidental entering 
 by Mark Twain of the "Subscription book" field, not 
 usually invaded by the better authors in those days. 
 Nowadays the "book-agent " commonly offers a " set " 
 of your favorite author. In those times, before the 
 era of cheap processes of engraving and printing, the 
 agent offered a single book, destined to repose in state 
 upon the parlor table, which was apt to depend more 
 upon the then plenteous number of its engravings and 
 the splendor of its binding than upon any great liter- 
 ary merit within. In fact, most of these books were of 
 the "instructive" order — travel, history, and the like. 
 
 The American Publishing Company, to whom the 
 Innocents Abroad was offered, had made a specialty 
 of these subscription books. Mr. Elisha Bliss, the 
 head of the firm, signed a contract to produce Mark 
 Twain's work, but, on seeking the approval of his 
 board of directors, met with opposition. The direc- 
 tors fancied that the humorous qualities of Mark 
 Twain's style would interfere with the sale of the work 
 as a book of travel, and it was only at Mr. Bliss's 
 avowal of faith in the author and a personal offer to 
 take over the company's contract that the work 
 proceeded. 
 
 The American Publishing Company had just made 
 a successful campaign with Mr. Richardson's Beyond 
 the Mississippi. Naturally the new book took the 
 form of the previous success, with similar typo- 
 graphical features and scheme of illustration. 
 
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 " People in those days would not pay for blank paper 
 and wide margins," says Mr. Frank Bliss, who was as- 
 sociated with his father in the production of the books. 
 "They wanted everything filled up with type or 
 pictures. When we saw after the first issue of a book 
 a space of several inches at the end of a chapter left 
 blank, we generally supplied a cut to fill it in. 
 
 "Mark Twain had nothing at all to do with the 
 matter except the furnishing of some photographs 
 and to smile and approve of the drawings that he 
 happened to see. He was thoroughly well pleased — 
 and expressed himself so many times — with the illus- 
 trating of his books. 
 
 "Elisha Bliss, Jr., was a man of fine literary and 
 artistic perceptions, who thoroughly appreciated and 
 enjoyed Mr. Clemens' humor and writings, and so was 
 able to give many valuable directions in the making of 
 the pictures. 
 
 "The artist, Mr. True W. WilHams, with the help 
 of an occasional other artist, made the drawings as 
 far down as Pudd'nhead Wilson. He could put Mr. 
 Clemens' ideas into a picture perfectly; he could 
 make serious and lovely pictures as well as comic. 
 He was a well-read and pleasant fellow, whose con- 
 vivial habits frequently led him astray, but these were 
 overcome in the latter years of his life, I am happy to 
 say, causing Mr. Clemens to declare that he was the 
 greatest combination of hog and angel he ever saw." 
 
 Following the evident trail of form and illustration 
 from the Richardson book on through The Innocents 
 Abroad, we find the same firm of engravers employed. 
 Fay & Cox. This firm had as its principal artist 
 
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 Mr. True Williams, referred to above. After a time 
 the American Publishing Company disregarded the 
 engraving firm, dealt with Williams direct, took him 
 down to Hartford and kept him steadily employed 
 for a number of years. He made most of the illus- 
 trations for the Gilded Age,, and illustrated Sketches 
 New and Old and Adventures of Tom Sawyer in their 
 entirety. 
 
 After the Webster interregnum, when the American 
 Publishing Company came back into the Mark Twain 
 field, Mr. Frank Bliss took charge of the production 
 of the books. Mr. Clemens was not in America in 
 1894, when Pudd'nhead Wilson appeared, or in 1897, 
 when Following the Equator was put on the market. 
 Therefore, Mr. Bliss alone determined the form of 
 those books; he originated the idea of the marginal 
 illustrations for Pudd'nhead, and hired the various 
 artists who contributed to Following the Equator; 
 practically all the latter set of artists being retained 
 to contribute pictures for the "Autograph" edition. 
 
 * * * 
 
 In Nevada, Twain wrote for the Virginia City 
 Enterprise; in California, for the San Francisco Call, 
 the Daily Alta, the Sacramento Union newspapers, and 
 the Calif ornian and Overland magazines; in Buffalo, 
 for the Express; and his last salaried literary labor 
 was for the Galaxy magazine in 1871. 
 
INTRODUCTION TO INDEX 
 
 Many Mark Twain titles have been altered several times 
 by their various editors. The attempt is made here to give 
 each story with its hrst-edition history under the original 
 title. Changed titles are in each case referred back to the 
 original title, though perhaps not noting the book in which 
 the variorum was used. Several paragraphs from the Galaxy 
 Magazine were not separately captioned in that periodical, 
 titles being supplied by later editors; these paragraphs are 
 listed by these supplied titles (some I have captioned my- 
 self), but the searcher must not expect to find the articles 
 in the Galaxy, or in "Memoranda" under those exact captions. 
 
 Printings in periodicals and newspapers appear with the 
 month or day of printing appended (Nevada Enterprise ex- 
 cepted), and in italics, the book-printings having the year- 
 date only. If only one book-printing be given, that may be 
 either American or foreign issue; reference to the title quoted 
 must determine that. If more than one book-printing be 
 given, the first is invariably foreign (the first actual book- 
 printing), and the second American (the first American book- 
 printing). In each case I endeavor to give the first American 
 edition, even if it has been issued elsewhere previously, but 
 I do not give the foreign printing at all if the American is 
 the real first. 
 
 "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" and "The Cele- 
 brated Jumping Frog" are shortened for convenience to 
 "Hadleyburg" and "Jumping Frog." 
 
 I have endeavored to cross-file thoroughly in order to cover 
 every existing variation, so that the intent of the searcher 
 may not be thwarted by introductory prepositions, and the 
 like. Book-titles have page-references, but story-titles must 
 first be referred to the book indicated. Stories which have 
 
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 no book reference appended have never been printed in book 
 form, to my knowledge. Speeches are listed with the date of 
 delivery. This index is for the titles of stories and books 
 written by Mark Twain, or the titles of books containing Mark 
 Twain material; other persons or things touched upon in the 
 Bibliography are not listed. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Abelard and Heloise — Reprinted from "Innocents 
 Abroad," pp. 140-147. 
 
 About All Kinds of Ships — "£1,000,000 Banknote," 1893. 
 
 About a Remarkable Stranger — Galaxy, April, 1871. In- 
 cluded in "Roughing It," 1872, ch. Ixxvii, p. 551. 
 
 About Assurances — Same as Inquiry About Insurance, 
 q.v. 
 
 About Barbers — -Galaxy, August, 1871; "Screamers," 1871; 
 "Sketches New and Old, 1875. 
 
 About London — Speech, London, September 28, 1872; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," loio. 
 
 About Magnanimous Incident Literature — Atlantic, May, 
 1878; "Stolen White Elephant," 1882. 
 
 About Play-Acting — Forum, October, 1898; "Hadley- 
 burg," 1900. 
 
 About Smells — Galaxy, May, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 About That Dog — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 Accident Insurance — See Mark Twain's Speech on Acci- 
 dent Insurance. 
 
 Acting — See About Play-Acting. 
 
 Actors — See Charity and Actors. 
 
 Adam — See Monument to Adam. 
 
 Adam's Diary — See Extracts from Adam's Diary. 
 /Address Before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 
 
 Company — Book, see p. in. 
 ,;Adventure of Huckleberry Finn (an) — Century, Decem- 
 ber, 1884; "Huckleberry Finn," 1885, pp. 130-158. 
 ^Adventures in Hayti — See Around the World. 
 
 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Book, see pp. 59-61. 
 
 Adventures op Tom Sawyer — Book, see pp. 42, 45. 
 
 Advice for Good Little Girls (Advice to €fa^i Little 
 Girls) — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 Advice to Girls — Speech, Catonsville, Maryland, June 10, 
 1909; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Advice to Little Girls — See Advice for Good Little Girls. 
 
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 Advice to the Unreliable on Church-Going — Nevada 
 Enterprise (date missing) ; "Wit and Humor of America," 
 1907. 
 
 After-Dinner Speech — "Sketches New and Old," 1875; 
 same as Americans and the English, q.v. 
 ■^After-Dinner Stories — Book, see pp. 141, 142, 144. 
 
 "After" Jenkins — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 Agricultural Paper — See How I Edited an Agricultural 
 Paper. 
 " Aldrich, Life of Thomas Bailey — Book, see p. 132. 
 
 Almanac — See Page prom a Californian Almanac. 
 
 Almost Incredible — True Story of Chicago — "Scream- 
 ers," 187 1 (Mark Twain disclaims this). 
 
 Alphabet and Simplified Spelling (The) — Speech, New 
 York, December 9, 1907; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Amended Obituaries — "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 American Authors and British Pirates — Princeton Re- 
 view, January, 1888. 
 
 American Claimant — Idler, January, February, March, April, 
 May, June, July, August, September, October, November, 
 December, 1892; January, 1893; Book, see p. 66. 
 
 American Language — See Concerning the American 
 Language. 
 
 Americans and the English — Speech, July 4, 1872, London; 
 as After-Dinner Speech, Sketches N. and O., 1875. 
 
 American Society in London— Book, see p. (io2> /.Jo- 
 
 Among the Fenians — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 Among the Spirits — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 Answer to an Inquiry prom the Coming Man — Galaxy, 
 January, 1871; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 Answers to Correspondents — "Jurnping Frog," 1867. 
 
 Appetite Cure — See At the Appetite Cure. 
 
 Approaching Epidemic (The) — Galaxy, September, 1870; 
 "Memoranda." 
 V Around the World — Buffalo Express: i. The Dead Sea, 
 October 16, 1869; 2. Adventures in Hayti, October, 30, 
 i860; 3. California, More Climate, November 13, 1869; 
 4. California, The Early Days, December 11, 1860; 5. 
 California, Pocket Mining, December 18, 1869; 6. Early 
 Days in Nevada, Silver Land Nabobs, January 8, 1870; 
 7. Pacific Coast, January 22, 1870; 8. Dining with a 
 Cannibal, January 29, 1870; 9. The Pacific, February 12, 
 1870; 10. Japan, March 5, 1870. 
 
 Art — See Instructions in Art, Unbiased Art Criticism. 
 
 Artillery Company — See Address Before, etc. 
 
 Art of Lying — See On the Decay of the Art of Lying. 
 
 Ascot Gold Cup (The); Speech, London, July, 1907; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 170 
 
INDEX 
 
 Assurances — See About Assurances. 
 
 At the Appetite Cure — Cosmopolitan, August, 1898; "How 
 to Tell a Story," 1900. 
 
 Aurelia's Unfortunate Young Man — "Jumping Frog," 
 1867. 
 
 Austria — See Stirring Times in Austria. 
 
 Austrian Edison Keeping School Again (The) Century, 
 August, i8g8; " Hadleyburg, " 1900. 
 
 Author — See Discounts of an Author, An Author's 
 Soldiering, Books, Authors, and Hats, American 
 Authors and British Pirates. 
 
 Authors' Club — Speech, London, June, 1899; "Mark 
 Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Authors of Our Day in Their Homes — Book, see p. 141. 
 
 Author's Soldiering (An) — Speech, Baltimore; "Master- 
 pieces of American Eloquence," 1900. 
 
 Autobiography — See Burlesque Autobiography, From 
 My Unpublished Autobiography, From My Auto- 
 biography. 
 
 Autograph Hunter — See Diversions op an Autograph 
 Hunter. 
 
 Awful, Terrible Medieval Romance — Buffalo Express, 
 January i, 1870, "Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Auto- 
 biography," 1 87 1. 
 
 B 
 
 Babies, The — As They Comport Us in Our Sorrows, Let 
 Us Not Forget Them in Our Festivities — Speech, 
 Chicago, November i, 1879; "Army of Tennessee Pro- 
 ceedings," 1879. 
 
 Back from "Yurrup" — See Browsing Around — Back 
 from "Yurrup." 
 
 Back Settlement — See Reminiscence op the Back 
 Settlement. 
 
 Bad Little Boy — See Story of the Bad Little Boy. 
 
 Baker's Cat — See Dick Baker's Cat. 
 
 Ballads — See John Hay and the Ballads. 
 
 Banknote — See ;£i,ooo,ooo Banknote. 
 
 Barbers — See About Barbers. 
 
 Bed — See Danger of Lying in Bed. 
 
 Beecher — See Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's Farm, A 
 New Beecher Church, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. 
 
 Beef Contract — See Facts in the Case of the Great 
 Beef Contract. 
 
 Belated Russian Passport (The) — Harper's Weekly, 
 December 6, 1902; "My D^but as a Literary Person," 
 1903. 
 
 Benefactor — See Carnegie the Benefactor. 
 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Benton — See Edward Mills and George Benton. 
 
 Bequest — See $30,000 Bequest. 
 
 Big Bonanza (The) — Book, see p. 43. 
 
 Big Thing (A) — Buffalo Express, March 12, 1870. 
 
 Billiards — Speech, New York, April 24, 1906; "Mark 
 
 Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Bills — See Two Poems. 
 Biographical Sketch of George Washington — See Brief 
 
 Biographical Sketch of George Washington. 
 Birthday — See Mark Twain's Birthday. 
 Birthday Book — See Mark Twain's Birthday Book. 
 Blind — See In Aid of the Blind. 
 
 " Bloody Massacre " — See My Famous " Bloody Massacre." 
 Blue- JAYS — Reprinted from "A Tramp Abroad," pp. 33-42. 
 Blues — See A Cure for the Blues. 
 
 Body-Servant — See General Washington's Negro Body- 
 Servant. 
 Bonanza — See Big Bonanza. 
 Book Agent — See That Book Agent. 
 Book for an Hour — See Fun, Fact and Fancy. 
 Book Review (A) — Galaxy, February, 1871; "Memoranda," 
 
 1871. 
 "Blind Letter" Department, London Post-office — 
 
 "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 Books and Burglars — Speech, Redding, Connecticut, 
 
 October 28, 1908; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Books, Authors, and Hats — Speech, Pilgrims' Club 
 
 Luncheon, London, June 25, 1907; "Mark Twain's 
 
 Speeches," 1910. 
 Booksellers — Speech, New York, May 20, 1908; "Mark 
 
 Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Boons of Life — See Five Boons op Life. 
 Bore — See Editorial Office Bore, One of Mankind's 
 
 Bores. 
 Bourget — See Little Note to Paul Bourget, What Paul 
 
 Bourget Thinks of Us. 
 Boy — See Story of the Good Little Boy, Story of the 
 
 Bad Little Boy, Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy, 
 
 Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls. 
 Boyhood Dreams — See My Boyhood Dreams. 
 Breakfast at a Station — Reprinted from "Roughing It." 
 Breaking It Gently — Memoranda, June, 1870; Piccadilly 
 
 Annual, 1870 (as "Higgins"); Sketches No. i, 1874. 
 Brief Biographical Sketch of George Washington — 
 
 "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Brief History of the Lotos Club — Book, see p. 116. 
 British Festivities and same as A Visit to Niagara, 
 
 English Festivities, q.v. 
 
 172 
 
INDEX 
 
 British Pirates — See American Authors and British 
 Pirates. 
 • Browsing Around — i. Getting My Fortune Told, Buffalo 
 Express, November 27, 1869; 2. Back from "Yurrup," 
 Buffalo Express, December 4, 1869; "Curious Dream," 
 1872; "Fun, Fact, and Fancy," 1873. 
 
 Buck Fanshaw's Funeral — Reprinted from "Roughing 
 It," pp. 329-338. 
 
 Bunch of Lemons — Book, see p. 144. 
 
 Burglars — See Books and Burglars. 
 
 Burke — See Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany. 
 
 Burlesque Autobiography (A) — See Mark Twain's (Bur- 
 lesque) Autobiography. 
 
 Business — Speech, New York, March 30, 1901; "Mark 
 Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Buyers' Manual and Business Guide — Book, see p. 23. 
 
 By Rail Through France — Overland, July, 1868; "Inno- 
 cents Abroad," 1869, pp. 105-112. 
 
 C^SAR — See Killing op Julius C^sar (localized). 
 Cain and Abel — Galaxy, May, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 Calendar — See Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar. 
 California — See Around the World. 
 
 Californian Abroad (A) ; A Few Parisian Types — Over- 
 land, August, 1868; "Innocents Abroad," 1869, pp. 130- 
 
 151- 
 
 Californian Abroad (A) ; Three Italian Cities — Over- 
 land, September, 1868; "Innocents Abroad," 1869, pp. 
 171-178. 
 
 Californian Almanac — -See Page from a Californian 
 Almanac. 
 
 Californian Experience (A) — Same as Forty-niner, q.v. 
 
 Californian's Tale (The) — "Liber Scriptorum," 1893. 
 
 Call a Man — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 Camden's Compliments to Walt Whitman — Book, see p. 
 129. 
 
 Campaign that Failed — See Private History of a Cam- 
 paign THAT Failed. 
 
 Candy — See Cats and Candy. 
 
 Cannibal — See Around the World; Dining with a Can- 
 nibal. 
 
 Cannibalism in the Cars — "Sketches," 1872; "Sketches 
 New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Canvasser's Tale — Atlantic, December, 1876; "Punch, 
 Brothers, Punch I" 1878; same as The Echo that Didn't 
 Answer. 
 
 12 173 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Capable Humorist (K)— Harper's Weekly, February 20, 
 igog. 
 
 Capital — See Launch of the Steamer Capital. 
 
 Capitoline Venus (The)^ — "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Captain Stormpield's Visit to Heaven — See Extract 
 FROM Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven. 
 
 Captain's Story (The) — Extracts reprinted from Some Ram- 
 bling Notes of an Idle Excursion. 
 
 Carl Schurz, Pilot — Harper's Weekly, May 26, 1906. 
 
 Carnegie Spelling Reform (The) — Harper's Weekly, April 
 7, 1906. 
 
 Carnegie the Benefactor — Speech, New York, March 17, 
 1909; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Carnival of Crime in Connecticut — See Facts Concern- 
 ing the Recent Carnival op Crime in Connecticut. 
 
 Carson — See In Carson City, A Sunday in Carson. 
 
 Carson Footprints (The) — San Franciscan, February 16, 
 1884. Also lecture title. 
 
 Case of George Fisher — Same as Facts in the Case op 
 George Fisher. 
 
 Cat; Cats — See Dick Baker's Cat, Jim Wolfe and the 
 Cats, Man Who Fought Cats. 
 
 Cats and Candy — Same as Jim Wolfe and the Cats, q.v. 
 
 Cat Stories — Book, see p. 130. 
 
 Cayote (The) — Reprinted from "Roughing It," pp. 48-53. 
 
 Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County (The) — 
 Book, see pp. i, 92. 
 
 Chambermaids — See Concerning Chambermaids. 
 
 Chapters from My Autobiography — North American Re- 
 view, September 7, 21; October 5, 19; November 2, 16; 
 December 7, 21, 1906; January 4, 18; February i, 15; 
 March i, 15; April s, 19; May 3, 17; June 7, July 5, Au- 
 gust 2, September, October, November, December, 1907. 
 
 Charity and Actors — Speech, New York, May 6, 1907; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil — Book, see p. 64. 
 
 Chicago — See German Chicago. 
 
 Child; Children — See Marjorie Fleming, The Wonder 
 Child, Train Up a Child and Away He Goes, On 
 Children, Our Children and Great Discoveries. 
 
 China and the Philippines — Speech, New York, December, 
 1900; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Chinaman in New York — See John Chinaman in New 
 York. 
 
 Choate — See Dinner to Mr. Choate. 
 
 Choice Bits — Book, see p. 152. 
 
 Choice Humorous Works of Mark Twain — Book, see 
 p. 27. 
 
 174 
 
INDEX 
 
 Christian Science (I, II, III) — North American Review, 
 December, 1902. January, February, 1903; "Christian 
 Science," 1907. Book, see p. 100. 
 
 Christian Science and the Book of Mrs. Eddy — Cos- 
 mopolitan, October, 1889; "Hadleyburg" (Tauchnitz), 
 1900; "Christian Science," 1907. 
 
 Church-going — See Advice to the Unreliable on Church- 
 going. 
 
 Cigars and Tobacco — Speech; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 
 1910. 
 
 Citizenship — See Education and Citizenship. 
 
 City Marshal Perry — Nevada Enterprise (date missing) ; 
 " Wit and Humor of America," 1907. 
 
 Claimant — See American Claimant. 
 
 Clergymen — See Important Correspondence, etc. 
 
 Climate— See Around the World, More Climate. 
 
 Coal Mine — Galaxy, May, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 Cold — See Curing a Cold. 
 
 College Girls — Speech, Woman's University Club, New 
 York, April 3, 1906; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Colonel Sellers at Home — Reprinted from "The Gilded 
 Age," pp. 78-92, 108-113. 
 
 Coming Man (The) — Galaxy, February, 1871; "Memoranda," 
 1871. 
 
 Complaint About Correspondents (A), Dated in San 
 Francisco — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 Compliment — See Royal Compliment. 
 
 Compliments and Degrees — Speech, Lotos Club, New York, 
 January 11, 1908; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Concerning a Rumor — Galaxy, January, 1871; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871. 
 
 Concerning Chambermaids — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 Concerning Copyright — North American Review, January, 
 
 1905- 
 Concerning the American Language — "Stolen White 
 
 Elephant," 1882. 
 Concerning the Answer to that Conundrum — Cali- 
 
 fornian, October 8, 1864. 
 Concerning the Jews — Harper's Magazine, September, 
 
 1899; "How to Tell a Story," 1900. 
 Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (A) — 
 
 Century, November, 1889; Book, see p. 63. ^iJ^ 
 Conscience's Little Bill — Later title for. Concerning 
 
 THE Recent Carnival op Crime in Connecticut, q.v. 
 Contraband, Reliable — Packard's Monthly, July, 1869. 
 Contract — See Facts in the Case op the Great Beef 
 
 Contract. 
 Conundrum — See A Notable Conundrum, Concerning 
 
 175 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 THE Answer to that Conundrum, Still Further 
 Concerning that Conundrum. 
 
 Conversation as It Was by the Fireside — See 1601. 
 
 Conway — Autobiography, Memories, and Experiences of 
 Moncure Daniel — Book, see p. 142. 
 
 Cooper — See Fenimor,e Cooper's Literary Offences. 
 
 Copyright — See Concerning Copyright, Petition Con- 
 cerning Copyright, Dress Reform and Copyright, 
 International Copyright, CopYRiGHt Hearings. 
 
 Copyright Hearings — Book, see p. 119. 
 
 Correspondence — See Important Correspondence, etc.. 
 Further op Mr. Mark Twain's, etc. 
 
 Correspondent — See Riley, Newspaper Correspondent. 
 
 Correspondents — See To Correspondents and Answers 
 TO Correspondents and Favors from Correspond- 
 ents and Complaints about Correspondents. 
 
 Couple op Poems (A) — Same as Two Poems, q.v. 
 
 Couple of Sad Experiences (A) — Galaxy, June, 1870; 
 "Memoranda," 187 1. 
 
 Courage — Speech, Cartoonists' Dinner, April 18, 1908; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Courier — See Playing Courier. 
 
 Crime — See New Crime and Facts Concerning the 
 Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut. 
 
 Croker — See Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany. 
 
 Cuban Patriot (Ye) — Buffalo Express, December 25, 1869. 
 
 Cure — See A Perfect Cure. 
 
 Cure for the Blues (A) — ";gi,ooo,ooo Banknote," 1893. 
 
 Curing a Cold — "Jumping Prog," 1867. 
 
 Curious Dream (A) — Buffalo Express, April 30, May 7, 
 1870; "Curious Dream," 1872; 'Fun, Fact, and Fancy," 
 1873; Book, see p. 18. 
 
 Curious Experience (A) — Century, November, 1881; 
 
 "Stolen White Elephant," 1882. 
 "CrrRi^us Incident — Galaxy, ]vm.e, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 Curious Pleasure Excursion (A) — "Sketches New and 
 Old," 1875. 
 
 Curious Relic for Sale — Galaxy, October, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871. 
 
 Czar's Soliloquy — North American Review, March, 1905. 
 
 D 
 
 Daly Theatre — Speech, New York; "Mark Twain's 
 
 Speeches," 19 10. 
 Danger of Lying in Bed (The) — Galaxy, February, 1871; 
 
 "Memoranda," 187 1. 
 D.aniel in the Lion's Den — Californian, November 5, 1864. 
 
 176 
 
INDEX 
 
 Dan Murphy — Same as The Widow's 'Protest;'' -Galaxy, 
 Jitne, 1870-, 'Memoratida," 187 1; "Sketches No. i," 1874. 
 
 Daring Attempt at a Solution of It (A) — Galaxy, July, 
 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 Day at Niagara (A) — Later title A Visit to Niagara; 
 Mark Twain at Niagara Falls ; Buffalo Express, Aug- 
 ust 21, 1869; "Practical Jokes," 1872; "Sketches New 
 and Old," 1875. 
 
 Day's Work (A) — Reprinted from "Tom Sawyer," pp. 
 26-31. 
 
 Day We Celebrate — Speech, London, July 4, 1899; "Mark 
 Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Dead Sea (The) — See Around the World. 
 
 Death-disk (The) — Harper's Magazine, December, 1901; 
 " Double - Barrelled Detective Story" (Tauchnitz), 1902; 
 "My D6but as a Literary Person," 1903. 
 
 Debut as a Literary Person — See My Debut as a Lite- 
 rary Person. 
 
 Decay op the Art of Lying — See On the Decay op the 
 Art of Lying. 
 
 Deception (A) — Same as How the Author was Sold in 
 Newark; "Curious Dream," 1872; "Nast's Almanac" 
 for 1874. 
 
 Dedication Speech — Speech, College of the City of New 
 York, May 14, 1908; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Defence of General Funston — North American Review, 
 May, 1902; " Double-Barrelled Detective Story" (Tauch- 
 nitz), 1902. 
 
 Defence of Harriet Shelley — See In Defence of Har- 
 riet Shelley. 
 
 Degrees — See Authors and Degrees. 
 
 Detective Story — See Double-Barrelled Detective 
 Story. 
 
 Diary — See Extracts from Adam's Diary and Eve's 
 Diary. 
 
 Dick Baker's Cat — "Screamers," 1871; "Roughing It," 
 1872, pp. 439-442. 
 
 Dickens — See Charles Dickens by Pen and Pencil. 
 
 DiET^See European Diet. 
 
 DiNiNQ with a Cannibal — See Around the World. 
 
 Dinner in Honor op the Hon. Whitelaw Reid — See 
 Reid Dinner. 
 
 Dinner to Mr. Choate — Speech, New York Lotos Club, 
 November 24, 1901; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Dinner to Mr. Jerome — Speech, New York, May 7, 1909; '* 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Dinner to Hamilton W. Mabie — Speech, April 29, 1901; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 177 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Dinner to Whitelaw Reid — See Reid Dinner. 
 
 Diplomatic Pay and Clothes — Forum, March, 1899; 
 "Hadleyburg" (Tauchnitz), 1900; "My D6but as a Lite- 
 rary Person," 1903. 
 
 Disappearance op Literature — Speech, New York, No- 
 vember 20, 1900; "Mark Twain's Speeches," igio. 
 
 Discounts op an Author (The) — Speech, New York City, 
 October 12, 1890; " Masterpiece of American Eloquence," 
 1900. 
 
 Discoveries — See Our Children and Great Discoveries. 
 
 Disgraceful Persecution op a Boy — Galaxy, May, 1870; 
 "Memoranda," 187 1; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Diversions op an Autograph Hunter — Book, see p. 130. 
 
 Doctor Mulligrub's Bitters — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 Dodge — See Nicodemus Dodge. 
 
 Does the Race op Man Love a Lord ? — North American 
 Review, April, 1902; "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Dog — See About That Dog, A Dog's Tale. 
 
 Dogberry in Washington — Galaxy, December, 1870; 
 "Memoranda," 187 1. 
 
 Doggerel — Galaxy, January, 1871; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 Dog in Church (A) — Reprinted from "Tom Sawyer," pp. 
 
 55-59- 
 Dog's Tale (A) — Harper's Magazine, December, 1903; 
 
 Book, see p. 93. 
 Dose op Pain-Killer (A) — Reprinted from "Tom Sawyer," 
 
 pp. 108-111. 
 Double-Barrelled Detective Story (A), (I, II) — Harper's 
 
 Magazine, January, February, 1902; Book, see p. 88. 
 Dream — See Curious Dream, My Boyhood Dreams, 
 
 Strange Dream. 
 Dr. Mark Twain, Parmeopath — Speech, New York, Jan- 
 uary 21, 1909; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Dress op Civilized Women — "Mark Twain's Speeches," 19 10. 
 Dress Reform and Copyright — Interview, Washington, 
 
 December, 1908; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Duel — Seb How I Escaped Being Killed in a Duel, 
 
 Recent Great French Duel. 
 
 E 
 
 Earthquake — See San Francisco Earthquake. 
 
 Eccentricities op Genius — Book, see p. 85. 
 
 Echo that Didn't Answer — Same as The Canvasser's 
 
 Tale, q.v. 
 Eddy — See Mrs. Eddy in Error. 
 Editor — See Poor Editor, Sandwich Island Editor, 
 
 Item which the Editor Himself Couldn't Understand. 
 
 178 
 
INDEX 
 
 Editorial Office Bore (The) — Galaxy, July, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Editorial Wild Oats — Book, see p. i5'2. — ~" 
 
 Edmund Burke on Croker and TXmmany— Speech, Wal- 
 dorf-Astoria, New York, October 17, 1901; Book, see 
 p. 87. 
 
 Education — See Public Education Association. 
 
 Educating Thbatre-Goers — Speech, Educational Alliance, 
 New York, April 14, 1907; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 
 1910. 
 
 Educational Theatre — Speech, Educational Theatre, New 
 York, November 19, 1907; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 
 1910. 
 
 Education and Citizenship — Speech, New York, May 14, 
 1908; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Edward Mills and George Benton: A Tale — Atlantic, 
 August, 1880; "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Elephant — See Stolen White Elephant. 
 
 Eli Perkins' Thirty Years op Wit — Book, see p. 139; also 
 see Perkins. 
 
 Encounter with an Interviewer (An) — "Lotos Leaves," 
 
 1875- 
 Enemy Conquered (the) ; or Love Triumphant — £1,000,- 
 
 000 Banknote," 1893. 
 English — See Americans and the English. 
 English as She is Taught — Same as English as She Is 
 
 Instructed; Century, April, 1887; Book, see pp. 62, 86. 
 English Festivities — A Day at Niagara (concluded), 5.1;.; 
 
 Buffalo Express, August 28, 1869., 
 Enigma — Galaxy, July, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 Enoch Arden Mormon (An) — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 Entertaining Article (An) — Galaxy, December, 1870; 
 
 "Memoranda," 1871. 
 Entertaining History of the Scriptural Panoramist — 
 
 See Scriptural Panoramist. 
 Epidemic — See Approaching Epidemic. 
 Equator — See Following the Equator. 
 Esquimau Maiden's Romance (The) — Cosmopolitan, No- 
 vember, 1893; "Hadleyburg," 1900. 
 Ethelton — See Loves op Alonzo Pitz Clarence and 
 
 RosANNAH Ethelton. 
 European Diet — Reprinted from "A Tramp Abroad," pp. 
 
 570-575. 
 European War (The) — Buffalo Express, July 25, 1870. 
 Eve's Diary — Harper's Magazine, December, 1905; "Their 
 
 Husband's Wives," igo6. 
 Evidence in the Case of Smith vs. Jones — ^"Wit and 
 
 Humor of America," 1907. 
 
 179 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Excursion — See Curious Pleasure Excursion, An Idle 
 Excursion. 
 
 Experience — See Curious Experience and Couple of Sad 
 Experiences, Californian Experience. 
 
 Experiences op the McWilliamses (The) with Mem- 
 branous Croup — "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven — 
 Harper's Magazine, December, 1907, January, 1908; 
 Book, see p. 103. 
 
 Extracts from Adam's Diary— "Niagara Book," 1893; 
 Book, see p. 94. 
 
 Extraordinary Fishing — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 Eye Openers — Book, see p. 12. 
 
 Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls — See Some Fables 
 
 FOR Good Old Boys and Girls. 
 Facts Concerning the Latb Senatorial Secretaryship — 
 
 Galaxy, May, 1868; "Curious Dream," 1872; "Fun, 
 
 Fact, and Fancy," 1873. 
 Facts Concerning the Recent (The) Carnival of Crime in 
 
 Connecticut — Atlantic, ]nne, 1876; " ATrueStory," 1877. 
 Facts Concerning the Recent . Resignation (The) — 
 
 "Curious Dream," 1872; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 Facts in the Case (The) of George Fisher, Deceased — 
 
 Galaxy, January, 187 1; "Memoranda," 1871; "Sketches 
 
 New and Old," 1875. 
 Facts in the Case (The) of the Great Beef Contract — 
 
 Galaxy, May, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871; "Sketches 
 
 No. I," 1874. 
 Facts in the Great Land Slide Case — Buffalo Express, 
 
 April 2, 1870. 
 Falsehood (A) — Galaxy, 'Fehmaxy, 187 1 ; "Memoranda," 187 1. 
 Famous Funny Fellows — Book, see p. 137. 
 Fanshaw — See Buck Fanshaw's Funeral. 
 Farmeopath — See Dr. Mark Twain, Farmeopath. 
 Fashion Item (A) — Same as A Reception at the Presi- 
 dent's, q.v. 
 Favors prom Correspondents — Galaxy, September to De- 
 cember, 1870. 
 Fenians — See Among the Fenians. 
 Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences — North American 
 
 Review, July, 1895; "How to Tell a Story," 1897. 
 Festivities — See English Festivities. 
 Few Parisian Types (A) — See A Californian Abroad. 
 Pine Old Man (A) — "Practical Jokes," 1872; "Sketches 
 
 New and Old," 1875. 
 
 180 
 
INDEX 
 
 Finn — See Adventures op Huckleberry Finn. 
 
 First Appearance — See Mark Twain's First Appearance. 
 
 First Book of the Authors' Club — See Liber Scrip- 
 
 TORUM. 
 
 First Interview with Artemus Ward — "Buyers' Manual," 
 1872. 
 
 First Lie — See My First Lie. 
 
 First Literary Venture — See My First Literary Vent- 
 ure. 
 
 First Romance — See Awful, Terrible Medi^sival Ro- 
 mance. 
 
 First Writing Machines (The) — Same as From My Un- 
 published Autobiography, q.v. 
 
 Fisher — See Facts in the Case of George Fisher. 
 
 Fishing — See Extraordinary Fishing. 
 
 Fishwife — See Tale of a Fishwife. 
 
 Fitz Clarence — See Loves op Alonzo Fitz Clarence. 
 
 Five Boons of Life (The) — Harper's Weekly, July 5, 1902; 
 "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Five Famous Missourians — Book, see p. 139. 
 
 Fleming — See Marjorie Fleming, The Wonder Child. 
 
 Following the Equator — Book, see p. 78. 
 
 Footprints — See Carson Footprints. 
 
 Forty-Niner (A): "The Miner's Lament"— Same as A 
 Californian Experience, Galaxy, January, 187 1; 
 "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 Forty-three Days in an Open Boat — Reprinted partially as 
 Short and Curious^ Rations, also My Debut as a Lite- 
 rary Person, q.v.; Harper's Magazine, December, 1866. 
 
 Fossil — See Majestic Literary Fossil. 
 
 Franklin — See Late Benjamin Franklin. 
 
 Franklin, L^ady — Galaxy, June, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 French — See An Ideal French Address. 
 
 French Duel — See Recent Great French Duel. 
 
 Frog — See Celebrated Jumping Frog.' 
 
 From "Hospital Days" — See discussion under Sketches 
 New and Old, 1875. 
 
 From India to South Africa — McC/Mre'5, November, 1897; 
 ■ "Following the Equator," 1897, pp. 609-643. 
 
 From My Unpublished Autobiography — Same as The 
 First Writing Machines; Harper's Weekly, March 18, 
 1905; "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 From the London "Times" op 1904 — Century, November, 
 1898; " How to Tell a Story," 1900. 
 
 Full and Reliable Account op the Extraordinary 
 Meteoric Showers — Californian, November 19, 1864. 
 
 Pulton Day, Jamestown — Speech, Jamestown, ^ Virginia, 
 September 23, 1907; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 181 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Fulton Monument Society — Book, see p. 132. 
 Fun, Fact, and Fancy — Book, see p. 25. 
 FuNSTON — See Defence op General Funston. 
 Further op Mr. Mark Twain's Important Correspond- 
 ence — Californian, May 13, 1865. 
 Future op Nevada — Lecture title. 
 
 Gallant Deed — See Story of a Gallant Deed. 
 
 Galveston Orphan Bazaar — Speech, New York, October, 
 1900; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 General Miles and the Dog — Speech, New York, Decem- 
 ber 22, 1907; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1907. 
 
 General Reply (A) — Galaxy, November, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871. 
 
 General Washington's Negro Body-Servant — Galaxy, 
 February, 1868; "$30,000 Bequest," igo6. 
 
 G^ENUiNE Mexican Plug (A) — Reprinted from "Roughing 
 It," pp. 178-184. 
 
 George Wakbman — Galaxy, May, 1870. 
 
 George Washington's Boyhood — See A Touching Story 
 op George Washington's Boyhood. 
 
 German — See A New German Word, Horrors op the 
 
 German Language. 'tH^dCt*''-*^ '^'}'- 
 
 German Chicago (The) — " jCT.n*,""T B nnkn ntft , " tSqj. ''"^ 
 German for the Hungarians — Speech, Budapest, March 
 
 26, 1899; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Ghost Story (A) — BufiEalo Express, January 15, 1870; 
 
 "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 Ghost Story (A) — Same as The Golden Arm, q.v., but not 
 
 same story as listed above. 
 Gift prom India (A) — Critic, April 25, 1896. 
 Gilded Age (The) — Book, see p. 31. 
 Girls — See Advice to Good Little Girls, Some Fables 
 
 for Good Old Boys and Girls, Advice to Girls, Col- 
 lege Girls, Lucerne Girls. 
 Girls — "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Golden Arm (The) — See How to Tell a Story; A Ghost 
 
 Story; Werner's Readings, No. 5. 
 Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again — Galaxy, October, 1870, 
 
 November, 1870, January, 1871; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 Gold Mines — See Mark Twain's Remarkable Gold Mines. 
 Good Little Boy — See Story op the Good Little Boy. 
 Governor — See Running for Governor. 
 Grace Cathedral — See Important Correspondence, etc. 
 Great North American Pie-Biter — Reputed article by 
 
 Twain. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Great Prize Fight (The) — "Wit and Humor of America," 
 
 1907. 
 Great Revolution in Pitcairn (The) — Atlantic, March, 
 
 1879; "Stolen White Elephant," 1882. 
 Greer — See Johnny Greer. 
 Gripsack Gleanings — Book, see p. 145. 
 Guide — See Our Italian Guide. 
 
 H 
 
 Habits op the Siamese Twins — See Personal Habits op 
 the Siamese Twins. 
 
 Hadleyburg — See Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg. 
 
 Haensel and Gretel — Book, see p. 131. 
 
 Harbor Boat — See St. Louis Harbor Boat. 
 
 Harte — See Lectures op Bret Harte. 
 
 Hats — See Books, Authors, and Hats. 
 
 Hawaii — See Sandwich Islands. 
 
 Hay — See John Hay and the Ballads. 
 
 Hayti — See Around the World, Adventujies in Hayti. 
 
 Heaven — See Was It Heaven ? or Hell ? ; Captain Storm- 
 pield's Visit to Heaven. 
 
 He Done His Level Best — See Answers to Correspond- 
 ents. 
 
 Hell — See Was It Heaven? or Hell? 
 
 Helpless Situation (A) — Harper's Bazar,' November, 1905; 
 "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. x.^ 
 
 HiGGiNS — Same as Breaking It Gently: Galaxy, June, 
 1870; Piccadilly Annual, 1870; "Sketches No. 1," 1874. 
 
 History op a Campaign that Failed — See Private History 
 OP A Campaign that Failed. 
 
 History of the Big Bonanza — See Big Bonanza. 
 
 History op the "Jumping Frog" Story — See Private 
 History op the Jumping Frog Story. 
 
 History Repeats Itselp — Galaxy, December, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 "Hogwash " — Galaxy, June, 1870; Piccadilly Annual, 
 1870. 
 
 Holiday Literature — "Screamers," 1871; (Mark Twain 
 disclaims this.) 
 
 Holland — See Indignity Put Upon the Remains op 
 George Holland bx^the Reverend Mr. Sabine. 
 
 Holmes, Lipe op Oliver Wendell — Book, see p. 113. 
 
 Home — See Welcome Home. 
 
 Honored as a Curiosity in Honolulu — "Jumping Frog," 
 1867. 
 
 Hood — See Tom Hood's Comic Annual. 
 
 Horrors op the German Language (The) — Speech, Vienna 
 
 183 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Press Club, November 21, 1897; "Mark Twain's 
 
 Speeches," 19 10. 
 Horse's Tale (I, II) — Harper's Magazine, August, Septem- 
 ber, 1906; Book, see p. 99. 
 Hospital Days — See From Hospital Days. 
 How Eli Perkins Lectured at Pottsville- — "Eli Perkins 
 
 (At Large)," 1875. Eli Perkins says this is not by Twain. 
 HowELLS — See William Dean Howells. 
 How I Edited an Agricultural Paper Once — Galaxy, 
 
 July, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871; "Sketches New and 
 
 Old," 1875. 
 How I Escaped Being Killed in a Duel — "Tom Hood's 
 
 Comic Annual for 1873." 
 How I Secured a Berth — Galaxy, August, 187 1; "Choice 
 
 Humorous Works," 1873. 
 "How Is This for High?" — Galaxy, October, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871. 
 How the Author Was Sold in Newark — Same as A 
 
 Deception, q.v. 
 How to Tell a Story — Youth's Companion, October 3, 1895 ; 
 
 Book, see pp. 78, 82. 
 Huckleberry Finn — See Adventures of Huckleberry 
 
 Finn. 
 Humane Word from Satan (A) — "$30,000 Bequest," igo6. 
 Human Nature — See Poor Human Nature. 
 Humorist — See A Capable Humorist. 
 Hunting the Deceitful Turkey — Harper's Magazine, 
 
 December, 1906. 
 Husbands — See Their Husbands' Wives. 
 
 Ideal French Address (An) — Same as From Paris Notes. 
 
 Idle Excursion — See Some Random Notes op an Idle 
 Excursion; Book, see p. 152. 
 
 Illustrious Men — See Origin op Illustrious Men. 
 
 Important Correspondence Between Mark Twain and 
 Various Clergymen Relating to the Occupancy of 
 Grace Cathedral — Californian, May 6, 1865. 
 
 In Aid of the Blind — Speech, New York, March 25, 1906; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 In Carson City — Nevada Enterprise (date missing); "Wit 
 and Humor of America," 1907. 
 
 Income Tax Man (The) — Same as A Mysterious Visit, q.v. 
 
 In Defence of Harriet Shelley (I, II, III) — North Ameri- 
 can Review, July, 1894; "How to Tell a Story," 1897. 
 
 Independence Day — Speech, London, July 4, 1907; "Amer- 
 ican Society," London, 1907. 
 
 184 
 
INDEX 
 
 India to South Africa — See From India to South Africa. 
 Indignity Put Upon the Remains op George Holland 
 
 BY THE Reverend Mr. Sabine — "Memoranda," 1871. <Safta)^^F'iei>,JB7/ • 
 Infant — See The Unsophisticated Infant. 
 Information for the Million — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Information Wanted — "Choice Humorous Works," 1873; 
 
 "Sketches New and Old," 1875; Book, see p. 41. 
 In Lighter Vein — Book, see p. 143. 
 In Memoriam — "How to Tell a Story," 1900. 
 Innocents AsROAD^Book, see p. 4. 
 Innocents at Home — Book, see p. 18. 
 Inquiry about Insurance (An) — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Instructions in Art — Metropolitan Magazine, April, May, 
 
 1903. 
 Insurance — See Inquiry About Insurance, Accident 
 
 Insurance. 
 International Copyright — Book, see p. 114; see also What 
 
 American Authors Think, etc. 
 Interview — See First Interview with Artemus Ward. 
 Interviewer — See Encounter with an Interviewer. 
 Introducing Charles Kingsley — Speech, Boston, Feb- 
 ruary 17, 1874; "Modern Eloquence," 1901. 
 Introducing Henry M. Stanley — Speech, Boston, 1886; 
 
 "Eccentricities of Genius," 1900. 
 Introducing Nye and Riley — Speech, Boston, 1888; "Ec- 
 centricities of Genius," 1900. 
 Invalid's Story (The) — "Merry Tales," 1892. 
 Ireland — See Party Cries in Ireland. 
 Irving (Henry) — Speech, London, June 9, 1900; "Mark 
 
 Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Is He Living or Is He Dead? — Cosmopolitan, September, 
 
 1893; "Hadleyburg," 1900. 
 Is Shakespeare Dead ? — Book, see -g.^igog^ ffO-t 
 Italian Cities — See A Californian A&kom. ' 
 Italian Guide — See Our Italian Guide. 
 Italian with Grammar — Harper's Magazine, August, 1904; 
 
 "$30,000 Bequest," igo6. 
 Italian Without a Master — Harper's Weekly, January 21, 
 
 1904; "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 Item Which the Editor Himself Couldn't Understand 
 
 (An) — Same as Mr. Bloke's Item and Mr. Skae's Item; 
 
 "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 J 
 
 James Hammond Trumbull — Century, November, 1897. 
 Japan — See Around the World. 
 Jerome — See Dinner to Mr. Jerome. 
 Jews — See Concerning the Jews. 
 
 18s 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Jim's Investments, and King Sollermun — Century, Jan- 
 uary, 1885; "Huckleberry Finn," 1886, pp. 71-73, 109- 
 112. 
 
 Jim Wolfe and the Cats — ^New York Sunday Mercury, 1867 ; 
 Garrett's "100 Choice Selections, No. 17," 1879. 
 
 Joan of Arc — Speech, New York, December 22, 1905; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Joan op Arc — See Personal Recollections op Joan of 
 Arc, Saint Joan op Arc 
 
 John Chinaman in New York — Galaxy, September, 1870; 
 "Memoranda," 1871; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 John Hay and the Ballads — Harper's Weekly, October, 
 
 i9°5- 
 Johnny Grebr — Galaxy, July, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871; 
 
 "Sketches New and Old," 1875 
 Jones — See Evidence in the Case op Smith vs. Jones. 
 Joseph — See Story op Joseph. 
 Journalism in Tennessee — Bufialo Express, September 4, 
 
 1869; "Eye Openers," 1871; "Sketches New and Old," 
 
 1875- 
 Judge's "Spirited Woman (The)" — Galaxy, June, 1870; 
 
 "Memoranda," 187 1; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 Jumping Frog — See Celebrated Jumping Frog. 
 
 K 
 
 Killing of Julius Caesar "Localized (The) " — Californian, 
 
 November 12, 1864; "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Kindness — See Results op Kindness. 
 King Leopold's Soliloquy — Book, see p. 95. 
 Kingsley — See Introducing Charles Kingsley. 
 Kings op the Platform and Pulpit — Book, see p. 115. 
 
 Ladies (The) — Speech; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 Land Slide — See Facts in the Great Land Slide Case. 
 Language — See Concerning the American Language. 
 Last Words of Great Men — Bufialo Express, September 
 
 4, 1869. 
 Late Benjamin Franklin (The) — Galaxy, July, 1870; 
 
 Piccadilly Annual, 1870; "Nast's Almanac" for 1872. 
 Laughing Gas — Book, see p. 104. 
 Launch of the Steamer Capital (The) — "Jumping Frog," 
 
 1867. 
 Law Student — See Sentimental Law Student. 
 Layman's Sermon — Speech, New York, March 4. iao6; 
 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 186 
 
INDEX 
 
 Lecture op Mr. Personal Pronoun — Nevada Enterprise, 
 1861. 
 
 Lectures op Bret Harte — Book, see p. loj. 
 
 Legend of Sagenpeld, In Germany — Stolen White 
 Elephant," 1882. 
 
 Legend op the Capitoline Venus — Bufialo Express, Oc- 
 tober 23, 1869; "Curious Dream," 1872; "Sketches New 
 and Old," 1875. 
 
 Leopold — See King Leopold's Soliloquy. 
 
 Letter to Commodore Vandbrbilt — See Open Letter to 
 Commodore Vanderbilt. 
 
 Letter Read at a Dinner op the Knights op St. Patrick 
 — "Punch, Brothers, Punch!" 1878. 
 
 Letter to the Secretary op the Treasury (A) — "$30,000 
 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Letter Writing — See On Letter Writing. 
 
 Letters op a Japanese School-boy (Advertisement) — 
 Book, see p. 132. 
 
 Liber Scriptorum — Book, see p. 70. 
 
 Lie — See My First Lie. 
 
 Life on the Mississippi — Book, see pp. 57-58. 
 
 Lightning — See Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning. 
 
 Lionizing Murderers — "Curious Dream," 1872; "Sketches 
 New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Literary — See Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences 
 and Majestic Literary Fossil, My Debut as a Lite- 
 rary Person, My First Literary Venture. 
 
 Literary Nightmare (A) — Same as Punch, Brothers, 
 Punch! q.v.; Atlantic Monthly, February, 1876; "Old 
 Times on the Mississippi," 1876; "Quarterly Elocution- 
 ist," April, 1877; Book, see p/49\ — ^1 7 
 
 Literary "Old Offender" {Kp^=Galaxy, June, 1870. 
 
 Literature — Speech, London, May 4, 1900; "Mark Twain's 
 Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Literature — See Holiday Literature, Disappearance 
 OP Literature. 
 
 Literature in the Dry Diggings — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 "Littery" Episode (A) — Speech, Whittier Birthday, Bos- 
 ton, December 17, 1877; Atlantic Monthly Supplement, 
 February, 1880; "Modern Eloquence," 1901. 
 
 Little Nonsense (A) — Book, see p. 63. 
 
 Little Note to Paul Bourget (A) — "Tom Sawyer De- 
 tective," 1896; "How to Tell a Story," 1897. 
 
 London — See Property in Opulent London, About Lon- 
 don, From the London "Times" op 1904. 
 
 Lord — See Does the Race op Man Love a Lord ? 
 
 Lost in the Snow — Reprinted from "Roughing It," pp. 
 228-239. 
 
 187 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Lotos Club — See Brief History of the Lotos Club, 
 
 Speeches at the Lotos Club. 
 Lotos Leaves— Book, see p. 36. 
 Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Mark Twain — Speech, 
 
 New York, November 11, 1893; "History of the Lotos 
 
 Club," 1895. 
 Loves Bakery — See Whereas (Loves Bakery). 
 Loves op Alonzo Fitz Clarence (The) and Rosannah 
 
 Ethelton — Atlantic, March, 1878; "Punch, Brothers, 
 
 Punch!" 1878. 
 Love Triumphant — See Enemy Conquered. 
 Lucerne Girl (The) — Lecture title. 
 Luck — Harper's Magazine, August, 1891; "Merry Tales," 
 
 1892; see also Science vs. Luck (not same story). 
 Lucrbtia Smith's Soldier — Californian, December 3, 1864; 
 
 "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Lunatic — See Our Precious Lunatic. 
 Lying — See On the Decay op the Art op Lying. 
 Lying in Bed — See Danger op Lying in Bed. 
 
 M 
 
 Mabie — See Dinner to Hamilton W. Mabie. 
 
 McWilliamses — See Experiences op the McWilliamses 
 WITH Membranous Croup and Mrs. McWilliams and 
 the Lightning. 
 
 Magnanimous Incident Literature — See About Mag- 
 nanimous Incident Literature. 
 
 Majestic Literary Fossil (A) — Harper's Magazine, Feb- 
 ruary, 1890; ";£i,ooo,ooo Banknote," 1893. 
 
 Man in the Street — Book, see p. 140. 
 
 Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg (The) — Harper's Mag- 
 azine, December, 1899; Book, see p. 83. 
 
 Man Who Fought Cats (The) — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 Map of Paris — Includes To the Reader and Official 
 Commendations; Galaxy, November, 1870; "Eye 
 Openers," 1871; "Sketches No. i," 1874. 
 
 Marjorie Fleming: The Wonder Child — Harper's Bazar, 
 December, 1909. 
 
 Mark in Mormon Land — With some differences from 
 "Roughing It," pp. 120-126. 
 
 Mark Twain — See My Mark Twain. 
 
 Mark Twain and the Highwayman — "Practical Jokes," 
 1872. 
 
 Mark Twain as George Washington — "Choice Humor- 
 ous Works," 1873. 
 
 Mark Twain at Niagara — See A Day at Niagara Falls. 
 
 Mark Twain: His Life and His Work — Book, see p. 65. 
 
 188 
 
INDEX 
 
 Mark Twain in New York— Buyers' Manual, 1872. 
 
 Mark Twain on Letter Writing — Same as One of Man- 
 kind's Bores, q.v. 
 
 Mark Twain on .Simplified Spelling — See Simplified 
 Spelling. 
 
 Mark Twain's Birthday — See Mark Twain's Sixty- 
 Seventh Birthday; Mark Twain's Seventieth Birth- 
 day. 
 
 Mark Twain's Birthday Book— Book, see p. 152. 
 
 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography — Book, see p. 8. 
 
 Mark Twain's Calipornian Experience — See Califor- 
 NiAN Experience. 
 
 Mark Twain's Disgraceful Persecution op a Boy — See 
 Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy. 
 
 Mark Twain's Fine Old Mam — See A Fine Old Man. 
 
 Mark Twain's First Appearance — Speech, Norfolk, Con- 
 necticut, October 5, 1906; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 
 1910. 
 
 Mark Twain's First Interview with Artemus Ward — 
 See First Interview with Artemus Ward. 
 
 Mark Twain's Last — Same as A Reception at the Presi- 
 dent's, q.v. 
 
 Mark Twain's Library of Humor — Book, see p. 62. 
 
 Mark Twain's Map of Paris — See Map of Paris. 
 
 Mark Twain's Memoranda — See Memoranda. 
 
 Mark Twain's Patent Scrap Book — Book, see p. 49. 
 
 Mark Twain's Pleasure Trip on the Continent — Book, 
 see p. 5, 
 
 Mark Twain's Remarkable Gold Mines — "Phunny 
 Phellows," 1885. 
 
 Mark Twain's Remarkable Stranger — See About a 
 Remarkable Stranger. 
 
 Mark Twain's Seventieth Birthday — Book, see p. 118. 
 
 Mark- Twain's Sixty-Seventh Birthday — Book, see p. 118. 
 
 Mark Twain's Sketches — Book, see p. ig. 
 
 Mark Twain's Sketches New and Old — Book, see p. 38. 
 
 Mark Twain's Sketches No. i — Book, see p. 35. 
 
 Mark Twain's Speech on Accident Insurance — Book, 
 see p. no. 
 
 Mark "Twain's Speeches — Book, see p. 120. 
 
 Mark Twain's Tone-Imparting Committee — See Tone- 
 Imparting Committee. 
 
 Massacre — See My Famous "Bloody Massacre." 
 
 Masterpieces of American Eloquence — Book, see p. 116. 
 
 Masterpieces of Wit and Humor — Book, see p. 91. 
 
 Mean People — Galaxy, January, 1871; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 Meisterschaft. In Three Acts — Century, January, 1888; 
 "Merry Tales," 1892. 
 
 13 189 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Memoranda — Galaxy Magazine, May, June, July, August, 
 September, October, November, December, 1870; Jan- 
 uary, February, April, 187 1; Book, see p. 9. 
 
 Memorable Midnight Experience (A) — "Sketches No. i," 
 1874. 
 
 Memoriam — See In Memoriam. 
 
 Memory — See Morals and Memory. 
 
 Memory (A) — Galaxy, August, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 
 Men and Things — Book, see p. 63. 
 
 Mental Photographs — Buffalo Express, October 2, 1869; 
 "Curious Dream," 1872. 
 
 Mental Tbi.bgrap'hy— Harper's Magazine, December, 1891; 
 ";£i,ooo,ooo Banknote," 1893. 
 
 Mental Telegraphy Again — Harper's Magazine, Septem- 
 ber, 189s; "Tom Sawyer, Detective," 1896; "How to 
 Tell a Story," 1897. 
 
 Merry Tales — Book, see p. 64. 
 
 Meteoric Showers — See Full and Reliable Account of 
 THE Extraordinary Meteoric Showers. 
 
 Methuselah — Lecture title. 
 
 Mexican Plug — See Genuine Mexican Plug. 
 
 Midnight Experience — See Memorable Midnight Ex- 
 perience. 
 
 Mills — See Edward Mills and George Benton. 
 
 Mine, Mining — See Around the World: Pocket Mining. 
 Richest Silver Mine, Mark Twain's Remarkable 
 Gold Mines. 
 
 "Miner's Lament (The)" — See A Forty-Niner. 
 
 Misplaced Confidence — Same as Sunday School, q.v. 
 
 Missionary Critics — See To My Missionary Critics. 
 
 Mississippi — See Old Times on the Mississippi, Life on 
 THE Mississippi. 
 
 Missouri University Speech — Speech, Columbia, Missouri, 
 June 4, 1902; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 MissouRiANS — See Five Famous Missourians. 
 
 Mistaken Identity — Speech, Papyrus Club, Boston, Feb- 
 ruary' 24, 1881; "Kings of the Platform and Pulpit," 
 1890. 
 
 Modern Eloquence — Book, see p. 117. 
 
 Monument to Adam (A) — Harper's Weekly, July 15, 1905; 
 "$36,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Moral PuRPpsB (A)^ — Harper's Weekly, December 15, 1906. 
 
 Morals — See Theoretical and Practical Morals, Taxes 
 AND Morals. 
 
 Morals and Memory — Speech, New York, March 7, 1906; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 More Climate — See Around the World. 
 
 More Distinction — Same as To Raise Poultry; Buffalo 
 
 190 
 
INDEX 
 
 Express, Jnae 4, 1870; "Curious Dream," 1872; "Pun, 
 Pact, and Pancy," 1873. 
 
 More Tramps Abroad — Book, see p. 80. 
 
 Mr. Bloke's Item — See An Item which the Editor Him- 
 self Could Not Understand; "Mr. Skae's Item." 
 
 Mrs. Eddy in Error — North American Review, April, 1903; 
 "Christian Science," 1907. 
 
 Mrs. McWilliams and the Lightning — "Stolen White 
 Elephant," 1882. 
 
 Municipal Corruption — Speech, New York, City Club, 
 January 4, 1901; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Municipal Government — Speech, New York, St. Nicholas 
 Society, December 6, 1900; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 
 1910. 
 
 Murderers — See Lionizing Murderers. 
 
 Murphy — See Dan Murphy. 
 
 My Boyhood Dreams — M.cClure's,]a.mxa.rj, 1900; "Hadley- 
 burg," 1900. 
 
 My DSbut as 'a Literary Person — Quoting "Porty-Three 
 Days in an Open Boat," q.v.; Century, December, 1899; 
 "Hadleyburg," 1900; Book, see p. 90. 
 
 My Pamous "Bloody Massacre" — Galaxy, June, 1870; 
 "Memoranda," 187 1; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 My First Lie and How I Got Out of It — New York World, 
 December 10, 1899; "Hadleyburg," 1900. 
 
 My First Literary Venture — Galaxy, April, 187 1; "Prac- 
 tical Jokes," 1872; "Sketches New and Old,' 1875. 
 
 My Late Senatorial Secretaryship — See Facts Concern- 
 ing, etc. 
 
 My Mark Twain — Book, see p. 144. 
 
 My Missionary Critics — See To My Missionary Critics. 
 
 Mysterious Visit (A) — Buffalo Express, March ig, 1870; 
 "Curious Dream," 1872; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Mystery Cleared Up — Wood's Magazine, October, 1869. 
 
 My Watch: An Instructive Little Tale — (?ato«j', Decem- 
 ber, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871; "Sketches New and 
 Old," 1875. 
 
 N 
 
 Nabobs — See Nevada Nabobs in New York, Around the 
 
 World, Silver Land Nabobs. 
 Nast Almanacs, 1872-73-74 — Book, see pp. 15, 26, 30; 
 
 Nast, Th., His Period and His Pictures; Book, see 
 
 p. 131. 
 Negro Body-Servant — See General Washington's Negro 
 
 Body-Servant. 
 
 .Nevada; T^e Future of Nevada, Around the World, 
 
 Early.'Days in Nevada. 
 ^- 
 
 191 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Nevada Nabobs in New York — Reprinted from "Roughing 
 It," pp. 325-328. 
 
 Nevada Sketches — "Wit and Humor of America, 1907. 
 
 Newark — See Deception. 
 
 New Beecher Church (A) — "Curious Dream," 1872; 
 "Phunny Phellows," 1885. 
 
 New Crime (A) — Buffalo Express, April 16, 1870; "Curious 
 Dream," 1872; "Fun, Fact, and Fancy," 1873. 
 
 New England Society of New York, 1876, 1877, 1882; 
 New England Society of Pennsylvania, 1881 — Book, 
 see pp. Ill, 112, 113, 128. 
 
 New German Word — Speech, Vienna, March 10, 1889; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 New Guide of the CTonvbrsation — Book, see p. 58. 
 
 New Pilgrims' Progress (The) — Book, see p. 5. 
 
 New Planet (The) — Harper's Weekly, January 30, 1909. 
 
 Newspaper Correspondent — See Riley, Newspaper Cor- 
 respondent. 
 
 New York Press Club Dinner (The) — Speech, New York, 
 November 13, 1900; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Niagara — See A Day at Niagara. 
 
 Niagara Book — Book, see p. 68. 
 
 Nicodemus Dodge, Printer — Reprinted from "A Tramp 
 Abroad," pp. 224-229. 
 
 Nightmare — See Literary Nightmare. 
 
 Noble Red Man (The) — Galaxy, September, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871. 
 
 Nonsense, A Little — Book, see p. 63. 
 
 Notable Conundrum (A) — Californian, October i, 1864. 
 
 Notes — See Some Random Notes of an Idle Excursion. 
 
 Notorious Jumping Frog — See Celebrated Jumping Frog. 
 ^Nuisance — See Present Nuisance. 
 
 Nye — See Introducing Nye and Riley. 
 
 O 
 
 "Oahu" — See Steed "Oahu." 
 
 Obituaries — See Amended Obituaries. 
 
 Obituary Poetry — Speech, Philadelphia, 1895; "Mark 
 
 Twain's Speeches," 19 10. Also implied caption for 
 
 "Memoranda" paragraph. 
 Office Bore (The) — Same as Editorial Office Bore, q.v. 
 Official Commendation — See Map of Paris. 
 Ohio Society, History of the — Book, see p. 131. 
 Old Man — See Fine Old Man. 
 
 "Old Offender" — See Literary "Old Offender." 
 Oldest Inhabitant (The) : New England Weather — 
 
 Speech, New England Society of New York, December 
 
 192 
 
INDEX 
 
 22, 1876; " New England Society of New York," 
 
 1876. 
 Old-Fashioned Printer (The) — Speech, New York, Jan- 
 uary 18, 1886; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Old Times on the Mississippi — Atlantic, January, February, 
 
 March, April, May, June, August, 1875; Book, see p. 40. 
 On Children — "Screamers," 1871. (Disclaimed by Mark 
 
 Twain.) 
 One Hundred Choice Selections — See Book, pp. 30, 49. 
 £1,000,000 Banknote (The) — Century, January, 1893 ; Book, 
 
 see p. 67. 
 One op Mankind's Bores — Same as On Letter Writing; 
 
 Galaxy, February, 1871; "Memoranda," 1871; "Sketches 
 
 New and Old," 1875. 
 On Training Children — Christian Union (date missing) , 
 
 i8ss- 
 On Letter Writing — Same as One op Mankind's Bores, 
 
 q.v. " 
 
 On the Decay op the Art of Lying — "Stolen White Ele- 
 phant," 1882. 
 Open Boat — See Forty-Three Days in an Open Boat. 
 Open Letter to Commodore Vanderbilt — Packard's 
 
 Monthly, March, 1869. 
 Origin op Illustrious Men — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Orphan Bazaar — See Galveston Orphan Bazaar. 
 Osteopathy — Speech, Albany, New York, February 27, 1901 ; 
 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Our Children and Great Discoveries — Speech, Authors' 
 
 Club; "Kings of the Platform," 1890. 
 Our Italian Guide — Reprinted from "Innocents Abroad," 
 
 pp. 287-294. 
 Our Precious Lunatic — Buffalo Express, May 14, 1870. 
 
 Pacipic and Pacific Coast — See Around the World. 
 Page from a Californian Almanac (A) — "Jumping Frog," 
 
 1867. 
 Panoramist — See Scriptural Panoramist. 
 Parisian Types — See A Californian Abroad. 
 Paris — See Map op Paris. 
 Paris Notes — "Stolen White Elephant," 1882. 
 "Party Cries" in Ireland — " Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 Passport — See Belated Russian Passport. 
 People I've Smiled With — Book, see p. 138. 
 Perfect Cure (A) — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 Perkins — See How Eli Perkins Lectured at Pottsville; 
 
 Eli Perkins (At Large), also Wit and Humor of the 
 
 193 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Age; Kings of the Platform and Pulpit; Eli Perkins' 
 Thirty Years of Wit. 
 
 Perry — See City Marshal Perry. 
 
 Persecution of a Boy — See Disgraceful Persecutions of 
 A Boy. 
 
 Personal H.\bits of the Siamese Twins — Packard's Month- 
 ly, August, 1869; "Curious Dream," 1872; "Sketches 
 New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Harper's Maga- 
 zine, April to December, 1895; January to April, 1896; 
 Book, see p. 74. 
 
 Person Sitting in Darkness — See To the Person Sitting 
 IN Darkness. 
 
 Petition Concerning Copyright — "Sketches New and 
 Old," 1875. 
 
 Petition to the Queen of England (A) — ";£i,ooo,ooo 
 Banknote," 1893. 
 
 Petrified Man (The) — Galaxy, June, 1870; "Memoranda," 
 187 1 ; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Philippines — See China and the Philippines. 
 
 Phunny Phellows — Book, see p. 61. 
 
 Piccadilly Annual — Book, see p. 7. 
 
 Pictures — See Spelling and Pictures. 
 
 Pie-Biter — See Great North American Pie-Biter. 
 
 Pilgrims — See Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims. 
 
 Pilot — See Mississippi Pilot; Carl Schurz, Pilot. 
 
 Pioneer Ball — Saturday Press, December 23, 1865. 
 
 Pirates — See American Authors and British Pirates. 
 
 Pitcairn — See Great Revolution in Pitcairn. 
 
 Plagiarism — See Unconscious Plagiarism. 
 
 Planet, The New — Harper's Weekly, January 30, 1909. 
 
 Play-Acting — See About Play-Acting. 
 
 Playing Courier — ";Si,ooo,ooo Banknote," 1893. 
 
 Pleasure Excursion — See Curious Pleasure Excur- 
 sion. 
 
 Pleasure Trip — See Mark Twain's Pleasure Trip. 
 
 Plug — See Genuine Mexican Plug. 
 
 Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims — Speech, New England 
 Society, Philadelphia, December 22, 1881; " New England 
 Society, Pennsylvania," 1881. 
 
 Pocket Mining — See Around the World. 
 
 Poems — See Two Poems. 
 
 Poetry, Veracity, and Suicide (On) — Speech, New York, 
 February 7, 1906; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Poetry — See Post-Mortem Poetry, Obituary Poetry. 
 
 Poets as Policemen — Speech, Lotos Club, New York, March 
 24, 1900; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Poets — See Tale for Struggling Young Poets. 
 
 194 
 
INDEX 
 
 Policemen — See Posts as Policemen. 
 
 Political Economy — Galaxy, September, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Poor Editor (The) — Same as The Present Nuisance, q.v. 
 
 Poor Human Nature — Galaxy, May, 1870; "Memoranda," 
 3871. 
 
 Portrait of King William III. (The) — Includes Commenda- 
 tions OP THE Portrait; Galaxy, January, 187 1; " Memo- 
 randa," 1871; "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Post-Mortem Poetry — Galaxy, June, 1870; "Memoranda," 
 1871. 
 
 Potomac — See Reunion op the Army op the Potomac. 
 
 Poultry — See To Raise Poultry. 
 
 Practical Jokes — Book, see p. 21. 
 
 Presence op Mind — See Remarkable Instances op Pres- 
 ence OP Mind. 
 
 "Present" Nuisance (The) — Galaxy, December, 1870; 
 "Memoranda," 187 1. 
 
 President — See Reception at the President's. 
 
 Press Club — See New York Press Club Dinner, Woman's 
 Press Club. 
 
 Primrose Way — Book, see p. 63. 
 
 Prince and the Pauper (The) — Book, see p. 52- 
 
 Princeton — Speech, Princeton, New Jersey, May, 1901; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Printer— See Old-Pashioned Printer. 
 
 Private History op a Campaign that Failed (The) — Cen- 
 tury, December, 1885; "Merry Tales," 1892. 
 
 Private History op the "Jumping Frog" Story- — North 
 American Review, April, 1894; "How to Tell a Story," 
 1897. 
 
 Prize Fight — See The Great Prize Fight. 
 
 Pronoun — See Lecture of Mr. Personal Pronoun. 
 
 Property in Opulent London — ^"Sketches No. i," 1874. 
 
 Protest. — See Widow's Protest. 
 
 Public Education Association — -Speech, New York, No- 
 vember 23, 1900; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Public to Mark Twain: His Reply — Book, see p. 3. 
 
 Pudd'nhead Wilson — Century, December, 1893 ; January, 
 February, March, April, May, June, 1894; "Tragedy of 
 Pudd'nhead Wilson," 1894. 
 
 Pudd'nhead Wilson Dramatized — Speech, New York, 1895; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Puddn'head Wilson's Calendar — Book, see p. 69. 
 
 Punch, Brothers, Punch! — See A Literary Nightmare; 
 Book, see p. 47. 
 
 Putting Up Stoves— He^to50/)/t, January, 1874; "Laughing 
 Gas," N. D. 
 
 19s 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Q 
 
 Quarterly Elocutionist (The) — Book, see p. 46. 
 
 Queen of England— See Petition to the Queen of 
 
 England. 
 Queen Victoria — Speech, New York, May 25, 1908; "Mark 
 
 Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Queen Victoria's Jubilee— ATew York Journal, June 21, 
 
 23, 1897; Book, see p. 81. 
 
 R 
 
 Railroads — See Rogers and Railroads. 
 Raise Poultry — See To Raise Poultry. 
 Rambling Notes op an Idle Excursion — See Some Random 
 
 Notes op an Idle Excursion. 
 Random NpTEs of an Idle Excursion — See Some Random 
 
 Notes of a'n Idle Excursion. 
 Reading-Room Opening — -Speech, London, October 13, 
 
 1900; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 REBELS^See Watterson and Twain as Rebels. 
 Recent Great French Duel (The) — Atlantic, February, 
 
 1879; "Tramp Abroad," 1888, pp. 69-82. 
 Reception at the President's (The) — Same as A Fashion 
 
 Item and Mark Twain's Last; Galaxy, October, 1870; 
 
 "Memoranda," 187 1; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 Red Man — See Noble Red Man. 
 Reformer — See Travelling with a Reformer. 
 Reid Dinner — Book, see p. 120. 
 
 "Reliable Contraband" — Packard's Monthly, July, 1869. 
 Relic — See Curious Relic for Sale. 
 Remarkable Instances of Presence op Mind — "Jumping 
 
 Frog," 1867. 
 Remarkable Stranger — See About a Remarkable 
 
 Stranger. 
 Reminiscence of the Back Settlement (A) — Galaxy, 
 
 November, 1870; "Memoranda," 1871. 
 Reply — -See General Reply. 
 Republic — See Russian Republic. 
 
 Resignation — See Facts Concerning the Recent Resig- 
 nation. 
 Restless Night (A) — From "A Tramp Abroad," pp. 114- 
 
 121. 
 Results of Kindness to a Cockroach — "Practical Jokes," 
 
 1872. 
 Reunion of the Army op the Potomac — Book, see p. 112. 
 Rev. Henry Ward Beecher — Buffalo Express, September 
 
 25, 1869. 
 
 196 
 
INDEX 
 
 Rev. Henry Ward Bbecher's Farm — "Curious Dream," 
 1872; "Phunny Phellows," 1885. 
 
 Revolution in Pitcairn — See Great Revolution in Pit- 
 cairn. 
 
 Richest Silver Mine in the World in Kentucky — Buffalo 
 Express, March, 1870. 
 
 Rigging the Market — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 Riley — See Introducing Nye and Riley. 
 
 Riley, Newspaper Correspondent — Galaxy, November, 
 1870; "Memoranda," 1871; "Sketches New and Old," 
 
 1875- 
 
 Robert Pulton Fund — Speech, New York, April 19, 1906; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 19 10. 
 
 Rogers— " Sketches No. i," 1874. 
 
 Rogers and Railroads — Speech, Norfolk, Virginia, April 3, 
 1909; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Roughing It — Book, see p. 15. 
 
 Royal Compliment (A) — Galaxy, September, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871. 
 
 Royalty on the Mississippi — Century, February, 1885; 
 "Huckleberry Finn," 1886, pp. 159-250 (with additions). 
 
 Rumor — See Concerning a Rumor. 
 
 Running FOR Governor — GaZaa;^, December, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Russian Passport — See Belated Russian Passport. 
 
 Russian Republic — Speech, New York, April 11, 1906; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Russian Sufferers — Speech, New York, December 18, 1905; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Sabine — See Indignity Put Upon the Remains op George 
 Holland by the Reverend Mr. Sabine. 
 
 Sad Experiences — See Couple of Sad Experiences. 
 
 Sad, Sad Business (A) — Galaxy, January, 187 1; "Memo- 
 randa," 1871. 
 
 Sagenfeld — See Legend of Sagenfeld. 
 
 Saint Joan of Arc — Harper's Magazine, December, 1904; 
 "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 St. Louis Harbor-Boat Mark Twain — Speech, St. Louis, 
 Missouri, June 6, 1902; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 St. Patrick— See Letter Read at a Dinner. 
 
 Sandwich Islands — Lecture title (same as Hawaii); "Mod- 
 ern Eloquence," 1901. 
 
 Sandwich Island Editor (A) — "Screamers," 1871. 
 
 San Francisco Earthquake — Interview, New York, June 
 16, 1906; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 197 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Satan — See Humane Word prom Satan. 
 
 Savage Club (The) — Book, see p. loi. 
 
 Savage Club Dinner — Speech, London, July 6, 1907; 
 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Sawyer — See Tom Sawyer, Detective; Adventures op 
 
 Tom Sawyer; Tom Sawyer Abroad. 
 Schurz — See Carl Schurz, Pilot. 
 Science vs. Luck — Galaxy, October, 1870; "Memoranda," 
 
 1871; "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 Scottish Banquet — See Speech at the Scottish Ban- 
 quet. 
 Screamers — Book, see p. 13. 
 Scriptural Panoramist (The) — Same as A Travelling 
 
 Show, q.v.; "Screamers," 1871; Buyers' Manual, 1872. 
 Secretaryship — See Facts Concerning the Late Sena- 
 torial Secretaryship. 
 Selp-Made Man (A) — "Fun, Fact, and Fancy," 1873. 
 Senatorial Secretaryship — See Facts Concerning the 
 
 Late Senatorial Secretaryship. 
 Sending Him Through — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 Sentimental Law Student (Ye) — Nevada Enterprise (date 
 
 missing) ; "Wit and Humor of America," 1907. 
 Sermon — See Layman's Sermon. 
 Shakespeare — See Is Shakespeare Dead ? 
 Shelley — See In Defence of Harriet Shelley. 
 Ships — See About All Kinds of Ships. 
 Short and Singular Rations — See Forty-Three Days in 
 
 AN Open Boat, relating same story somewhat differently; 
 
 "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Show — See Travelling Show. 
 Siamese Twins (The) — See The Personal Habits op the 
 
 Siamese Twins. 
 Silver Mine — See Richest Silver Mine. 
 Simplified Spelling — Speech, New York, September 19, 
 
 1906; Putnam's, November, 1906; Book, see p. 119. 
 1601 — Book, see p. 56. 
 Sixty and Six — Book, see p. 80. 
 Sketches — See Nevada Sketches ; Sketches New and Old ; 
 
 Sketches No. i ; Mark Twain's Sketches. 
 Sketches New and Old — See Mark Twain's Sketches 
 
 New and Old. 
 Sketches No. i — See Mark Twain's Sketches No. i. 
 Slippers — See A Wonderful Pair of Slippers. 
 Smells — See About Smells. 
 Smith — See Lucretia Smith's Soldier, Evidence in the 
 
 Case op Smith vs. Jones. 
 Society of the Army op the Tennessee — Report of the 
 
 Proceedings for 1879; Book, see p. 112. 
 
 198 
 
INDEX 
 
 Soda Water — "Screamers," 1871 (possibly not authentic). 
 
 Soldier, Soldiering — See Lucretia Smith's Soldier, An 
 Author's Soldiering. 
 
 Soliloquy — See Czar's Soliloquy. 
 
 Some Fables for Good Old Boys and Girls (Parts I, II, 
 III) — "Sketches New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Some Funny Things — Book, see p. 129. 
 
 Some Random Notes op an Idle Excursion — Atlantic 
 Monthly, October, November, and December, 1877; 
 "Punch, Brothers, Punch!" 1878. 
 
 South Africa — See From India to South Africa. 
 
 Speech — See The Story op a Speech, An Undelivered 
 Speech, Apter-Dinner Speech, Speech at the Scot- 
 tish Banquet, Speech at a Dinner op the Knights 
 OF St. Patrick. 
 
 Speech at a Dinner op the Knights op St. Patrick — 
 "Punch, Brothers, Punch!" 1878. 
 
 Speech at the Scottish Banquet at London — "Sketches 
 New and Old," 1875. 
 
 Speeches at the Lotos Club — Book, see p. 117. 
 
 Spelling and Pictures — See Simplified Spelling. 
 
 Spelling Reform — See Carnegie Spelling Reform and 
 Simplified Spelling. 
 
 Spirited Woman — See Judge's Spirited Woman. 
 
 Spirits — See Among the Spirits. 
 
 Stanley and Livingstone (On) — Speech, Whitefriars' Club, 
 London, August 6, 1872; Mark Twain's Speeches, igio. 
 
 Stanley, Henry M. — See Introducing Henry M. Stan- 
 ley. 
 
 Statistics — From "History of the Savage Club," q.v. 
 
 Steamer Capital — See Launch of the Steamer Capital. 
 
 Steed "Oahu" (The) — -"Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 
 Stewart, Reminiscences op Senator Wm. M. — Book, see 
 p. 143. 
 
 Still Further Concerning That Conundrum — Californian, 
 October 15, 1864. 
 
 Stirring Times in Austria — Harper's Magazine, March, 
 1898; "How to Tell a Story," 1900. 
 
 Stolen White Elephant (The) — Book, see p. 55. 
 
 Stories of Authors — Book, see p. 133. 
 
 Stormfield — See Captain Stormpield's Visit to Heaven. 
 
 Story of a Gallant Deed (The) — Included in "A Memory," 
 q.v. 
 
 Story of a Speech (The) — "Chapters from My Autobiog- 
 raphy" in North American Review. "Mark Twain's 
 Speeches," 19 10. 
 
 Story op Haunting Horror (A) — Same as A Literary 
 Nightmare, q.v. 
 
 199 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Story of Joseph (The) — Reprinted from "Innocents 
 
 Abroad," pp. 492-4. 
 Story op the Bad Little Boy Who Didn't Come to Grief 
 
 (The) — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Story op the Good Little Boy Who Did Not Prosper (The) 
 
 — Galaxy, May, 1870; Piccadilly Annual, 1870; Nast's 
 
 Almanac, 1873. 
 Strange Dream (A) — "Jumping Frog," 1867. 
 Stranger — See About a Remarkable Stranger. 
 Sufferers — -See Russian Sufferers. 
 Suicide — See Poetry, Veracity, and Suicide. 
 Sunday in Carson (A) — Nevada Enterprise (date missing) ; 
 
 "Wit and Humor of America," 1907. 
 Sunday School (The) — Galaxy, May, 1870; "Memoranda," 
 
 187 1 ; "Sketches No. i," 1874. 
 
 Tale for Struggling Young Poets — Bazaar Bulletin (Buf- 
 falo), November, 1880 ; " Mark Twain, His Life and Work," 
 1892. 
 
 Tale of a Fishwife — Lecture title. 
 
 Tammany — ^ See Edmund Burke on Croker and Tam- 
 many. 
 
 Taxes and Morals — Speech, New York, January 22, 1906; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 19 10. 
 
 Telegraphy — See Mental Telegraphy. 
 
 Telephonic Conversation (A) — Atlantic, June, 1880; 
 "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Tennessee — See Journalism in Tennessee; Society of 
 the Army of the Tennessee. 
 
 That Book Agent — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 Their Husbands' Wives — Book, see p. 96. 
 
 Theoretical and Practical Morals — Speech, London, 
 Vagabonds' Club, July 8, 1899; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 
 1910. 
 
 $30,000 Bequest (The) — Harper's Weekly, December 10, 
 1904; Book, see p. 98. 
 
 Those Annual Bills — Same as Two Poems, q.v. 
 
 Those Extraordinary Twins — Tragedy of "Pudd'nhead 
 Wilson," 1894. 
 
 Three Italian Cities — See A Calipornian Abroad. 
 
 Times — See From the London "Times" of 1904. 
 
 Tobacco — See Cigars and Tobacco. 
 
 To Correspondents — Galaxy, July, 1870; "Memoranda," 
 1871. 
 
 Tomb of Adam (The) — Reprinted from "Innocents Abroad," 
 PP- 565-567- 
 
 200 
 
INDEX 
 
 Tom Hood's Comic Annual — Book, see p. 24. 
 Tom's Aunt — Reprinted from "Tom Sawyer." 
 Tom Sawyer Abroad — St. Nicholas, November, 1893, to 
 
 April, 1894; Book, see p. 72. 
 Tom Sawyer Abroad; Tom Sawyer, Detective — Book, 
 
 see p. 76. 
 Tom Sawyer, Detective (I), (II) — Harper's Magazine, 
 
 August, September, 1896; "Tom Sawyer Abroad; Tom 
 
 Sawyer, Detective," 1896; Book, see p. 77. 
 To My Guests — See p. 152. 
 To My Missionary Critics — North American Review, April, 
 
 1901. 
 Tone-Imparting Committee (The) — Galaxy, February, 187 1; 
 
 "Memoranda," 1871. 
 To Raise Poultry — Same as More Distinction, q.v. 
 To the Person Sitting in Darkness — North American 
 
 Review, February, 1901; Book, see p. 86. 
 To the Reader — See Map op Paris. 
 To the Whitefriars — Speech, London, June 20, 1899; 
 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 Touching Incident — See " Hogwash." 
 Touching Story of George Washington's Boyhood (A) 
 
 — Californian, October 29, 1864 ; " Jumping Frog," 
 
 1867. 
 Tournament in A. D. 1870 (The) — Galaxy, July, 1870; 
 
 "Memoranda," 1871. 
 Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson — Same as Pudd'nhead 
 
 Wilson; Book, see pp. 72-74. 
 Train Up a Child and Away He Goes — "Screamers," 1871; 
 
 (Disclaimed by Mark Twain.) 
 Tramp Abroad (A) — Book, see p. 50. 
 Travelling Show (A) — Same as Scriptural Panoramist, 
 
 q.v. 
 Travelling with a Reformer — Cosmopolitan, December, 
 
 1893; "How to Tell a Story," 1897. 
 True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It (A) 
 
 — Atlantic, November, 1874; "Sketches New and Old," 
 
 187s; Book, see p. 47. 
 Trumbull — See James Hammond Trumbull. 
 Truth — See When in Doubt, Tell the Truth. 
 Turkey — See Hunting the Deceitful Turkey. 
 Turning Point op My Life (The) — Harper's Bazar, Febru- 
 ary, 19 10. 
 Twins — See Those Extraordinary Twins. 
 Two Hundred Apter-Dinner Stories — Book, see p. 140. 
 Two Little T AiiES— Century, November, igoi; "Double- 
 
 Barrelled Detective Story," 1902 (Tauchnitz); "My D6- 
 
 but as a Literary Person," 1903. 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Two Poems — By Moore and Twain — "Sketches New and 
 Old," 1875. 
 
 Two-Year-Olds — See Wit Inspirations of the Two- Year- 
 Olds. 
 
 U 
 
 Unbiased Art Criticism (An) — Californian, March 18, 1865. 
 
 Unburlesquable Things — Galaxy, July, 1870; "Memo- 
 randa," 1 87 1. 
 
 Unconscious Plagiarism — Speech, Holmes Breakfast, Bos- 
 ton, December, 1879; "Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes," 
 1886. 
 
 Undelivered Speech — -"Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Undertaker's Chat (The) — "Screamers," 1871; "Sketches 
 No. 1," 1874. 
 
 Unexpected Acquaintance (An) — Reprinted from "A 
 Tramp Abroad," pp. 241-257. 
 
 Union (The) Right or Wrong — Speech, "Practical Jokes," 
 1872; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 University Settlement Society — Speech, New York, Feb- 
 ruary 2, 1901; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Unreliable (The) — Nevada Enterprise; "Wit and Humor 
 of America," 1907; also, see Advice to the Unreliable 
 ON Church-Going. 
 
 Unsophisticated Infant (The) — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 V 
 
 Vanderbilt — See Open Letter to Commodore Vander- 
 
 BILT. 
 
 Vengeance — "Screamers," 1871. (Mark Twain disclaims 
 this.) 
 
 Venice — Lecture title. 
 
 Venus — See Legend of the Capitoline Venus. 
 
 Veracity — See Poetry, Veracity, and Suicide. 
 
 Victoria — See Queen Victoria; Queen Victoria's Ju- 
 bilee. 
 
 Visit — See Mysterious Visit. 
 
 Visit to Niagara — See A Day at Niagara. 
 
 Votes for Women — Speech, New York, January 20, 1901; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 W 
 
 Wakbman — See George Wakeman. 
 
 War— See The European War. 
 
 Ward — See First Interview with Artemus Ward. 
 
 Washington — See Brief Biographical Sketch of George 
 
 202 
 
INDEX 
 
 Washington; General Washington's Negro Body- 
 Servant; Touching Story of George Washington's 
 Boyhood; Dogberry in Washington. 
 
 Was It Heaven ? or Hell ? — Harper's Magazine, December, 
 1902; "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Watch — See My Watch. 
 
 Water-Supply — Speech, Albany, N. Y., February 27 or 28, 
 igoi; "Mark Twain's Speeches," igio. 
 
 Watterson and Twain as Rebels — Speech, New York, 
 February 11, 1901; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1901. 
 
 Weather — See The Oldest Inhabitant, New England 
 Weather. 
 
 Weed, Reception Given to Thurlow — Book, see p. 128. 
 
 Welcome Home — Speech, New York, November 10, 1900; 
 "Speeches at the Lotos Club," 1901. 
 
 Werner's Readings and Recitations — -Book, see pp. 114, 
 
 Westminster Abbey — -Lecture title. 
 
 What American Authors Think About Copyright — Cent- 
 ury, February, 1886; book not listed. 
 
 What Is Man — Book, see p. 97. 
 
 What Paul Bourget Thinks op Us — North American Re- 
 view, January, 1895; "Tom Sawyer, Detective," 1896; 
 "How to Tell a Story," 1897. 
 
 When in Doubt, Tell the Truth — Speech, New York, 
 March 9, 1906; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 When I Was a Secretary — Same as Facts Concerning 
 THE Late Senatorial Secretaryship, q.v. 
 
 Whereas (Loves Bakery) — Californian, October 22, 1864. 
 
 White Elephant — See Stolen White Elephant. 
 
 Whittier Birthday — ^See A Littery Episode. 
 
 Whopper (A) — "Practical Jokes," 1872. 
 
 Why Not Abolish It? — Harper's Weekly, July 5, 1902. 
 
 Widow's Protest (The) — -Same as Dan Murphy, q.v. 
 
 Wild Man Interviewed (The) — Buffalo Express, September 
 18, 1869. 
 
 William Dean Howells — Harper's Magazine, July, 1906. 
 
 Wilson — -See Pudd'nhead Wilson. 
 
 Wise, Witty, Eloquent — See Kings of the Platform 
 and Pulpit. 
 
 Wit and Humor of the Age — Book, see p. 138. 
 
 Wit and Humor op America — Book, see p. 100. 
 
 Wit Inspirations op the Two-Year-Olds — Galaxy, June, 
 1870; Piccadilly Annual, 1870; "$30,000 Bequest," 1906. 
 
 Wives — See Their Husbands' Wives. 
 
 Wolfe and the Cats — See Jim Wolfe and the Cats. 
 
 Woman — an Opinion — Speech, Washington Correspondents' 
 Club; "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 203 
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MARK TWAIN 
 
 Woman, God Bless Her — Speech, New England Society of 
 New York, December 22, 1882; see New England 
 Society of New York, 1882. 
 
 Woman's Press Club — Speech, New York, October 27, 1900; 
 "Mark Twain's Speeches," 1910. 
 
 Women — See Votes por Women; Dress op Civilized 
 Women. 
 
 Women and Things — Book, see p. 63. 
 
 Wonder Child — See Marjorie Fleming, The Wonder 
 Child. 
 
 Wonderful Pair op Slippers (A) — St. Nicholas, February, 
 1890. 
 
 Writing Machines — See From My Unpublished Auto- 
 biography. 
 
 Y 
 
 Yankee in King Arthur's Court; Yankee at the Court 
 of King Arthur — See A Connecticut Yankee in King 
 Arthur's Court. 
 
 Yankee Story (A) — Same as Jim Wolpe and the Cats, 
 q.v. 
 
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