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THE PERSONAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS

VOLUME I. Part 1: 1835-1866

AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT

PREFATORY NOTE

MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY

I. ANCESTORS

II. THE FORTUNES OF JOHN AND JANE CLEMENS

III. A HUMBLE BIRTHPLACE

IV. BEGINNING A LONG JOURNEY

V. THE WAY OF FORTUNE

VI. A NEW HOME

VII. THE LITTLE TOWN OF HANNIBAL.

VIII. THE FARM

IX. SCHOOL-DAYS

X. EARLY VICISSITUDE AND SORROW

XI. DAYS OF EDUCATION

XII. TOM SAWYER'S BAND

XIII. THE GENTLER SIDE

XIV. THE PASSING OF JOHN CLEMENS

XV. A YOUNG BEN FRANKLIN

XVI. THE TURNING-POINT

XVII. THE HANNIBAL "JOURNAL"

XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF A LITERARY LIFE

XIX. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANKLIN

XX. KEOKUK DAYS

XXI. SCOTCHMAN NAMED MACFARLANE

XXII. THE OLD CALL OF THE RIVER

XXIII. THE SUPREME SCIENCE

XXIV. THE RIVER CURRICULUM

XXV. LOVE-MAKING AND ADVENTURE

XXVI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE "PENNSYLVANIA"

XXVII. THE PILOT

XXVIII. PILOTING AND PROPHECY

XXIX. THE END OF PILOTING

XXX. THE SOLDIER

XXXI. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

XXXII. THE PIONEER

XXXIII. THE PROSPECTOR

XXXIV. TERRITORIAL CHARACTERISTICS

XXXV. THE MINER

XXXVI. LAST MINING DAYS It was late in July when he wrote:

XXXVII. THE NEW ESTATE

XXXVIII. ONE OF THE "STAFF"

XXXIX. PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY

XL. "MARK TWAIN"

XLI. THE CREAM OF COMSTOCK HUMOR

XLII REPORTORIAL DAYS.

XLIII. ARTEMUS WARD

XLIV. GOVERNOR OF THE "THIRD HOUSE"

XLV. A COMSTOCK DUEL.

XLVI. GETTING SETTLED IN SAN FRANCISCO

XLVII. BOHEMIAN DAYS

XLVIII. THE REFUGE OF THE HILLS

XLIX. THE JUMPING FROG

L. BACK TO THE TUMULT FROM the note-book: - - - February 25.

LI. THE CORNER-STONE

LII. A COMMISSION TO THE SANDWICH ISLANDS

LIII. ANSON BURLINGAME AND THE "HORNET" DISASTER

VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875

LIV. THE LECTURER

LV. HIGHWAY ROBBERY

LVI. BACK TO THE STATES

LVII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW PLANS

LVIII. A NEW BOOK AND A LECTURE

LIX. THE FIRST BOOK

LX. THE INNOCENTS AT SEA

LXI. THE INNOCENTS ABROAD

LXII. THE RETURN OF THE PILGRIMS The last note-book entry bears

LXIII. IN WASHINGTON A PUBLISHING PROPOSITION

LXIV. OLIVIA LANGDON

LXV. A CONTRACT WITH ELISHA BLISS, JR.

LXVI. BACK TO SAN FRANCISCO

LXVII. A VISIT TO ELMIRA

LXVIII. THE REV. "JOE" TWICHELL.

LXIX. A LECTURE TOUR

LXX. INNOCENTS AT HOME AND "THE INNOCENTS ABROAD"

LXXI. THE GREAT BOOK OF TRAVEL.

LXXII.THE PURCHASE OF A PAPER.

LXXIII. THE FIRST MEETING WITH HOWELLS

LXXIV. THE WEDDING-DAY

LXXV. AS TO DESTINY

LXXVI. ON THE BUFFALO "EXPRESS"

LXXVII. THE "GALAXY"

LXXVIII. THE PRIMROSE PATH

LXXIX. THE OLD HUMAN STORY

LXXX. LITERARY PROJECTS

LXXXI. SOME FURTHER LITERARY MATTERS

LXXXII. THE WRITING OF "ROUGHING IT"

LXXXIII. LECTURING DAYS

LXXXIV. "ROUGHING IT". Telegram to Redpath: - - - How in the

LXXXV. A BIRTH, A DEATH, AND A VOYAGE

LXXXVI. ENGLAND

LXXXVII. THE BOOK THAT WAS NEVER WRITTEN

LXXXVIII. "THE GILDED AGE"

LXXXIX. PLANNING A NEW HOME

XC. A LONG ENGLISH HOLIDAY

XCI. A LONDON LECTURE

XCII. FURTHER LONDON LECTURE TRIUMPHS

XCIII. THE REAL COLONEL SELLERS-GOLDEN DAYS

XCIV. BEGINNING "TOM SAWYER"

XCV. AN "ATLANTIC" STORY AND A PLAY

XCVI. THE NEW HOME

XCVII. THE WALK TO BOSTON

XCVIII. "OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI"

XCIX. A TYPEWRITER, AND A JOKE ON ALDRICH

C. RAYMOND, MENTAL TELEGRAPHY, ETC.

CI. CONCLUDING "TOM SAWYER" MARK TWAIN's "EDITORS"

CII. "SKETCHES NEW AND OLD"

CIII. "ATLANTIC" DAYS

CIV. MARK TWAIN AND HIS WIFE

VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886

CV. MARK TWAIN AT FORTY In conversation with John Hay, Hay said to Clemens:

CVI. HIS FIRST STAGE APPEARANCE

CVII. HOWELLS, CLEMENS, AND "GEORGE"

CVIII. SUMMER LABORS AT QUARRY FARM

CIX. THE PUBLIC APPEARANCE OF "TOM SAWYER"

CX. MARK TWAIN AND BRET HARTE WRITE A PLAY

CXI. A BERMUDA HOLIDAY

CXII. A NEW PLAY AND A NEW TALE

CXIII. TWO DOMESTIC DRAMAS

CXIV. THE WHITTIER BIRTHDAY SPEECH

CXV. HARTFORD AND BILLIARDS

CXVI. OFF FOR GERMANY

CXVII. GERMANY AND GERMAN From the note-book: #NAME? #NAME? - -

CXVIII. TRAMPING WITH TWICHELL.

CXIX. ITALIAN DAYS

CXX. IN MUNICH

CXXI. PARIS, ENGLAND, AND HOMEWARD BOUND

CXXII. AN INTERLUDE

CXXIII. THE GRANT SPEECH OF 1879

CXXIV. ANOTHER "ATLANTIC" SPEECH

CXXV. THE QUIETER THINGS OF HOME

CXXVI. "A TRAMP ABROAD"

CXXVII. LETTERS, TALES, AND PLANS

CXXVIII. MARK TWAIN's ABSENT-MINDEDNESS.

CXXIX. FURTHER AFFAIRS AT THE FARM

CXXX. COPYRIGHT AND OTHER FANCIES

CXXXI. WORKING FOR GARFIELD

CXXXII. A NEW PUBLISHER It was near the end of the year that

CXXXIII. THE THREE FIRES SOME BENEFACTIONS

CXXXIV. LITERARY PROJECTS AND A MONUMENT TO ADAM

CXXXV. A TRIP WITH SHERMAN AND AN INTERVIEW WITH GRANT.

CXXXVI. "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER"

CXXXVII. CERTAIN ATTACKS AND REPRISALS

CXXXVIII. MANY UNDERTAKINGS

CXXXIX. FINANCIAL AND LITERARY

CXL. DOWN THE RIVER

CXLI. LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY

CXLII. "LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI"

CXLIII. A GUEST OF ROYALTY

CXLIV. A SUMMER LITERARY HARVEST

CXLV. HOWELLS AND CLEMENS WRITE A PLAY Before Howells went

CXLVI. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

CXLVII. THE FORTUNES OF A PLAY

CXLVIII. CABLE AND HIS GREAT JOKE

CXLIX. MARK TWAIN IN BUSINESS

CL. FARM PICTURES

CLI. MARK TWAIN MUGWUMPS

CLII. PLATFORMING WITH CABLE

CLIII. HUCK FINN COMES INTO HIS OWN

CLIV. THE MEMOIRS OF GENERAL GRANT

CLV. DAYS WITH A DYING HERO

CLVI. THE CLOSE OF A GREAT CAREER

CLVII. MINOR MATTERS OF A GREAT YEAR

CLVIII. MARK TWAIN AT FIFTY

CLIX. THE LIFE OF THE POPE

CLX. A GREAT PUBLISHER AT HOME

CLXI. HISTORY: MAINLY BY SUSY Suzy, in her biography, which she

VOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900

CLXII. BROWNING, MEREDITH, AND MEISTERSCHAFT

CLXIII. LETTER TO THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND

CLXIV. SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF CHARLES L. WEBSTER and CO.

CLXV. LETTERS, VISITS, AND VISITORS

CLVXVI. A "PLAYER" AND A MASTER OF ARTS One morning early in

CLXVII. NOTES AND LITERARY MATTERS

CLXVIII. INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY AND OTHERS

CLXIX. THE COMING OF KIPLING

CLXX. "THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER" ON THE STAGE

CLXXI. "A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT"

CLXXII. THE "YANKEE" IN ENGLAND

CLXXIII. A SUMMER AT ONTEORA

CLXXIV. THE MACHINE

CLXXV. "THE CLAIMANT" LEAVING HARTFORD

CLXXVI. A EUROPEAN SUMMER

CLXXVII. KORNERSTRASSE,7

CLXXVIII. A WINTER IN BERLIN

CLXXIX. A DINNER WITH WILLIAM II.

CLXXX. MANY WANDERINGS

CLXXXI. NAUHEIM AND THE PRINCE OF WALES

CLXXXII. THE VILLA VIVIANI.

CLXXXIII. THE SIEUR DE CONTE AND JOAN

CLXXXIV. NEW HOPE IN THE MACHINE

CLXXXV. AN INTRODUCTION TO H. H. ROGERS

CLXXXVI. "THE BELLE OF NEW YORK"

CLXXXVII. SOME LITERARY MATTERS

CLXXXVIII. FAILURE

CLXXXIX. AN EVENTFUL YEAR ENDS

CXC. STARTING ON THE LONG TRAIL.

CXCI. CLEMENS HAD BEEN ILL IN ELMIRA WITH A CARBUNCLE

CXCII. "FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR"

CXCIII. THE PASSING OF SUSY

CXCIV. WINTER IN TEDWORTH SQUARE

CXCV. "PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC".

CXCVI. MR. ROGERS AND HELEN KELLER

CXCVII. FINISHING THE BOOK OF TRAVEL.

CXCVIII. A SUMMER IN SWITZERLAND

CXCIX. WINTER IN VIENNA

CC. MARK TWAIN PAYS HIS DEBTS

CCI. SOCIAL LIFE IN VIENNA

CCII. LITERARY WORK IN VIENNA

CCIII. AN IMPERIAL TRAGEDY

CCIV. THE SECOND WINTER IN VIENNA

CCV. SPEECHES THAT WERE NOT MADE

CCVI. A SUMMER IN SWEDEN

CCVII. 30, WELLINGTON COURT

CCVIII. MARK TWAIN AND THE WARS

CCIX. PLASMON, AND A NEW MAGAZINE

CCX. LONDON SOCIAL AFFAIRS

CCXI. DOLLIS HILL AND HOME

VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907


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