Spanning the time between 1872 and the year before he died, this collection of after-dinner speeches, random thoughts to "the press", etc. clearly documents, once again, the truly eclectic mind of Samuel Clemens. It also demonstrates how he dealt with adulation, compliments and notoriety...head on! This collection is a treasure-trove of Twain sayings, witticisms and pronouncements on a huge galaxy of issues and concerns in his life. (Summary by John Greenman)
IntroductionPrefaceThe Story of a SpeechPlymouth Rock and the PilgrimsCompliments and DegreesBooks, Authors and HatsDedication SpeechDie Schrecken Der Deuschen Sprache (The Horrors of the German Language)German for the HungariansA New German WordUnconscious PlagiarismThe WeatherThe BabiesOur Children and Great DiscoveiesEducating Theatre-goersThe Educational TheatrePoets as PolicemenPudd'nhead Wilson DramatizedDaly TheatreThe Dress of Civilized WomanDress Reform and CopyrightCollege GirlsGirlsThe LadiesWoman's Press ClubVotes for WomenWoman-An OpinionAdvice to GirlsTaxes and MoralsTamany and CrokerMunicipal CorruptionMunicipal GovernmentChina and the PhilippinesTheoretical MoralsLayman's SermonUniversity Settlement SocietyPublic Education AssociationEducation and CitizenshipCourageThe Dinner to Mr. ChoateOn Stanley and LivingstoneHenry M. StanleyDinner to Mr. JeromeHenry IrvingDinner to Mr. Hamilton W. MabieIntroducing Nye and RileyDinner to Whitelaw ReidRogers and RailroadsThe Old-fashioned PrinterSociety of American AuthorsReading-Room OpeningLiteratureDisappearance of LiteratureThe New York Press Club DinnerThe Alphabet and Simplified SpellingSpelling and PicturesBooks and BurglarsAuthors' ClubBooksellers"Mark Twain's First Appearance"Morals and MemoryQueen VictoriaJoan of ArcAccident Insurance-etc.OsteopathyWater-SupplyMistaken IndentityCats and CandyObituary PoetryCigars and TobaccoBilliardsThe Union Right and WrongAn Ideal French AddressStatisticsGalveston Orphan BazaarSanFrancisco EarthquakeCharity and ActorsRussian RepublicRussian SufferersWatterson and Twain as RebelsRobert Fulton FundFulton Day, JamestownLotos Club Dinner in Honor of Mark TwainCopyrightIn Aid of the BlindDr. Mark Twain, FarmeopathMissouri University SpeechBusinessCarnegie the BenefactorOn Poetry, Veracity, and SuicideWelcome HomeAn Undelivered speechSixty-Seventh BirthdayTo The WhitefriarsThe Ascot Gold CupThe Savage Club DinnerGeneral Miles and the DogWhen in Doubt, Tell the TruthThe Day We CelebrateIndependence DayAmericans and the EnglishAbout LondonPrincetonThe St. Louis Harbor-Boat "Mark Twain"Seventieth Birthday
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