CONTENTS

I.[INTRODUCTORY: MARK TWAIN'S DESPAIR]
II.[THE CANDIDATE FOR LIFE]
III.[THE GILDED AGE]
IV.[IN THE CRUCIBLE]
V.[THE CANDIDATE FOR GENTILITY]
VI.[EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBOR]
VII.[THE PLAYBOY IN LETTERS]
VIII.[THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS]
IX.[MARK TWAIN'S HUMOR]
X.[LET SOMEBODY ELSE BEGIN]
XI.[MUSTERED OUT]