Mark Twain: A Biography. Complete

by Albert Bigelow Paine

MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY

THE PERSONAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS

BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE

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CONTENTS

	[ 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
[ 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
[ 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
[ 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”.
[ 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
[ 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
[ 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
[ 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
[ 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
	[ 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 & CO.
[ CLXV. ]	LETTERS, VISITS, AND VISITORS
[ CLVXVI. ]	A “PLAYER” AND A MASTER OF ARTS
[ 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. RODGERS
[ 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 ILL IN ELMIRA WITH A DISTRESSING 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 ]
[ CCXII. ]	THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR
[ CCXIII. ]	MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMAN
[ CCXIV. ]	MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIES
[ CCXV. ]	SUMMER AT “THE LAIR”
[ CCXVI. ]	RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREE
[ CCXVII. ]	MARK TWAIN IN POLITICS
[ CCXVIII. ]	NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTS
[ CCXIX. ]	YACHTING AND THEOLOGY
[ CCXX. ]	MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES
[ CCXXI. ]	THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
[ CCXXII. ]	A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRY
[ CCXXIII. ]	AT YORK HARBOR
[ CCXXIV. ]	THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNER
[ CCXXV. ]	CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES
[ CCXXVI. ]	"WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?”
[ CCXXVII. ]	THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTER
[ CCXXVIII. ]	PROFFERED HONORS
[ CCXXXIX. ]	THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA
[ CCXXX. ]	THE RETURN TO FLORENCE
[ CCXXXI. ]	THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
[ CCXXXII. ]	THE SAD JOURNEY HOME
[ CCXXXIII. ]	BEGINNING ANOTHER HOME
[ CCXXXIV. ]	LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUE
[ CCXXXV. ]	A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
[ CCXXXVI. ]	AT PIER 70
[ CCXXXVII. ]	AFTERMATH
[ CCXXXVIII. ]	THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAIN
[ CCXXXIX. ]	WORKING WITH MARK TWAIN
[ CCXL. ]	THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN
[ CCXLI. ]	GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAIN
[ CCXLII. ]	MARK TWAIN'S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORM
[ CCXLIII. ]	AN INVESTMENT IN REDDING
[ CCXLIV. ]	TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES
[ CCXLV. ]	IN THE DAY'S ROUND
[ CCXLVI. ]	THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLIN
[ CCXLVI. ]	DUBLIN, CONTINUED
[ CCXLVIII. ]	"WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
[ CCXLIX. ]	BILLIARDS
[ CCL. ]	PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISM
[ CCLI. ]	A LOBBYING EXPEDITION
[ CCLII. ]	THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
[ CCLIII. ]	AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER
[ CCLIV. ]	BILLIARD-ROOM NOTES
[ CCLV. ]	FURTHER PERSONALITIES
	[ VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910]
[ CCLVI. ]	HONORS FROM OXFORD
[ CCLVII. ]	A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOME
[ CCLVIII. ]	DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORD
[ CCLIX. ]	LONDON SOCIAL HONORS
[ CCLX. ]	MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISE
[ CCLXI. ]	MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONS
[ CCLXII. ]	FROM MARK TWAIN's MAIL.
[ CCLXIII. ]	SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONS
[ CCLXIV. ]	"CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINT
[ CCLXV. ]	LOTOS CLUB HONORS
[ CCLXVI. ]	A WINTER IN BERMUDA
[ CCLXVII. ]	VIEWS AND ADDRESSES
[ CCLXVIII. ]	REDDING
[ CCLXIX. ]	FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELD
[ CCLXX. ]	THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL.
[ CCLXXI. ]	DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETT
[ CCLXXII. ]	STORMFIELD ADVENTURES
[ CCLXXIII. ]	STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIES
[ CCLXIV. ]	CITIZEN AND FARMER
[ CCLXV. ]	A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANT
[ CCLXXVI. ]	SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALK
[ CCLXXVII. ]	"IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?”
[ CCLXXVIII. ]	THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERS
[ CCLXXIX. ]	AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT
[ CCLXXX. ]	A WARNING
[ CCLXXXI. ]	THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELD
[ CCLXXXII. ]	PERSONAL MEMORANDA
[ CCLXXXIII. ]	ASTRONOMY AND DREAMS
[ CCLXXXIV. ]	A LIBRARY CONCERT
[ CCLXXXV. ]	A WEDDING AT STORMFIELD
[ CCLXXXVI. ]	AUTUMN DAYS
[ CCLXXVII. ]	MARK TWAIN'S READING
[ CCLXXXVIII. ]	A BERMUDA BIRTHDAY
[ CCLXXXIX. ]	THE DEATH OF JEAN
[ CCXC. ]	THE RETURN TO BERMUDA
[ CCXCI. ]	LETTERS FROM BERMUDA
[ CCXCII. ]	THE VOYAGE HOME
[ CCXCIII. ]	THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLE
[ CCXCIV. ]	THE LAST RITES
[ CCXCV. ]	MARK TWAIN'S RELIGION
[ CCXCVI. ]	POSTSCRIPT
[ APPENDICES. ]

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