VOLUME I.
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FOREWORD ]
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MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY ]
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MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS ]
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I.
EARLY LETTERS, 1853. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA ]
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II.
LETTERS 1856-61. KEOKUK, AND THE RIVER. END OF
PILOTING ]
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III.
LETTERS 1861-62. ON THE FRONTIER. MINING
ADVENTURES. JOURNALISTIC BEGINNINGS. ]
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IV.
LETTERS 1863-64. “MARK TWAIN.” COMSTOCK JOURNALISM.
ARTEMUS WARD ]
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V.
LETTERS 1864-66. SAN FRANCISCO AND HAWAII ]
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VI.
LETTERS 1866-67. THE LECTURER. SUCCESS ON THE COAST.
IN NEW YORK. THE GREAT OCEAN EXCURSION. ]
VOLUME II.
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VII.
LETTERS 1867. THE TRAVELER. THE VOYAGE OF THE
“QUAKER CITY” ]
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VIII.
LETTERS 1867-68. WASHINGTON AND SAN FRANCISCO. THE
PROPOSED BOOK OF TRAVEL. A NEW LECTURE. ]
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IX.
LETTERS 1868-70. COURTSHIP, AND “THE INNOCENTS
ABROAD” ]
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X.
LETTERS 1870-71. MARK TWAIN IN BUFFALO. MARRIAGE. THE
BUFFALO EXPRESS. “MEMORANDA.” LECTURES. A NEW BOOK. ]
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XI.
LETTERS 1871-72. REMOVAL TO HARTFORD. A LECTURE
TOUR. “ROUGHING IT.” FIRST LETTER TO HOWELLS. ]
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XII.
LETTERS 1872-73. MARK TWAIN IN ENGLAND. LONDON
HONORS. ACQUAINTANCE WITH DR. JOHN BROWN. A LECTURE TRIUMPH. “THE
GILDED AGE”. ]
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XIII.
LETTERS 1874. HARTFORD AND ELMIRA. A NEW STUDY.
BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER.” THE SELLERS PLAY. ]
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XIV.
LETTERS 1874. MISSISSIPPI CHAPTERS. VISITS TO
BOSTON. A JOKE ON ALDRICH. ]
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XV.
LETTERS FROM HARTFORD, 1875. MUCH CORRESPONDENCE
WITH HOWELLS ]
VOLUME III.
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XVI.
LETTERS, 1876, CHIEFLY TO W. D. HOWELLS. LITERATURE
AND POLITICS. PLANNING A PLAY WITH BRET HARTE. ]
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XVII.
LETTERS, 1877. TO BERMUDA WITH TWICHELL.
PROPOSITION TO TH. NAST. THE WHITTIER DINNER. ]
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XVIII.
LETTERS FROM EUROPE, 1878-79. TRAMPING WITH
TWICHELL. WRITING A NEW TRAVEL BOOK. LIFE IN MUNICH. ]
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XIX.
LETTERS 1879. RETURN TO AMERICA. THE GREAT GRANT
REUNION ]
[
XX.
LETTERS OF 1880, CHIEFLY TO HOWELLS. “THE PRINCE AND
THE PAUPER.” MARK TWAIN MUGWUMP SOCIETY. ]
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XXI.
LETTERS 1881, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. ASSISTING A
YOUNG SCULPTOR. LITERARY PLANS. ]
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XXII.
LETTERS, 1882, MAINLY TO HOWELLS. WASTED FURY. OLD
SCENES REVISITED. THE MISSISSIPPI BOOK. ]
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XXIII.
LETTERS, 1883, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. A GUEST OF
THE MARQUIS OF LORNE. THE HISTORY GAME. A PLAY BY HOWELLS AND MARK
TWAIN. ]
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XXIV.
LETTERS, 1884, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. CABLE'S
GREAT APRIL FOOL. “HUCK FINN” IN PRESS. MARK TWAIN FOR CLEVELAND.
CLEMENS AND CABLE. ]
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XXV.
THE GREAT YEAR OF 1885. CLEMENS AND CABLE.
PUBLICATION OF “HUCK ]
VOLUME IV.
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XXVI.
LETTERS, 1886-87. JANE CLEMENS'S ROMANCE. UNMAILED
LETTERS, ETC. ]
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XXVII.
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS OF 1887. LITERARY ARTICLES.
PEACEFUL DAYS AT THE FARM. FAVORITE READING. APOLOGY TO MRS.
CLEVELAND, ETC. ]
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XXVIII.
LETTERS,1888. A YALE DEGREE. WORK ON “THE
YANKEE.” ON INTERVIEWING, ETC. ]
[
XXIX.
LETTERS, 1889. THE MACHINE. DEATH OF MR. CRANE.
CONCLUSION OF THE YANKEE. ]
[
XXX.
LETTERS, 1890, CHIEFLY TO JOS. T. GOODMAN. THE
GREAT MACHINE ENTERPRISE ]
[
XXXI.
LETTERS, 1891, TO HOWELLS, MRS. CLEMENS AND
OTHERS. RETURN TO LITERATURE. AMERICAN CLAIMANT. LEAVING HARTFORD.
EUROPE. DOWN THE RHINE. ]
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XXXII.
LETTERS, 1892, CHIEFLY TO MR. HALL AND MRS.
CRANE. IN BERLIN, MENTONE, BAD-NAUHEIM, FLORENCE. ]
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XXXIII.
LETTERS, 1893, TO MR. HALL, MRS. CLEMENS, AND
OTHERS. FLORENCE. BUSINESS TROUBLES. “PUDD'NHEAD WILSON.” “JOAN OF
ARC.” AT THE PLAYERS, NEW ]
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XXXIV.
LETTERS 1894. A WINTER IN NEW YORK. BUSINESS
FAILURE. END OF THE MACHINE. ]
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XXXV.
LETTERS, 1895-96, TO H. H. ROGERS AND OTHERS.
FINISHING “JOAN OF ARC.” THE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD. DEATH OF SUSY
CLEMENS. ]
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XXXVI.
LETTERS 1897. LONDON, SWITZERLAND, VIENNA ]
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XXXVII.
LETTERS, 1898, TO HOWELLS AND TWICHELL. LIFE IN
VIENNA. PAYMENT OF THE DEBTS. ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPRESS. ]
[
XXXVIII.
LETTERS, 1899, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. VIENNA.
LONDON. A SUMMER IN SWEDEN. ]
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XXXIX.
LETTERS OF 1900, MAINLY TO TWICHELL. THE BOER
WAR. BOXER TROUBLES. THE RETURN TO AMERICA. ]
VOLUME V.
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XL.
LETTERS OF 1901, CHIEFLY TO TWICHELL. MARK TWAIN AS
A REFORMER. SUMMER AT SARANAC. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.
]
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XLI.
LETTERS OF 1902. RIVERDALE. YORK HARBOR. ILLNESS OF
MRS. CLEMENS ]
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XLII.
LETTERS OF 1903. TO VARIOUS PERSONS. HARD DAYS AT
RIVERDALE. LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA. THE RETURN TO ITALY. ]
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XLIII.
LETTERS OF 1904. TO VARIOUS PERSONS. LIFE IN
VILLA QUARTO. DEATH OF MRS. CLEMENS. THE RETURN TO AMERICA. ]
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XLIV.
LETTERS OF 1905. TO TWICHELL, MR. DUNEKA AND
OTHERS. POLITICS AND HUMANITY. A SUMMER AT DUBLIN. MARK TWAIN AT 70.
]
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XLV.
LETTERS, 1906, TO VARIOUS PERSONS. THE FAREWELL
LECTURE. A SECOND SUMMER IN DUBLIN. BILLIARDS AND COPYRIGHT. ]
VOLUME VI.
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XLVI.
LETTERS 1907-08. A DEGREE FROM OXFORD. THE NEW
HOME AT REDDING. ]
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XLVII.
LETTERS, 1909. TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. LIFE AT
STORMFIELD. COPYRIGHT EXTENSION. DEATH OF JEAN CLEMENS ]
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XLVIII.
LETTERS OF 1910. LAST TRIP TO BERMUDA. LETTERS
TO PAINE. THE LAST LETTER. ]
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