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VOLUME I.
FOREWORD
MARK TWAIN—A BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS
I.
EARLY LETTERS, 1853. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA
II.
LETTERS 1856-61. KEOKUK, AND THE RIVER. END OF
PILOTING
III.
LETTERS 1861-62. ON THE FRONTIER. MINING
ADVENTURES. JOURNALISTIC BEGINNINGS.
IV.
LETTERS 1863-64. “MARK TWAIN.” COMSTOCK JOURNALISM.
ARTEMUS WARD
V.
LETTERS 1864-66. SAN FRANCISCO AND HAWAII
VI.
LETTERS 1866-67. THE LECTURER. SUCCESS ON THE COAST.
IN NEW YORK. THE GREAT OCEAN EXCURSION.
VOLUME II.
VII.
LETTERS 1867. THE TRAVELER. THE VOYAGE OF THE
“QUAKER CITY”
VIII.
LETTERS 1867-68. WASHINGTON AND SAN FRANCISCO. THE
PROPOSED BOOK OF TRAVEL. A NEW LECTURE.
IX.
LETTERS 1868-70. COURTSHIP, AND “THE INNOCENTS
ABROAD”
X.
LETTERS 1870-71. MARK TWAIN IN BUFFALO. MARRIAGE. THE
BUFFALO EXPRESS. “MEMORANDA.” LECTURES. A NEW BOOK.
XI.
LETTERS 1871-72. REMOVAL TO HARTFORD. A LECTURE
TOUR. “ROUGHING IT.” FIRST LETTER TO HOWELLS.
XII.
LETTERS 1872-73. MARK TWAIN IN ENGLAND. LONDON
HONORS. ACQUAINTANCE WITH DR. JOHN BROWN. A LECTURE TRIUMPH. “THE
GILDED AGE”.
XIII.
LETTERS 1874. HARTFORD AND ELMIRA. A NEW STUDY.
BEGINNING “TOM SAWYER.” THE SELLERS PLAY.
XIV.
LETTERS 1874. MISSISSIPPI CHAPTERS. VISITS TO
BOSTON. A JOKE ON ALDRICH.
XV.
LETTERS FROM HARTFORD, 1875. MUCH CORRESPONDENCE
WITH HOWELLS
VOLUME III.
XVI.
LETTERS, 1876, CHIEFLY TO W. D. HOWELLS. LITERATURE
AND POLITICS. PLANNING A PLAY WITH BRET HARTE.
XVII.
LETTERS, 1877. TO BERMUDA WITH TWICHELL.
PROPOSITION TO TH. NAST. THE WHITTIER DINNER.
XVIII.
LETTERS FROM EUROPE, 1878-79. TRAMPING WITH
TWICHELL. WRITING A NEW TRAVEL BOOK. LIFE IN MUNICH.
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.
XXI.
LETTERS 1881, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. ASSISTING A
YOUNG SCULPTOR. LITERARY PLANS.
XXII.
LETTERS, 1882, MAINLY TO HOWELLS. WASTED FURY. OLD
SCENES REVISITED. THE MISSISSIPPI BOOK.
XXIII.
LETTERS, 1883, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. A GUEST OF
THE MARQUIS OF LORNE. THE HISTORY GAME. A PLAY BY HOWELLS AND MARK
TWAIN.
XXIV.
LETTERS, 1884, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. CABLE'S
GREAT APRIL FOOL. “HUCK FINN” IN PRESS. MARK TWAIN FOR CLEVELAND.
CLEMENS AND CABLE.
XXV.
THE GREAT YEAR OF 1885. CLEMENS AND CABLE.
PUBLICATION OF “HUCK
VOLUME IV.
XXVI.
LETTERS, 1886-87. JANE CLEMENS'S ROMANCE. UNMAILED
LETTERS, ETC.
XXVII.
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS OF 1887. LITERARY ARTICLES.
PEACEFUL DAYS AT THE FARM. FAVORITE READING. APOLOGY TO MRS.
CLEVELAND, ETC.
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.
XXXII.
LETTERS, 1892, CHIEFLY TO MR. HALL AND MRS.
CRANE. IN BERLIN, MENTONE, BAD-NAUHEIM, FLORENCE.
XXXIII.
LETTERS, 1893, TO MR. HALL, MRS. CLEMENS, AND
OTHERS. FLORENCE. BUSINESS TROUBLES. “PUDD'NHEAD WILSON.” “JOAN OF
ARC.” AT THE PLAYERS, NEW
XXXIV.
LETTERS 1894. A WINTER IN NEW YORK. BUSINESS
FAILURE. END OF THE MACHINE.
XXXV.
LETTERS, 1895-96, TO H. H. ROGERS AND OTHERS.
FINISHING “JOAN OF ARC.” THE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD. DEATH OF SUSY
CLEMENS.
XXXVI.
LETTERS 1897. LONDON, SWITZERLAND, VIENNA
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.
XXXIX.
LETTERS OF 1900, MAINLY TO TWICHELL. THE BOER
WAR. BOXER TROUBLES. THE RETURN TO AMERICA.
VOLUME V.
XL.
LETTERS OF 1901, CHIEFLY TO TWICHELL. MARK TWAIN AS
A REFORMER. SUMMER AT SARANAC. ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.
XLI.
LETTERS OF 1902. RIVERDALE. YORK HARBOR. ILLNESS OF
MRS. CLEMENS
XLII.
LETTERS OF 1903. TO VARIOUS PERSONS. HARD DAYS AT
RIVERDALE. LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA. THE RETURN TO ITALY.
XLIII.
LETTERS OF 1904. TO VARIOUS PERSONS. LIFE IN
VILLA QUARTO. DEATH OF MRS. CLEMENS. THE RETURN TO AMERICA.
XLIV.
LETTERS OF 1905. TO TWICHELL, MR. DUNEKA AND
OTHERS. POLITICS AND HUMANITY. A SUMMER AT DUBLIN. MARK TWAIN AT 70.
XLV.
LETTERS, 1906, TO VARIOUS PERSONS. THE FAREWELL
LECTURE. A SECOND SUMMER IN DUBLIN. BILLIARDS AND COPYRIGHT.
VOLUME VI.
XLVI.
LETTERS 1907-08. A DEGREE FROM OXFORD. THE NEW
HOME AT REDDING.
XLVII.
LETTERS, 1909. TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. LIFE AT
STORMFIELD. COPYRIGHT EXTENSION. DEATH OF JEAN CLEMENS
XLVIII.
LETTERS OF 1910. LAST TRIP TO BERMUDA. LETTERS
TO PAINE. THE LAST LETTER.
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