Mark Twain Speaks for Himself

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By: Mark Twain, Paul Fatout (Editor)

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Paperback | 28 February 1998

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Where does the Twain meet? As observer and reporter. As teacher and preacher. With a twinkle in his eye. With whimsy in his heart. Twain indeed speaks volumes for himself through his newspaper stories, humorous columns, letters, speeches, and interviews, gathered together here for the first time in one paperback volume and providing a picture of the consummate writer - unabashed, critical, and cutting. Ranging in topics from "Silver Bars - How Assayed" to "The Carnegie Spelling Reform," his words in print read as if they were spoken. When Mark Twain wrote, he made the language live by his use of the right word, a striking phrase, a sharp figure of speech, or a pungent remark that is uniquely his own. As vital - and varied - as his style is his tone. Readers who look for his familiar irony and satire will be enmeshed in them before they spot them, making this a perfect title for every Twain collection.

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The . . . pieces in this work are feast enough for lovers of Twain. Professor Fatout's brief, pithy notes and introductions make them even better."-The Antioch Review "A beautifully done book . . . a pleasant surprise to find both subject matter and design working together!"-From the catalog of the thirtieth Chicago Book Clinic Annual Exhibit in which Mark Twain Speaks for Himself was a 1979 Top Honor Book "The only thing I did not like about the book was that I reached the back cover too soon."-The Madison Review of Books "Certainly this anthology is a requisite for Twain researchists, as well as a fun book for casual readers; it is competently edited and indexed, and is handsomely printed."Choice "Funny, outrageous, ironic, and occasionally tender, the wide-ranging genius of Twain is captivatingly expressed by these fugitive pieces."-The Pacific Historian

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Preface
Acknowledgments
The Indian Troubles on the Overland Route	p. 1
Silver Bars - How Assayed	p. 5
Mark Twain on "The Unreliable"	p. 9
New Year's Day	p. 10
A Brisk Business in the Shooting and Slashing Way in Washoe	p. 11
Gashwiler and Funk	p. 16
Immorality in San Francisco	p. 18
A New Contributor	p. 20
Romance in Real Life	p. 25
Mark Twain at the Orleans Hotel, Sacramento	p. 27
A Reminiscence, by Mark Twain	p. 30
The Maiden Voyage of the Ajax	p. 32
Mark Twain Mystified	p. 34
Letter to the Editor	p. 35
Rats Abandon a Sinking Ship	p. 39
The First Gentleman	p. 43
Eat, Drink for Tomorrow We Sail	p. 47
Colonel Burke and the Fenians	p. 50
Letter to the Editor	p. 53
"Another Old Californian Gone"	p. 56
Mark Twain's Idea of a Good Letter	p. 58
Mark Twain in New York	p. 62
Mark Twain in a Railroad Car	p. 65
Perils of the Sea	p. 68
The Poor of Hartford and the Sandwich Islands	p. 72
Foster's Case	p. 75
Making a Fortune	p. 78
Mark Twain's Farewell	p. 80
The Shah Calls upon the Queen	p. 83
Letter to the Editor	p. 85
Sociable Jimmy	p. 88
Proposed Shakespearean Memorial	p. 93
A Persistent Beggar	p. 98
Mark Twain's Hotel	p. 102
A Tramp of the Sea	p. 104
Letter of Regret	p. 109
Mark Twain on England	p. 111
Mark Twain as a Presidential Candidate	p. 116
Mark Twain Home Again	p. 118
Letter of Regret	p. 122
Mark Twain on Artemus Ward	p. 124
Mark Twain's Baby	p. 125
Authoritative Contradiction	p. 127
Mark Twain Explains	p. 129
Mark Twain on Copyright Law	p. 133
Mark Twain Aggrieved	p. 135
Interview	p. 137
Mark Twain Accepts Honorary Degree	p. 141
Authors' Readings	p. 143
Letter to the Millicent Library	p. 146
Mark Twain, A Life Member of the Lotos	p. 147
Mark Twain is Here	p. 148
Mark Twain Put to the Question	p. 151
Mark Twain on His Methods of Work	p. 154
Mark Twain Writes a Letter on Anglo-American Unity	p. 157
Twain's Farewell to Vienna	p. 159
Mark Twain on Hazing	p. 160
Slander's Mask of Humor	p. 161
Two Little Tales	p. 162
Races on the Mississippi	p. 175
"Mark Twain" Indorses Exposure of Mrs. Eddy	p. 178
Why Not Abolish It?	p. 180
Mark Twain Makes Some Parting Remarks	p. 186
Mark Twain to Reform the Language of Italy	p. 189
Overspeeding	p. 192
A Humorist's Confession	p. 194
Adieu, "Chauffeur"!	p. 206
The Carnegie Spelling Reform	p. 208
Mark Twain Tells How to Manage Audiences	p. 214
Carl Schurz, Pilot	p. 216
Twain and the Telephone	p. 218
Aid for Harte's Daughter	p. 220
Twain and Yacht Disappear at Sea. Mark Twain Investigating	p. 221
Mark Twain Living Up to His Degree. Mark Twain's Experiences in the Hands of British Interviewers	p. 222
Twain Postpones Funeral	p. 225
Marjorie Fleming, the Wonder Child	p. 225
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