Mark Twain

“ No work for Tracy—Cheaper lodgings secured—Sleeping on
the roof—"My daughter Hattie"—Tracy receives further
"impressions" from Hattie (otherwise "Puss") —Mr. Barrow
appears—And offers to help Tracy find work ”

“ TOM’S MEETING WITH THE PRINCE "AT TEMPLE BAR" "LET HIM IN" "HOW OLD BE THESE "DOFF THY RAGS, AND DON THESE SPLENDORS" "I SALUTE YOUR GRACIOUS HIGHNESS!” THE PRINCE’S TROUBLES BEGIN "SET UPON BY DOGS" "A DRUNKEN RUFFIAN COLLARED HIM" TOM AS A PATRICIAN "NEXT HE DREW THE SWORD" "RESOLVED TO FLY" "THE BOY WAS ON HIS KNEES" "NOBLES WALKED UPON EACH SIDE OF HIM" "HE DROPPED UPON HIS KNEES" "HE TURNED WITH JOYFUL FACE" "THE PHYSICIAN BOWED LOW" "THE KING FELL BACK UPON HIS COUCH" "IS THIS MAN TO LIVE FOREVER?" ”

“ McDougal’s Cave Inside the Cave Huck on Duty A Rousing Act Tail Piece The Welchman Result of a Sneeze Cornered Alarming Discoveries Tom and Becky stir up the Town Tom’s Marks Huck Questions the Widow Vampires Wonders of the Cave Attacked by Natives Despair The Wedding Cake A New Terror Daylight "Turn Out” to Receive Tom and Becky The Escape from the Cave Fate of the Ragged Man The Treasures Found Caught at Last Drop after Drop Having a Good Time A Business Trip "Got it at Last! ”

“ What Is Man? And Others WHAT IS MAN? THE DEATH OF JEAN THE TURNING-POINT OF MY LIFE HOW TO MAKE HISTORY DATES STICK THE MEMORABLE ASSASSINATION A SCRAP OF CURIOUS HISTORY SWITZERLAND, THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY AT THE SHRINE OF ST. WAGNER WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT ON GIRLS A SIMPLIFIED ALPHABET AS CONCERNS INTERPRETING THE DEITY CONCERNING TOBACCO THE BEE TAMING THE BICYCLE IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD? ”

“ Tail Piece Widow Douglas Tom Backs his Statement Tail Piece Huck Transformed Comfortable Once More High up in Society Contentment
ROUGHING IT CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. My Brother appointed Secretary of Nevada—I Envy His Prospective Adventures—Am Appointed Private Secretary Under Him—My Contentment Complete—Packed in One Hour—Dreams and Visions—On the Missouri River—A Bully Boat CHAPTER II. Arrive at St. ”

“ CHAPTER II. Change of Costume—Fish, Snake, and Boomerang Stories—Tests of Memory—A Brahmin Expert—General Grant’s Memory—A Delicately Improper Tale CHAPTER III. Honolulu—Reminiscences of the Sandwich Islands—King Liholiho and His Royal Equipment—The Tabu—The Population of the Island—A Kanaka Diver—Cholera at Honolulu—Honolulu ”

“ Everest—Thibetans—The Prayer Wheel—People Going to the Bazar CHAPTER LVI. On the Road Again—The Hand-Car—A Thirty-five-mile Slide—The Banyan Tree—A Dramatic Performance—The Railroad Loop—The Half-way House—The Brain Fever Bird—The Coppersmith Bird—Nightingales and Cue Owls CHAPTER LVII. India the Most Extraordinary Country on Earth—Nothing Forgotten—The Land of Wonders—Annual Statistics Everywhere about Violence—Tiger vs. ”

“ In a Tearing Way One of his Ancestors Jim’s Coat of Arms A Tough Job Buttons on their Tails Irrigation Keeping off Dull Times Sawdust Diet Trouble is Brewing Fishing Every one had a Gun Tom caught on a Splinter Jim advises a Doctor The Doctor Uncle Silas in Danger Old Mrs. Hotchkiss Aunt Sally talks to Huck Tom Sawyer wounded The Doctor speaks for Jim Tom rose square up in Bed "Hand out them Letters" Out of Bondage Tom’s Liberality Yours Truly ”

“ Jones’ Surprise a Failure CHAPTER XXXV. A New Order of Things—Poor Huck—New Adventures Planned ILLUSTRATIONS Tom Sawyer Tom at Home Aunt Polly Beguiled A Good Opportunity Who’s Afraid Late Home Jim 'Tendin’ to Business Ain’t that Work? ”

“ X., a Missionary—Why Christianity Makes Slow Progress in India—A Large Dream—Hindoo Miracles and Legends—Sampson and Hanuman—The Sandstone Ridge—Where are the Gates? CHAPTER XIII. Public Works in Australasia—Botanical Garden of Sydney—Four Special Socialties—The Government House—A Governor and His Functions—The Admiralty House—The Tour of the Harbor—Shark Fishing—Cecil Rhodes’ Shark and his First Fortune—Free Board for Sharks. ”

“ Four Hours with Wagner—A Wonderful Singer, Once—” Only a Shriek”—An Ancient Vocalist—“He Only Cry”—Emotional Germans—A Wise Custom—Late Comers Rebuked—Heard to the Last—No Interruptions Allowed—A Royal Audience—An Eccentric King—Real Rain and More of It—Immense Success—“Encore! ”

“ Blank and His Influence—Conveyance of an Idea—I Had to Like the Irishman—Corrigan Castle, and the Mark Twain Club—My Bascom Mystery Solved CHAPTER XXVI. Where New Zealand Is—But Few Know—Things People Think They Know—The Yale Professor and His Visitor from N. Z. CHAPTER XXVII. The South Pole Swell—Tasmania—Extermination of the Natives—The Picture Proclamation—The Conciliator—The Formidable Sixteen CHAPTER XXVIII. When the Moment Comes the Man Appears—Why Ed. ”

“ Curious Republic of Gondour THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR A MEMORY INTRODUCTORY TO "MEMORANDA" ABOUT SMELLS A COUPLE OF SAD EXPERIENCES DAN MURPHY THE "TOURNAMENT" IN A. D. 1870 CURIOUS RELIC FOR SALE A REMINISCENCE OF THE BACK SETTLEMENTS A ROYAL COMPLIMENT THE APPROACHING EPIDEMIC THE TONE-IMPARTING COMMITTEE OUR PRECIOUS LUNATIC THE EUROPEAN WARS—
[From the Buffalo Express, July 25, 1870.] THE WILD MAN INTERVIEWED—
[From the Buffalo Express, September 18, 1869.] LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN—
[From the Buffalo Express, September 11, 1889.] ”

“ CHAPTER LIV. Chinese in Virginia City—Washing Bills—Habit of Imitation—Chinese Immigration—A Visit to Chinatown—Messrs. Ah Sing, Hong Wo, See Yup, &c CHAPTER LV. Tired of Virginia City—An Old Schoolmate—A Two Years’ Loan—Acting as an Editor—Almost Receive an Offer—An Accident—Three Drunken Anecdotes—Last Look at Mt. ”

“ MADONNA-LIKE BEAUTY" 194 PUTNAM OUTDONE 195 THE BASTINADO 196 “I WEPT" 197 WANT OF DIGNITY 198 AN ORIENTAL WELL 199 ARABS SALUTING 200 FREE SONS OF THE DESERT 201 SHECHEM 202 GATE OF JERUSALEM 203 BEGGARS IN JERUSALEM 204 CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER 205 GRAVE OF ADAM 206 VIEW OF JERUSALEM 207 THE WANDERING JEW 208 MOSQUE OF OMAR 209 AN EPIDEMIC 210 CHARGE OF BEDOUINS 211 DEAD SEA 212 GROTTO OF THE NATIVITY 213 JAFFA 214 REAR ELEVATION OF JACK 215 STREET IN ALEXANDRIA 216 VICEROY OF EGYPT 217 EASTERN MONARCH 218 MOSES S. BEACH 219 ROOM No. ”

“ Proposition.—Loading Beeves at Acapulco.—He was n't Raised to it.
—He is Roped In.—His Dull Eyes Lit Up.—Four Aces, you Ass!
—He does n't Care for the Gores. CHAPTER XXXVII.
A Terrible Disaster.—The “Gold Dust” explodes her Boilers.
—The End of a Good Man. ”

“ ILLUMINATED TITLE-PAGE-THE PILGRIM’S VISION 3. “I ‘LL PAY YOU IN PARIS" 4. THE START 5. “GOOD MORNING, SIR" 6. THE OLD PIRATE 7. DANCING UNDER DIFFICULTIES 8. THE MOCK TRIAL 9. “LAND, HO!” 10. THE CAPOTE 11. RUIN AND DESOLATION 12. PORT OF HORTA, FAYAL 13. “SEKKI-YAH" 14. BEAUTIFUL STRANGER 15. ”

“ BIG THINGS SHOWN UP 31. COL. SELLERS BLOWING BUBBLES FOR WASHINGTON 32. GEN BOSWELL’S OFFICE 33. TAIL PIECE 34. CONSOLATION 35. THE DYING FATHER 36. TAIL PIECE 37. LAURA SEEKING POR EVIDENCES OF HER BIRTH 38. EVER TRUE 39. A HEALTHY MEAL 40. PHILIP AT THE THEATRE 41. WHAT PHILIP LEARNED AT COLLEGE 42. THE DELEGATE’S INTERESTING GAME 43. THE PERSON OF IMPORTANCE 44. "NOT THAT" 45. RUTH’S MOTHER MAKES ENQUIRIES 46. THE LETTER 47. CARING FOR THE POOR 48. ANATOMICAL INVESTIGATIONS 49. RUTH LOOKING AT THE “NEW ONE” BY CANDLE LIGHT 60. "ONLY FOR YOU, BRIERLY" 51. AN ACCLIMATED MAN 51. ”

“ 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.
Mysterious Stranger Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11
A FABLE HUNTING THE DECEITFUL TURKEY THE McWILLIAMSES AND THE BURGLAR ALARM
The Double Barrelled Detective PART I I II III IV. V PART II I II III IV V
The Stolen White Elephant I. II III
Rambling Idle Excursion I. II. III. IV. ”

“ 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. ”

“ AN HONEST MAN 64. THE TOWN BY NIGHT 65. GENERATIONS OF BAREFEET 66. OUR BEDROOM 67. PRACTICING 68. PAWING AROUND 69. A NIGHT’S WORK 70. LEAVING HEILBRONN 71. THE CAPTAIN 72. WAITING FOR THE TRAIN 73. A DEEP AND TRANQUIL ECSTACY 74. "WHICH ANSWERED JUST AS WELL" 75. LIFE ON A RAFT 76. LADY GERTRUDE 77. MOUTH OF THE CAVERN 78. A FATAL MISTAKE 79. TAIL PIECE 80. RAFTING ON THE NECKAR 81. ”

“ FIRST SUPPER IN FRANCE 26. PAINTING 27. RINGING FOR SOAP 28. “WINE, SIR!” 29. THE PILGRIM 30. THE PRISONER 31. HOMELESS FRANCE 32. RAILROAD OFFICIAL IN FRANCE 33. “FIVE MINUTES FOR REFRESHMENTS”—AMERICA 34. “THIRTY MINUTES FOR DINNER”—FRANCE 35. THE OLD TRAVELLER 36. A DECIDED SHAVE 37. A GAS-TLY SUBSTITUTE 38. THE THREE GUIDES 39. “ZE SILK MAGAZIN" 40. RETURN IN WAR PAINT 41. NAPOLEON III 42. ABDUL AZIZ 43. THE MORGUE 44. WE TOOK A WALK 45. THE CAN-CAN 46. GRAVES OF ABELARD AND HELOISE 47. A PAIR OF CANONS OF 13TH CENTURY 48. THE PRIVATE MARRIAGE 49. AMERICAN DRINKS 50. ”

“ WAITING FOR A RAILROAD 59. "IT AIN’T THERE" 60. TAIL PIECE 61. CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON 62. LAURA SWOONED 63. TAILPIECE 64. NOT EASILY REFERRED 65. ORDER, GENTLEMEN 66. THE SENATOR’S WALK 67. RESIDENCE OF SQUIRE MONTAGUE 68. INSIDE THE MANSION 69. RUTH DISSIPATING 70. TAIL PIECE 71. ANTICIPATION 72. REALITY 73. PHILIP HEARS HARRY ENTERTAINING RUTH 74. AN ENTERTAINING FELLOW 75. HARRY EXPLAINS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE 76. PHILIP STUDYING 77. "KEEP OUT OF HERE, SIR!” 78. AN OLD ONE 79. A PROMENADE OUTFIT 80. REARED BY A GRATEFUL COUNTRY 81. BENEFIT OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE 82. ”

“ COL. SELLERS ENLIGHTENING THE BOHEMIANS 126. LAURA IN THE BOOK STORE 127. VERY AGREEABLE 128. PLAYING TO WIN 129. SHE SAID “PARDON" 130. "IT’S HE! IT’S HE!” 131. REFLECTION 132. ONCE MORE FACE TO FACE 133. COL. SELBY KNEELS AND KISSES HER HAND 134. JOLLY GOOD COMPANY 135. SUPPER OR BREAKFAST? 136. TAIL PIECE 137. A LADY-KILLER TAMED 138. CONSUMING LOVE 139. A CONVERT TO WOMEN’S RIGHTS 140. OPENING NEGOTIATIONS 141. NOT JUST YET 142. WELL POSTED 143. MR. TROLLOP THINKS IT OVER 144. DILWORTHY GIVES LAURA HIS BLESSING 145. ”

“ A GLACIER TABLE 186. GLACIER OF GRINDELWALD 187. DAWN ON THE MOUNTAINS 188. TAIL PIECE 189. NEW AND OLD STYLE 190. ST NICHOLAS, AS A HERMIT 191. A LANDSLIDE 192. GOLDAU VALLEY BEFORE AND AFTER THE LANDSLIDE 193. THE WAY THEY DO IT 194. OUR GALLANT DRIVER 195. A MOUNTAIN PASS 196. "I’M OFUL DRY" 197. IT’S THE FASHION 198. WHAT WE EXPECTED 199. WE MISSED THE SCENERY 200. THE TOURISTS 201. THE YOUNG BRIDE 202. "IT WAS A FAMOUS VICTORY 203. PROMENADE IN INTERLAKEN 204. THE JUNGFRAU BY M.T. 205. STREET IN INTERLAKEN 206. ”

“ PHILIP LEAVING LAURA 151. CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE 152. THE HOUSE 153. COL SELLERS ASLEEP IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 154. A HEARTY SHAKE 155. SENATOR DILWORTHY TRANQUIL 156. "SHE AIN’T DAH, SAR" 157. AS THE WITNESSES DESCRIBED IT 158. THE LEARNED DOCTORS 159. IMPORTANT BUSINESS 160. COL. SELLERS AND WASHINGTON IN LAURA’S CELL 161. PROMISED PATRONAGE 162. NO LOVE LIKE A MOTHER’S 163. CLEANED OUT BUT NOT CRUSHED 164. THE LANDLORD TAKING LESSONS 165. TAILPIECE 166. "WE’VE STRUCK IT" 167. ”

“ VISIONS OF A HAPPY MAN 84. EXODUS OF THE NATIVES 85. HARRY BRIERLY FLIES FROM THE MOB 86. ENJOYING THE BONFIRE 87. BROTHER PLUM 88. RUTH AT HOME 89. MAP OF THE SALT LICK BRANCH OF THE PACIFIC R. R. 90. RESULT OF A STRAIGHT LINE 91. AT HEADQUARTERS 92. TOUCHING A WEAK SPOT 93. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE, $10,000, 94. MALE LOBBYIST, $3,000 255 95. FEMALE LOBBYIST, $3,000 96. HIGH MORAL SENATOR, $3,000 97. COUNTRY MEMBER, $500 98. DOCUMENTARY PROOF 99. COLONEL SELLERS DESPONDENT 100. TAIL PIECE 101. THE MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYS 102. PHILIP THRUST FROM THE R. R. CAR 103. ”

“ MY PICTURE OF THE MATTERHORN 261. EVERYBODY HAD AN EXCUSE 262. SPRUNG A LEAK 263. A SCIENTIFIC QUESTION 264. A TERMINAL MORAINE 265. FRONT OF GLACIER 266. AN OLD MORAINE 267. GLACIER OF ZERMATT WITH LATERAL MORAINE 269. UNEXPECTED MEETING OF FRIENDS 269. VILLAGE OF CHAMONIX 270. THE MATTERHORN 271. ON THE SUMMIT 272. ACCIDENT ON THE MATTERHORN (1865) 273. ROPED TOGETHER 274. STORAGE OF ANCESTORS 275. FALLING OUT OF HIS FARM 276. CHILD LIFE IN SWITZERLAND 277. A SUNDAY PLAY 278. THE COMBINATION 279. CHILLON 280. THE TETE NOIR 281. MONT BLANC’S NEIGHBORS 282. ”

“ A VARIABLE CLIMATE 216. SACRAMENTO AND THREE NODES AWAY 217. "FETCH HER OUT ... 218. "WELL IF IT AINT A CHILD ... 219. A GENUINE LIVE WOMAN 220. THE GRACE OF A KANGAROO 221. DREAMS DISSIPATED 222. THE “ONE HORSE SHAY” OUTDONE 223. HARD ON THE INNOCENTS 224. DRY BONES SHAKEN 225. "OH! WHAT, SHALL I DO!... 226. "GET OUT YOUR TOWEL MY DEAR" 227. "WE WILL OMIT THE BENEDICTION... 228. SLINKING 229. A PRIZE 230. A LOOK IN AT THE WINDOW 231. "DO IT STRANGER" 232. THE OLD COLLEGIATE 233. STRIKING A POCKET 234. TOM QUARTZ 235. AN ADVANTAGE TAKEN 236. AFTER AN EXCURSION 237. ”

“ EVERYTHING 175. TAIL PIECE 176. "COME NOW, LETS CHEER UP" 177. A SHINING EXAMPLE 178. THE SEWING SOCIETY DODGE 179. DILWORTHY ADDRESSES A SUNDAY SCHOOL 180. TAIL PIECE 181. THE JUDGE 182. LAURA ON TRIAL 183. MICHAEL LANIGAN 184. PATRICK COUGHLIN 185. ETHAN DOBB 186. MR HICKS 187. SEARCH FOR A FATHER 158. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A LULL 189. TERM EXPIRED 190. RE-ELECTED 191. THE “FAITHFUL OLD HAND" 192. A FIRE BRAND 193. TAIL PIECE 194. COL. SELLERS AND WASHINGTON RETURN HOME AFTER THE VOTE 195. ”

“ JUST SAVED 238. SCENE IN VALLEY OF ZERMATT 239. ARRIVAL AT ZERMATT 240. FITTED OUT 241. A FEARFUL FALL 242. TAIL PIECE 243. ALL READY 244. THE MARCH 245. THE CARAVAN 246. THE HOOK 247. THE DISABLED CHAPLAIN 248. TRYING EXPERIMENTS 249. SAVED! SAVED! 250. TWENTY MINUTES WORK 251. THE BLACK RAM 252. THE MIRACLE 253. THE NEW GUIDE 251. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES 255. MOUNTAIN CHALET 256. THE GRANDSON 257. OCCASIONLY MET WITH 258. SUMMIT OF THE GORNER GRAT 259. ”

“ 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 2. ”