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Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells.

 
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Introduction
 
PREFACE: FROM THE PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION OF "MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES."

 
THE STORY OF A SPEECH.
 
PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE PILGRIMS.
 
COMPLIMENTS AND DEGREES.
 
BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS.
 
DEDICATION SPEECH.
 
DIE SCHRECKEN DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE
 
HORRORS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE.
 
GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS: ADDRESS AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIPATION OF THE HUNGARIAN PRESS, MARCH 26, 1899.
 
A NEW GERMAN WORD.
 
UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM.
 
THE WEATHER.
 
THE BABIES.
 
OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES.
 
EDUCATING THEATRE-GOERS.
 
THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE.
 
POETS AS POLICEMEN.
 
PUDD'NHEAD WILSON DRAMATIZED.
 
DALY THEATRE.
 
THE DRESS OF CIVILIZED WOMAN.
 
DRESS REFORM AND COPYRIGHT.
 
COLLEGE GIRLS.
 
GIRLS.
 
THE LADIES.
 
WOMAN'S PRESS CLUB.
 
VOTES FOR WOMEN.
 
WOMAN-AN OPINION.
 
ADVICE TO GIRLS.
 
TAXES AND MORALS.
 
TAMMANY AND CROKER.
 
MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION.
 
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
 
CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES.
 
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL MORALS.
 
LAYMAN'S SERMON.
 
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY.
 
PUBLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
 
EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP.
 
COURAGE.
 
THE DINNER TO MR. CHOATE.
 
ON STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE.
 
HENRY M. STANLEY.
 
DINNER TO MR. JEROME.
 
HENRY IRVING.
 
DINNER TO HAMILTON W. MABIE.
 
INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY.
 
DINNER TO WHITELAW REID.
 
ROGERS AND RAILROADS.
 
THE OLD-FASHIONED PRINTER.
 
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS.
 
READING-ROOM OPENING.
 
LITERATURE.
 
DISAPPEARANCE OF LITERATURE.
 
THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB DINNER.
 
THE ALPHABET AND SIMPLIFIED SPELLING.
 
SPELLING AND PICTURES.
 
BOOKS AND BURGLARS.
 
AUTHORS' CLUB.
 
BOOKSELLERS.
 
"MARK TWAIN'S FIRST APPEARANCE."
 
MORALS AND MEMORY.
 
QUEEN VICTORIA.
 
JOAN OF ARC.
 
ACCIDENT INSURANCE-ETC.
 
OSTEOPATHY.
 
WATER-SUPPLY.
 
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
 
CATS AND CANDY.
 
OBITUARY POETRY.
 
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
 
BILLIARDS.
 
THE UNION RIGHT OR WRONG?
 
AN IDEAL FRENCH ADDRESS.
 
STATISTICS.
 
GALVESTON ORPHAN BAZAAR.
 
SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE.
 
CHARITY AND ACTORS.
 
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC.
 
RUSSIAN SUFFERERS.
 
WATTERSON AND TWAIN AS REBELS.
 
ROBERT FULTON FUND.
 
FULTON DAY, JAMESTOWN.
 
LOTOS CLUB DINNER IN HONOR OF MARK TWAIN.
 
COPYRIGHT.
 
IN AID OF THE BLIND.
 
DR. MARK TWAIN, FARMEOPATH.
 
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SPEECH.
 
BUSINESS.
 
CARNEGIE THE BENEFACTOR.
 
ON POETRY, VERACITY, AND SUICIDE.
 
WELCOME HOME.
 
AN UNDELIVERED SPEECH.
 
SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY.
 
TO THE WHITEFRIARS.
 
THE SAVAGE CLUB DINNER.
 
GENERAL MILES AND THE DOG.
 
WHEN IN DOUBT, TELL THE TRUTH.
 
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE.
 
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
 
AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH.
 
ABOUT LONDON.
 
PRINCETON.
 
THE ST. LOUIS HARBOR-BOAT "MARK TWAIN".
 
SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY.

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Harper and Brothers 1910
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