In this Book
- Mark Twain Speaking
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: University of Iowa Press
summary
Originally published in 1976 and reissued in 2006 after many years out of print, Mark Twain Speaking assembles Twain's lectures, after-dinner speeches, and interviews from 1864 to 1909. Explanatory notes describe occasions, identify personalities, and discuss techniques of Twain's oral craftsmanship. A chronology listing date, place, and title of speech or type of engagement completes the collection.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xv-xxvii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xxix
- Selection of Texts
- p. xxx
- Abbreviations
- pp. xxx-xxxi
- 1. Presentation Speech
- pp. 1-3
- 2. Sandwich Islands Lecture
- pp. 4-15
- 3. Concluding Remarks
- pp. 16-18
- 4. Address to the Czar
- pp. 18-19
- 6. Pilgrim Life
- pp. 23-25
- 7. Introductory Remarks
- pp. 25-26
- 8. The American Vandal Abroad
- pp. 27-36
- 9. Concluding Remarks
- pp. 37-38
- 10. The Reliable Contraband
- pp. 38-41
- 11. Artemus Ward Lecture
- pp. 41-48
- 12. Roughing it Lecture
- pp. 48-63
- 14. Aldine Dinner Speech
- pp. 65-68
- 15. Savage Club
- pp. 69-71
- 16. Whitefriars Club
- pp. 72-73
- 17. Meeting of Americans
- pp. 74-77
- 18. The Ladies
- pp. 78-81
- 19. The Guests
- p. 82
- 21. Massachusetts Press Association
- pp. 85-86
- 22. Curtain Speech
- pp. 87-88
- 23. Dinner Speech
- pp. 89-91
- 24. Curtain Speech
- pp. 92-93
- 25. Spelling Match
- pp. 94-96
- 26. Republican Mass Meeting
- pp. 97-99
- 27. The Weather of New England
- pp. 100-102
- 28. Curtain Speech
- pp. 103-105
- 29. Putnam Phalanx
- pp. 106-109
- 30. Whittier Birthday Dinner
- pp. 110-115
- 31. Bayard Taylor Dinner
- pp. 116-119
- 32. Anglo American Club
- pp. 120-121
- 33. Stanley Club
- pp. 122-124
- 34. Stomach Club
- pp. 125-127
- 35. Introducing General Hawley
- pp. 128-129
- 37. The Babies
- pp. 131-133
- 38. Holmes Breakfast
- pp. 134-135
- 39. Welcome to General Grant
- pp. 136-137
- 40. Republican Rally
- pp. 138-145
- 41. Funeral Oration
- pp. 146-147
- 42. Papyrus Club
- pp. 148-150
- 43. Army of the Potomac Reunion
- pp. 151-154
- 44. De Woman wid de Gold'n Arm
- pp. 155-156
- 45. Montreal Dinner
- pp. 157-161
- 46. New England Society
- pp. 162-165
- 47. Fréchette Dinner
- pp. 166-168
- 48. Saturday Morning Club
- pp. 169-172
- 49. New England Society
- pp. 173-175
- 50. Introducing George W. Cable
- pp. 176-177
- 51. On Adam
- pp. 178-180
- 52. Wheelmen
- p. 181
- 53. Turncoats
- pp. 182-185
- 54. Mugwump Rally
- pp. 186-187
- 55. Mock Oration on the Dead Partisan
- pp. 188-189
- 56. On Speech-Making Reform
- pp. 190-193
- 57. Actors Fund Fair
- p. 194
- 58. Huck Saves Jim
- pp. 195-199
- 59. The Compositor
- pp. 200-205
- 60. Remarks on Copyright
- pp. 206-209
- 61. Our Children
- p. 210
- 62. Yankee Smith of Camelot
- pp. 211-213
- 63. Introducing Henry M. Stanley
- pp. 214-215
- 64. Stationers Board of Trade
- pp. 216-218
- 65. An Author's Soldiering
- pp. 219-221
- 66. Daly's Theatre
- pp. 222-224
- 67. Army and Navy Club
- pp. 225-229
- 68. Post-Prandial Oratory
- pp. 230-234
- 69. Yale Alumni Association
- pp. 235-237
- 70. Introducing Nye and Riley
- pp. 238-239
- 71. The Long Clam
- pp. 240-243
- 72. The Grand Tour—I. The Sandwich Islands
- pp. 244-246
- 73. Fellowcraft Club
- pp. 247-250
- 74. The Humorist on the Copyright Question
- pp. 251-253
- 75. The Christening Yarn
- pp. 254-255
- 76. Curtain Speech
- p. 256
- 77. On Foreign Critics
- pp. 257-260
- 78. National Wholesale Druggists Association
- pp. 261-262
- 79. Robert A. Pryor Dinner
- pp. 263-264
- 80. Lotos Club
- pp. 265-268
- 81. Brander Matthews Dinner
- pp. 269-270
- 82. Advice
- pp. 271-273
- 83. Cramp's Shipyard
- pp. 274-275
- 84. Curtain Speech
- pp. 276-278
- 85. Morals Lecture
- pp. 279-286
- 86. Interview
- pp. 287-288
- 87. His Grandfather's Old Ram
- pp. 289-291
- 88. Yorick Club
- pp. 292-297
- 89. Australian Institute of Journalists
- pp. 298-301
- 90. Savage Club
- pp. 302-304
- 91. Commemoration Luncheon
- pp. 305-307
- 92. Punch, Brothers, Punch
- pp. 308-311
- 93. Interview
- pp. 312-313
- 94. Die Schrecken Der Deutschen Sprache
- pp. 314-318
- 95. Jubilee of the Hungarian Press,
- pp. 319-320
- 96. Savage Club
- p. 321
- 97. Authors Club
- pp. 322-323
- 98. Whitefriars Club
- pp. 324-329
- 99. New Vagabonds Club
- pp. 330-332
- 100. The Day We Celebrate
- pp. 333-334
- 101. Remarks on Copyright
- pp. 335-336
- 102. Literature
- p. 337
- 103. The Drama
- pp. 338-339
- 104. Reading Room Opening
- pp. 340-341
- 105. Travelogue
- pp. 342-343
- 106. Galveston Orphans Bazaar
- pp. 344-345
- 107. Woman's Press Club
- pp. 346-348
- 108. Lotos Club
- pp. 349-352
- 109. New York Press Club
- pp. 353-355
- 110. Society of American Authors
- pp. 356-357
- 111. The Disappearance of Literature
- pp. 358-359
- 112. Public Education Association
- pp. 360-362
- 113. Our City
- pp. 363-366
- 114. Introducing Winston S. Churchill
- pp. 367-369
- 116. Hebrew Technical School for Girls
- pp. 374-376
- 117. University Settlement Society
- pp. 377-380
- 118. Lincoln Celebration
- pp. 381-383
- 119. Remarks on Osteopathy
- pp. 384-388
- 120. New York Senate
- p. 389
- 121. Training That Pays
- pp. 390-391
- 122. Lotos Club
- pp. 392-394
- 123. Poughkeepsie Eastman Club
- pp. 395-397
- 124. University Club
- pp. 398-400
- 125. Missouri Society
- pp. 401-402
- 127. Edmund Burke on Croker and Tammany
- pp. 404-413
- 129. Mock Eulogy of Tammany
- pp. 415-417
- 130. Good Citizenship Association
- pp. 418-419
- 131. Lotos Club
- pp. 420-422
- 132. Scotch Humor
- pp. 423-425
- 133. Yale Alumni Association
- pp. 426-428
- 134. Society of Medical Jurisprudence
- pp. 429-430
- 135. Hannibal High School Graduation
- pp. 431-434
- 136. University of Missouri Commencement
- pp. 435-439
- 137. Harbor Boat Christening
- pp. 440-441
- 139. Speech on Art
- pp. 443-446
- 140. Lotos Club
- pp. 447-452
- 141. Sixty-seventh Birthday Dinner
- pp. 453-461
- 142. Seventieth Birthday Dinner
- pp. 462-467
- 143. Benefit Matinee for Russian Sufferers
- pp. 468-471
- 144. Society of Illustrators
- pp. 472-477
- 145. Tuskegee Institute Meeting
- pp. 478-481
- 146. Manhattan Dickens Fellowship
- pp. 482-484
- 147. Ends of the Earth Club
- pp. 485-486
- 148. Introducing Dr. Henry Van Dyke
- pp. 487-491
- 149. West Side Branch Y.M.C.A.
- pp. 492-494
- 150. Barnard College Reception
- pp. 495-502
- 151. Freundschaft Society
- pp. 503-505
- 153. Women's University Club Reception
- pp. 511-512
- 154. Club A Dinner
- pp. 513-514
- 155. Robert Fulton Monument Association
- pp. 515-518
- 157. Billiards Exhibition
- pp. 520-521
- 158. Associated Press
- pp. 522-527
- 159. Concert Debut of Clara Clemens
- pp. 528-529
- 160. Interview
- pp. 530-532
- 161. Remarks on Copyright
- pp. 533-540
- 162. Burlesque Temperance Lecture
- pp. 541-542
- 163. Reminiscences of Longfellow and Others
- pp. 543-545
- 164. Curtain Speech
- pp. 546-547
- 165. Actors Fund Fair
- pp. 548-549
- 166. Government House, Annapolis
- pp. 550-553
- 167. Interview
- pp. 554-555
- 168. Royal Garden Party
- pp. 556-557
- 169. Our Guest
- pp. 558-563
- 170. Lord Mayor's Dinner
- pp. 564-566
- 171. The Day We Celebrate
- pp. 567-571
- 172. Savage Club
- pp. 572-576
- 173. Lord Mayor's Dinner, Liverpool
- pp. 577-584
- 174. Interview
- pp. 585-586
- 175. Fulton Day
- pp. 587-589
- 176. Bishop Speech
- pp. 590-595
- 177. Curtain Speech
- p. 596
- 178. Associated Societies of Engineers
- pp. 597-599
- 179. Pleiades Club
- pp. 600-602
- 180. Lotos Club
- pp. 603-611
- 181. Pilgrims Club
- pp. 612-615
- 183. Interview
- pp. 617-618
- 185. Curtain Speech
- p. 620
- 186. C.C.N.Y. Dedication
- pp. 621-622
- 187. Associated Alumni of C.C.N.Y.
- pp. 623-625
- 188. American Booksellers Association
- pp. 626-627
- 189. Queen Victoria—An American Tribute
- pp. 628-629
- 191. New York Postgraduate Medical School
- pp. 631-636
- 192. Lotos Club
- pp. 637-639
- 193. Henry H. Rogers Dinner
- pp. 640-642
- 194. William Travers Jerome Dinner
- pp. 643-644
- 195. Misses Tewksbury's School Graduation
- pp. 645-646
- Mark Twain Speaking: A Chronology
- pp. 647-680
Additional Information
ISBN
9781587297199
Related ISBN(s)
9780877450566, 9781587294686
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
294859561
Pages
720
Launched on MUSE
2012-07-25
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1976