| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Note on the Text |
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| Chronological Table |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (20) |
| The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress (1869) |
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Unsigned review, Nation 1869 |
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21 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, Packard's Monthly 1869 |
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23 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, Buffalo Express 1869 |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (4) |
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review, Boston Daily Evening Transcript 1869 |
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31 | (1) |
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review, Overland Monthly 1870 |
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32 | (4) |
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Unsigned review, Athenaeum 1870 |
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36 | (3) |
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Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1870 |
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39 | (5) |
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`American Humorists', Macon (Mississippi) Beacon 1870 |
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44 | (2) |
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| Roughing It or The Innocents at Home (1872) |
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Unsigned review, Manchester Guardian 1872 |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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Unsigned review, Overland Monthly 1872 |
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49 | (3) |
| Sketches, New and Old (1875) |
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52 | (3) |
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`Artemus Ward and the Humourists of America', New Quarterly Magazine 1876 |
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55 | (4) |
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| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) |
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59 | (3) |
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review, London Examiner 1876 |
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62 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, Athenaeum 1876 |
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64 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, London Times 1876 |
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66 | (3) |
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Unsigned review, New York Times 1877 |
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69 | (4) |
| A Tramp Abroad (1880) |
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73 | (3) |
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Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1880 |
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76 | (5) |
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81 | (4) |
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| The Prince and the Pauper (1881) |
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85 | (5) |
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90 | (1) |
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Unsigned review, Athenaeum 1881 |
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91 | (1) |
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Unsigned review, Century Magazine 1882 |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (4) |
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`Mark Twain', Century Magazine 1882 |
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98 | (5) |
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`An American on American Humour', St. James's Gazette 1883 |
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103 | (6) |
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| Life on the Mississippi (1883) |
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review, New Orleans Times-Democrat 1883 |
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109 | (4) |
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Unsigned review, Athenaeum 1883 |
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113 | (3) |
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116 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, Graphic 1883 |
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118 | (2) |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884-5) |
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Unsigned review, Athenaeum 1884 |
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120 | (1) |
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review, Saturday Review 1885 |
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121 | (5) |
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126 | (1) |
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Unsigned article, `Modern Comic Literature', Saturday Review 1885 |
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127 | (1) |
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review, Century Magazine 1885 |
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128 | (3) |
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`The Art of Mark Twain', Illustrated London News 1891 |
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131 | (5) |
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`My Favourite Novelist and His Best Book', Munsey's Magazine 1898 |
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136 | (10) |
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Jubilee Ode to Mark Twain, Longman's Magazine 1886 |
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146 | (2) |
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| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) |
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review, Boston Sunday Herald 1889 |
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148 | (4) |
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review, Harper's Magazine 1890 |
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152 | (5) |
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157 | (1) |
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Unsigned review, Speaker 1890 |
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158 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, London Daily Telegraph 1890 |
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160 | (4) |
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Unsigned review, Scots Observer 1890 |
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164 | (3) |
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review, Review of Reviews (London) 1890 |
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167 | (3) |
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Unsigned review, Atheuaeum 1890 |
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170 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, Boston Literary World 1890 |
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172 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, Plumas National 1890 |
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174 | (2) |
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article, New York Examiner 1893 |
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176 | (6) |
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| The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) |
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182 | (1) |
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Unsigned review, Athenaeum 1895 |
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183 | (1) |
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Unsigned review, Critic 1895 |
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184 | (2) |
| Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896) |
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review, Bookman (New York) 1896 |
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186 | (5) |
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`Mark Twain--His Work', Book Buyer 1897 |
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191 | (4) |
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Unsigned article, `Mark Twain, Benefactor', Academy 1897 |
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195 | (4) |
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`Mark Twain's Place in Literature', Chautauquan 1897 |
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199 | (6) |
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article, Canadian Magazine 1897 |
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205 | (2) |
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| Following the Equator or More Tramps Abroad (1897) |
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Unsigned review, Academy 1897 |
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207 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, Speaker 1897 |
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209 | (1) |
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Unsigned review, Saturday Review 1898 |
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210 | (2) |
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Unsigned review, Critic 1898 |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (2) |
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`Mark Twain as a Prospective Classic', Overland Monthly 1898 |
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216 | (5) |
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`American Humour: Mark Twain', London Quarterly Review 1899 |
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221 | (6) |
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`Mark Twain', London Daily Chronicle 1899 |
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227 | (4) |
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`As to Mark Twain', Bookman (New York) 1901 |
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231 | (3) |
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`Mark Twain: More than Humorist', Book Buyer 1901 |
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234 | (9) |
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`Mark Twain: Made in America', Booklover's Magazine 1904 |
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243 | (11) |
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`Mark Twain at Ebb Tide', Bookman (New York) 1904 |
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254 | (1) |
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`Mark Twain at Seventy', Nation 1905 |
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255 | (3) |
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Unsigned article, `Mark Twain', Spectator 1907 |
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258 | (4) |
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`Mark Twain', North American Review 1907 |
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262 | (9) |
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column, Blackwood's Magazine 1907 |
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271 | (6) |
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277 | (1) |
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Unsigned notice, Saturday Review 1910 |
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278 | (1) |
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`Two Frontiersmen', Nation 1910 |
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279 | (2) |
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Unsigned notice, Dial 1910 |
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281 | (4) |
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comment, Bookman (London) 1910 |
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285 | (1) |
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`England and Mark Twain', North American Review 1910 |
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286 | (5) |
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article, Bookman (New York) 1910 |
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291 | (5) |
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`Mark Twain, Artist', Review of Reviews (New York) 1910 |
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296 | (3) |
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299 | (3) |
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`The International Fame of Mark Twain', North American Review 1910 |
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302 | (11) |
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313 | (14) |
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`The Burden of Humor', Smart Set 1913 |
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327 | (13) |
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| APPENDIX A: Two Mark Twain Letters |
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Letter to Andrew Chatto 1889 |
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332 | (2) |
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Letter to Andrew Lang 1890 (?) |
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334 | (3) |
| APPENDIX B: The Subscription Book |
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`Mark Twain and the Old Time Subscription Book', Review of Reviews (New York) 1910 |
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337 | (3) |
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| Bibliography |
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340 | (1) |
| Index |
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341 | |