Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent

Henry William Fischer द्वारा

Biography & Autobiography Essays & Short Works Humor Political Science Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)Travel & Geography Writing & Linguistics Modern (19th C)

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This work brings new understanding of the life and work of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) while living and traveling abroad. Twain and fellow humorist Eugene Field experienced a wide variety of people, places and things together and author Henry Fischer brings them together here, for the first time. - Summary by John Greenman

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1Author’s Preface

743

2How Mark Would Safeguard England

809

3Mark Philosophized on Willie

107

4Mark - Regicide

212

5The Funniest Speech Mark Ever Gave

627

6Monarchical Atavism

104

7Democratic Mark and Austrian Aristocracy

185

8Phil Sheridan's Friend

221

9"Elizabeth was a He", said Mark

860

10Mark, the Sleight-of-hand Man

152

11Mark and the Imperial Mistress

166

12Mark on Lynch Law

315

13Recollections of King Charles and Grant

208

14Mark Missed Gallows-land

214

15Think of Her Sorrow

108

16Breaking the News Gently

166

17Dukes and Unborn Car Horses

18"Pa Used to Be a Terrible Man"

19Mark on the Berlin Cops

328

20The Sausage Room

304

21Mark's Glimpse of Schopenhauer

907

22"Murderer" Blücher in Oxford

185

23Mark's Human Side

158

24An Australian Surprise

158

25Mark in France and Italy

153

26Why Mark Wouldn't Like to Die Abroad

213

27The Left Hand Didn't Know

28American Humorists

29Telepathy or Suggestion

188

30Trying to Be Serious Didn't Work

31Assorted Beauties

129

32Mark's Children Knew Him

138

33Mark, Dogs, Dagoes, and Cats

142

34The Tragedy of Genius

143

35Kilties and the Lassie

182

36A Wise Provision of Providence

135

37The Awful German Language

127

38Artist or Photographer

148

39Mark Interviewed the Barber about Harry Thaw

305

40His Portrait—a Mirror

129

41Mark, Bismarck, Lincoln, and Darwin

435

42Mark at the Stock Exchange, Vienna

43Mark and the Prussian Lieutenant

202

44Mark Studies the Costermonger Language

145

45That Beautiful Funeral

126

46Ada's Beast of a Man

116

47Jealousy in Lowland

48The Troubles of Liz

137

49The French Madame

378

50The Great Disappointment

305

51Rheumatism and Prodding

52On Literary Friendships

125

53Bayard Taylor's German

131

54Genius in Extremis

260

55What May Happen to You after You Are Dead

296

56Kings in Their Birthday Suits

57Mark on Lincoln's Humanity

343

58An English Lover of Kings and a Hater

429

59Mark Got Arrested in Berlin

368

60Books that Weren't Written

329

61Mark Enjoyed Other Humorists

135

62Mark and the English Hack-writer

151

63Mark Thought Joan of Arc Was Slandered

211

64Running Amuck—Almost

65Mark's Idiomatic Gems

66Mark and the Girls that Love a Lord

455

67Mark's Martyrdom

168

68Slang Not in Mark's Dictionary

179

69Mark "No Gentleman"

123

70Mark, Poetry, and Art

109

71Mark Sheds Light on English History

412

72Mark Explains Dean Swift

255

73Mark in Tragedy and Comedy

458

74"Ambition Is a Jade that More Than One Man Can Ride"

212

75Mark as a Translator

219

76Mark in England

174

77Why Mark Was Uncomfortable in the King of Sweden's Presence

106

78Mark's Idea of High Art

268

79Mark Meets King Leopold—Almost

206

80Sizing Up of Aristocracy by Mark

301

81The Bald-headed Woman

82When a Publisher Dines and Wines You

374

83Mark in Politics

84Mark on "Royal Honors"

273

85American Women the Prettiest

110

86Where Tay Pay Isn't Tay Pay

87The Man Who Didn't Get Used to Hanging

525

88Stray Sayings of Mark

215

89Eugene Field and His Troubles in Chicago

366

90More of Eugene Field's Trials in London

299

91Gene, a "Success of Curiosity"

270

92Dire Consequences of American Horseplay

609

93Field's Library of Humor

94Those German Professors

117

95Eugene Field and Northern Lore

219

96Little Boy Blue

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