Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III

by Albert Bigelow Paine

114 chapters24h 12mEnglish1912

About this book

This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. These recordings of Paine's exhaustive biography cover Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore, unapproached. The published work is divided into 7 sections, on three separate recordings: Recording #1 -VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866 -VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 Recording #2 -VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886 -VOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900 Recording #3 (This Recording) -VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 -VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 -Appendixes ( John Greenman and Wikipedia with special thanks to Eberhard Schneider, Altlußheim, Germany)

Chapters (114)

1VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR

1313

2CCXIII. MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMAN

969

3CCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIES

1524

4CCXV. SUMMER AT “THE LAIR”

1031

5CCXVI. RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREE

465

6CCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICS

548

7CCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTS

1022

8CCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGY

1341

9CCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES

336

10CCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE

815

11CCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRY

482

12CCXXIII. AT YORK HARBOR

781

13CCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNER

709

14CCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES

346

15CCXXVI. "WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?”

814

16CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTER

1149

17CCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORS

607

18CCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA

606

19CCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCE

1089

20CCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE

547

21CCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOME

642

22CCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOME

451

23CCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUE

1616

24CCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

1777

25CCXXXVI. AT PIER 70

640

26CCXXXVII. AFTERMATH

647

27CCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAIN

1110

28CCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAIN

851

29CCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN

1220

30CCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAIN

1126

31CCXLII. MARK TWAIN’S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORM

406

32CCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDING

504

33CCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES

638

34CCXLV. IN THE DAY’S ROUND

1172

35CCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLIN

1196

36CCXLVII. DUBLIN, CONTINUED

888

37CCXLVIII. "WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

383

38CCXLIX. BILLIARDS

1267

39CCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISM

794

40CCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITION

1731

41CCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

2372

42CCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER

199

43CCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTES

699

44CCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIES

560

45VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 - CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORD

528

46CCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOME

1947

47CCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORD

628

48CCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORS

1333

49CCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISE

745

50CCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONS

888

51CCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN’s MAIL.

1054

52CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONS

611

53CCLXIV. "CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINT

310

54CCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORS

291

55CCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDA

1302

56CCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSES

606

57CCLXVIII. REDDING

763

58CCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELD

416

59CCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL

376

60CCLXXI. DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETT

321

61CCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURES

505

62CCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIES

963

63CCLXXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMER

622

64CCLXXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANT

544

65CCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALK

722

66CCLXXVII. "IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?”

842

67CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERS

511

68CCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT

414

69CCLXXX. A WARNING

989

70CCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELD

379

71CCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDA

1589

72CCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMS

873

73CCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERT

327

74CCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELD

313

75CCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYS

1474

76CCLXXXVII. MARK TWAIN’S READING

686

77CCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAY

806

78CCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEAN

1140

79CCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDA

367

80CCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDA

924

81CCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOME

1468

82CCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLE

479

83CCXCIV. THE LAST RITES

257

84CCXCV. MARK TWAIN’S RELIGION

908

85CCXCVI. POSTSCRIPT

178

86Volume III - APPENDIXES - APPENDIX A - LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS (See Chapter xxvi)

306

87APPENDIX B - MARK TWAIN’S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS (See Chapter xxvii)

556

88APPENDIX C - I. MARK TWAIN’S EMPIRE CITY HOAX - II. NEWS-GATHERING WITH MARK TWAIN (See Chapter xli)

521

89APPENDIX D - FROM MARK TWAIN’S FIRST LECTURE, DELIVERED OCTOBER 2, 1866 - HAWAIIAN IMPORTANCE TO AMERICA - NATIVE PASSION FOR FUNERALS - VIEW FROM HALEAKALA - NOTICE OF MARK TWAIN’S LECTURE - “THE TROUBLE IS OVER” (See Chapter liv)

793

90APPENDIX E - FROM “THE JUMPING FROG” BOOK (MARK TWAIN’S FIRST PUBLISHED VOLUME - I. ADVERTISEMENT - II. FROM ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS - III. FROM “A STRANGE DREAM” (Example of Mark Twain’s Early Descriptive Writing) (See Chapters lviii and lix)

673

91APPENDIX F - THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx)

162

92APPENDIX G - MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON (See Chapter lxiii)

432

93APPENDIX H - ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868 (See Chapter lxvi)

516

94APPENDIX I - MARK TWAIN’S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER (See Chapter lxxiv)

973

95APPENDIX J - THE INDIGNITY PUT UPON THE REMAINS OF GEORGE HOLLAND BY THE REV. MR. SABINE. (See Chapter lxxvii)

991

96APPENDIX K - A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF - HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US? (See Chapter lxxxii)

435

97APPENDIX L - ABOUT LONDON - ADDRESS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE SAVAGE CLUB, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. (See Chapter lxxxvii)

730

98APPENDIX M - LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. CLEMENS FROM BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1874, PROPHESYING A MONARCHY IN SIXTY-ONE YEARS. (See Chapter xcvii)

835

99APPENDIX N - MARK TWAIN AND COPYRIGHT - I. PETITION Concerning Copyright (1875) - CIRCULAR TO AMERICAN AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS - II. Communications supposed to have been written by the Tsar of Russia and the Sultan of Turkey to Mark Twain on the subject of International Copyright, about 1890. - III. MARK TWAIN’S LAST SUGGESTION ON COPYRIGHT. (See Chapter cii)

1171

100APPENDIX O - Speech on John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday (See Chapter cxiv)

847

101APPENDIX P - THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION (See Chapter cxxxiv)

259

102APPENDIX Q- GENERAL GRANT’S GRAMMAR (Written in 1886. Delivered at an Army and Navy Club dinner in New York City)

480

103APPENDIX R - PARTY ALLEGIANCE. BEING A PORTION OF A PAPER ON “CONSISTENCY,” READ BEFORE THE MONDAY EVENING CLUB IN 1887. (See Chapter clxiii)

767

104APPENDIX S - ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” (See Chapter clxxii)

308

105APPENDIX T - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS (See Chapter cc and earlier)

540

106APPENDIX U - FROM MARK TWAIN’S LAST POEM BEGUN AT RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE, AUGUST 18, 1902 (See Chapter ccxxiii)

385

107APPENDIX V - SELECTIONS FROM AN UNFINISHED BOOK, “3,000 YEARS AMONG THE MICROBES” THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MICROBE, WHO, IN A FORMER EXISTENCE, HAD BEEN A MAN—HIS PRESENT HABITAT BEING THE ORGANISM OF A TRAMP, BLITZOWSKI. (WRITTEN AT DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1905) (See Chapter ccxxxv)

1919

108APPENDIX W - LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE (See Chapter cclxxxii)

498

109APPENDIX X - Part One - A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1851-1859

202

110APPENDIX X - Part Two - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1860 to 1869

343

111APPENDIX X - Part Three - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1870 to 1879

424

112APPENDIX X - Part Four - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1880 to 1889

342

113APPENDIX X - Part Five - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1890 to 1899

499

114APPENDIX X - Part Six - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1900 to 1910

486

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