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Abroad With Mark Twain And Eugene Field

by Henry W. Fischer

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Author
Fischer, Henry W. (Henry William), 1856-1932
Title
Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field : Tales told by a fellow correspondent
Original Publication
New York: Nicholas L. Brown, 1922.
Credits
Carla Foust, Susan E. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895 -- Anecdotes
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 74514
Release Date
October 4, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.ABROAD WITH MARK TWAIN and EUGENE FIELD
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.EDITOR’S NOTE
  6. 6.CONTENTS
  7. 7.PREFACE
  8. 8.ABROAD WITH MARK TWAIN
  9. 9.HOW MARK WOULD SAFEGUARD ENGLAND. [A] — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.MARK PHILOSOPHIZED ON WILLIE
  11. 11.MARK—REGICIDE
  12. 12.THE FUNNIEST SPEECH MARK EVER HEARD
  13. 13.MONARCHICAL ATAVISM
  14. 14.DEMOCRATIC MARK AND THE AUSTRIAN ARISTOCRACY
  15. 15.PHIL SHERIDAN’S FRIEND
  16. 16.“ELIZABETH WAS A HE,” SAID MARK
  17. 17.MARK—THE SLEIGHT-OF-HAND MAN
  18. 18.MARK AND THE IMPERIAL MISTRESS
  19. 19.MARK ON LYNCH LAW
  20. 20.RECOLLECTIONS OF KING CHARLES AND GRANT
  21. 21.MARK MISSED GALLOWS-LAND
  22. 22.THINK OF HER SORROWS
  23. 23.BREAKING THE NEWS GENTLY
  24. 24.DUKES AND UNBORN CAR HORSES
  25. 25.“PA USED TO BE A TERRIBLE MAN”
  26. 26.MARK ON THE BERLIN COPS
  27. 27.THE SAUSAGE ROOM
  28. 28.MARK’S GLIMPSE OF SCHOPENHAUER
  29. 29.“MURDERER” BLUCHER IN OXFORD
  30. 30.MARK’S HUMAN SIDE
  31. 31.AN AUSTRALIAN SURPRISE
  32. 32.MARK IN FRANCE AND ITALY
  33. 33.WHY MARK WOULDN’T LIKE TO DIE ABROAD
  34. 34.THE LEFT HAND DIDN’T KNOW
  35. 35.AMERICAN HUMORISTS
  36. 36.TELEPATHY OR SUGGESTION
  37. 37.TRYING TO BE SERIOUS DIDN’T WORK
  38. 38.ASSORTED BEAUTIES
  39. 39.MARK’S CHILDREN KNEW HIM
  40. 40.MARK, DOGS, DAGOES, AND CATS
  41. 41.THE TRAGEDY OF GENIUS
  42. 42.KILTIES AND THE LASSIE
  43. 43.A WISE PROVISION OF PROVIDENCE
  44. 44.THE AWFUL GERMAN LANGUAGE
  45. 45.ARTIST OR PHOTOGRAPHER
  46. 46.MARK INTERVIEWED THE BARBER ABOUT HARRY THAW
  47. 47.HIS PORTRAIT—A MIRROR
  48. 48.MARK, BISMARCK, LINCOLN, AND DARWIN
  49. 49.MARK AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, VIENNA
  50. 50.MARK AND THE PRUSSIAN LIEUTENANT
  51. 51.MARK STUDIES THE COSTERMONGER LANGUAGE
  52. 52.MARK AND THE COSTERMONGERS
  53. 53.THE FRENCH MADAME
  54. 54.THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT — FOOTNOTES:
  55. 55.RHEUMATISM AND PRODDING
  56. 56.ON LITERARY FRIENDSHIPS
  57. 57.BAYARD TAYLOR’S GERMAN
  58. 58.GENIUS IN EXTREMIS
  59. 59.WHAT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU AFTER YOU ARE DEAD
  60. 60.KINGS IN THEIR BIRTHDAY SUITS
  61. 61.MARK ON LINCOLN’S HUMANITY
  62. 62.AN ENGLISH LOVER OF KINGS AND A HATER
  63. 63.MARK GOT ARRESTED IN BERLIN
  64. 64.BOOKS THAT WEREN’T WRITTEN
  65. 65.MARK ENJOYED OTHER HUMORISTS
  66. 66.MARK AND THE ENGLISH HACK-WRITER
  67. 67.MARK THOUGHT JOAN OF ARC WAS SLANDERED
  68. 68.RUNNING AMUCK—ALMOST
  69. 69.MARK’S IDIOMATIC GEMS
  70. 70.MARK AND THE GIRLS THAT LOVE A LORD
  71. 71.MARK’S MARTYRDOM
  72. 72.SLANG NOT IN MARK’S DICTIONARY
  73. 73.MARK “NO GENTLEMAN”
  74. 74.MARK, POETRY, AND ART
  75. 75.MARK SHEDS LIGHT ON ENGLISH HISTORY
  76. 76.MARK EXPLAINS DEAN SWIFT
  77. 77.MARK IN TRAGEDY AND COMEDY
  78. 78.“AMBITION IS A JADE THAT MORE THAN ONE MAN CAN RIDE”
  79. 79.MARK AS A TRANSLATOR
  80. 80.MARK IN ENGLAND
  81. 81.WHY MARK WAS UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE KING OF SWEDEN’S PRESENCE
  82. 82.MARK’S IDEA OF HIGH ART
  83. 83.MARK MEETS KING LEOPOLD—ALMOST
  84. 84.SIZING UP OF ARISTOCRACY BY MARK
  85. 85.THE BALD-HEADED WOMAN
  86. 86.WHEN A PUBLISHER DINES AND WINES YOU
  87. 87.MARK IN POLITICS
  88. 88.MARK ON “ROYAL HONORS”
  89. 89.AMERICAN WOMEN THE PRETTIEST
  90. 90.WHERE TAY PAY ISN’T TAY PAY
  91. 91.THE MAN WHO DIDN’T GET USED TO HANGING
  92. 92.STRAY SAYINGS OF MARK
  93. 93.EUGENE FIELD
  94. 94.EUGENE FIELD AND HIS TROUBLES IN CHICAGO
  95. 95.MORE OF EUGENE FIELD’S TRIALS IN LONDON
  96. 96.GENE, A “SUCCESS OF CURIOSITY”
  97. 97.DIRE CONSEQUENCES OF AMERICAN HORSEPLAY
  98. 98.FIELD’S LIBRARY OF HUMOR
  99. 99.THOSE GERMAN PROFESSORS
  100. 100.EUGENE FIELD AND NORTHERN LORE
  101. 101.LITTLE BOY BLUE
  102. 102.Transcriber’s note

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