Mark Twain's Speeches

About this eBook

Author

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Credits

Produced by David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Speeches, addresses, etc., American

Category

Text

eBook-No.

3188

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3188

Release Date

September 17, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MARK TWAIN’S SPEECHES
2. 2.by Mark Twain
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.PREFACE — FROM THE PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION OF “MARK TWAIN’S SKETCHES”
5. 5.THE STORY OF A SPEECH
6. 6.PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE PILGRIMS
7. 7.COMPLIMENTS AND DEGREES
8. 8.BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS
9. 9.DEDICATION SPEECH
10. 10.DIE SCHRECKEN DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE [THE HORRORS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE]
11. 11.GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS
12. 12.A NEW GERMAN WORD
13. 13.UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM
14. 14.THE WEATHER
15. 15.THE BABIES — THE BABIES
16. 16.OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES
17. 17.EDUCATING THEATRE-GOERS
18. 18.THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE
19. 19.POETS AS POLICEMEN
20. 20.PUDD’NHEAD WILSON DRAMATIZED
21. 21.DALY THEATRE
22. 22.THE DRESS OF CIVILIZED WOMAN
23. 23.DRESS REFORM AND COPYRIGHT
24. 24.COLLEGE GIRLS
25. 25.GIRLS
26. 26.THE LADIES
27. 27.WOMAN’S PRESS CLUB
28. 28.VOTES FOR WOMEN
29. 29.WOMAN-AN OPINION
30. 30.ADVICE TO GIRLS
31. 31.TAXES AND MORALS — ADDRESS DELIVERED IN NEW YORK, JANUARY 22, 1906
32. 32.TAMMANY AND CROKER
33. 33.MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION
34. 34.MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
35. 35.CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES
36. 36.THEORETICAL MORALS
37. 37.LAYMAN’S SERMON
38. 38.UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY
39. 39.PUBLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
40. 40.EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP
41. 41.COURAGE
42. 42.THE DINNER TO MR. CHOATE
43. 43.ON STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE
44. 44.HENRY M. STANLEY
45. 45.DINNER TO MR. JEROME
46. 46.HENRY IRVING
47. 47.DINNER TO HAMILTON W. MABIE
48. 48.INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY
49. 49.DINNER TO WHITELAW REID
50. 50.ROGERS AND RAILROADS
51. 51.THE OLD-FASHIONED PRINTER
52. 52.SOCIETY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS
53. 53.READING-ROOM OPENING
54. 54.LITERATURE
55. 55.DISAPPEARANCE OF LITERATURE
56. 56.THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB DINNER
57. 57.THE ALPHABET AND SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
58. 58.SPELLING AND PICTURES
59. 59.BOOKS AND BURGLARS
60. 60.AUTHORS’ CLUB
61. 61.BOOKSELLERS
62. 62.“MARK TWAIN’S FIRST APPEARANCE”
63. 63.MORALS AND MEMORY
64. 64.QUEEN VICTORIA
65. 65.JOAN OF ARC
66. 66.ACCIDENT INSURANCE—ETC.
67. 67.OSTEOPATHY
68. 68.WATER-SUPPLY
69. 69.MISTAKEN IDENTITY — ADDRESS AT THE ANNUAL “LADIES’ DAY,” PAPYRUS CLUB, BOSTON
70. 70.CATS AND CANDY
71. 71.OBITUARY POETRY
72. 72.CIGARS AND TOBACCO
73. 73.BILLIARDS
74. 74.THE UNION RIGHT OR WRONG
75. 75.AN IDEAL FRENCH ADDRESS
76. 76.STATISTICS
77. 77.GALVESTON ORPHAN BAZAAR
78. 78.SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
79. 79.CHARITY AND ACTORS
80. 80.RUSSIAN REPUBLIC
81. 81.RUSSIAN SUFFERERS
82. 82.WATTERSON AND TWAIN AS REBELS
83. 83.ROBERT FULTON FUND
84. 84.FULTON DAY, JAMESTOWN
85. 85.LOTOS CLUB DINNER IN HONOR OF MARK TWAIN
86. 86.COPYRIGHT
87. 87.IN AID OF THE BLIND
88. 88.DR. MARK TWAIN, FARMEOPATH
89. 89.MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SPEECH
90. 90.BUSINESS
91. 91.CARNEGIE THE BENEFACTOR
92. 92.ON POETRY, VERACITY, AND SUICIDE
93. 93.WELCOME HOME
94. 94.AN UNDELIVERED SPEECH
95. 95.SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
96. 96.TO THE WHITEFRIARS
97. 97.THE ASCOT GOLD CUP
98. 98.THE SAVAGE CLUB DINNER
99. 99.GENERAL MILES AND THE DOG
100. 100.WHEN IN DOUBT, TELL THE TRUTH
101. 101.THE DAY WE CELEBRATE
102. 102.INDEPENDENCE DAY
103. 103.AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH
104. 104.ABOUT LONDON
105. 105.PRINCETON
106. 106.THE ST. LOUIS HARBOR-BOAT “MARK TWAIN”
107. 107.SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY

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