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DEAR HOWELLS,--I have to write a line, lazy as I am, to say how your Poe article delighted me; and to say that I am in agreement with substantially all you say about his literature. To me his prose is unreadable--like Jane Austin's. No, there is a difference. I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's. Jane is entirely impossible. It seems a great pity that they allowed her to die a natural death.

THE COMPLETE LETTERS OF MARK TWAIN by Albert Bigelow Paine #3199

That doctor had half an idea that there is something the matter with my brain. . . Doctors do know so little and they do charge so much for it.

Shall we ever laugh again? If I could only see a dog that I knew in the old times! and could put my arms around his neck and tell him all, everything, and ease my heart. Think--in 3 hours it will be a week!--and soon a month; and by and by a year. How fast our dead fly from us.

I used to like the sea, but I was young then, and could easily get excited over any kind of monotony, and keep it up till the monotonies ran out.

And I say this also: He that waiteth for all men to be satisfied with his plan, let him seek eternal life, for he shall need it.

Well-good-bye, and a short life and a merry one be yours. Poor old Methusaleh, how did he manage to stand it so long?

You are assisted in your damaging work by the tyrannous ways of a village-- villagers watch each other and so make cowards of each other.

A mighty national menace to sham All talk and no cider Approval Argument against suicide As good and ridiculous a soul as ever was. Buffalo! I mortally hate that society there Casanova Condition my room is always in when you are not around Conversationally and being yelled at Could easily get excited over any kind of monotony, De Foe's 'Roxana' Dead people who go through the motions of life Deprived of the soothing consolation of swearing Die in the promptest kind of a way and no fooling around Doctors do know so little and they do charge so much for it. Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it General Grant Genius defies the laws of perspective Get me rid of Buffalo! Great pity that they allowed her to die a natural death Hard to please about things she doesn't know anything about He that waiteth for all men to be satisfied with his plan Helpless and irresponsible coffee-mill ground by the hand of God Heroic endurance that resembles contentment Hollowness and pretense of office-seeking Honest men must be pretty scarce Hope deferred maketh the heart sick How fast our dead fly from us I never greatly envied anybody but the dead I wonder how they can lie so. It comes of practice, no doubt I am tired of waiting for that man to get old If this is going to be too much trouble to you In the long analysis of the ages it is the truth that counts Jacobs Just about enough cats to go round Moral bulwark reared against hypocrisy and superstition Never approximated, never compromised One should be gentle with the ignorant Quit sorry that Heaven makes the days so short Rousseau Short life and a merry one be yours Sunday is the only day that brings unbearable leisure Symbol of the human race ought to be an ax The coveted estate of silence, time's only absolute gift They don't run her now To be busy is a man's only happiness Uncover such a sore as that and show it to another Villagers watch each other and so make cowards of each other We went outside to keep from getting wet What a pleasure there is in revenge! What a pity it is that one's adventures never happen! When in doubt, tell the truth When it is my turn, I don't

A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN'S WORK

PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE--FROM 1851-1910 by Albert Bigelow Paine

Note 1.--This is not a detailed bibliography, but merely a general list of Mark Twain's literary undertakings, in the order of performance, showing when, and usually where, the work was done, when and where first published, etc. An excellent Mark Twain bibliography has been compiled by Mr. Merle Johnson, to whom acknowledgments are due for important items.

Note 2.--Only a few of the more important speeches are noted. Volumes that are merely collections of tales or articles are not noted.

Note 3.--Titles are shortened to those most commonly in use, as "Huck Finn" or "Huck" for "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Names of periodicals are abbreviated.

The initials U. E. stand for the "Uniform Edition" of Mark Twain's works.

The chapter number or numbers in the line with the date refers to the place in MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY where the items are mentioned.

Edited the Hannibal Journal during the absence of the owner and editor, Orion Clemens. Wrote local items for the Hannibal Journal. Burlesque of a rival editor in the Hannibal Journal. Wrote two sketches for The Sat. Eve. Post . To MARY IN H-l. Hannibal Journal.

JIM WOLFE AND THE FIRE-Hannibal Journal. Burlesque of a rival editor in the Hannibal Journal.

Wrote obituary poems-not published. Wrote first letters home.

First after-dinner speech; delivered at a printers' banquet in Keokuk, Iowa. Letters from Cincinnati, November 16, 1856, signed "Snodgrass"-- Saturday Post .

Letters from Cincinnati, March 16, 1857, signed "Snodgrass"--Saturday Post .

Burlesque of Capt. Isaiah Sellers--True Delta , May 8 or 9.

Letters home, published in The Gate City .

Letters and sketches, signed "Josh," for the Territorial Enterprise . REPORT OF THE LECTURE OF PROF. PERSONAL PRONOUN--Enterprise. REPORT OF A FOURTH OF JULY ORATION--Enterprise. THE PETRIFIED MAN--Enterprise. Local news reporter for the Enterprise from August.

Reported the Nevada Legislature for the Enterprise. First used the name "Mark Twain," February 2. ADVICE TO THE UNRELIABLE--Enterprise. CURING A COLD--Enterprise. U. E. INFORMATION FOR THE MILLION--Enterprise. ADVICE TO GOOD LITTLE GIRLS--Enterprise. THE DUTCH NICK MASSACRE--Enterprise. Many other Enterprise sketches. THE AGED PILOT MAN --" ROUGHING IT." U. E.

Reported the Nevada Legislature for the Enterprise. Speech as "Governor of the Third House." Letters to New York Sunday Mercury. Local reporter on the San Francisco Call. Articles and sketches for the Golden Era. Articles and sketches for the Californian. Daily letters from San Francisco to the Enterprise.

Notes for the Jumping Frog story; Angel's Camp, February. Sketches etc., for the Golden Era and Californian. Daily letter to the Enterprise. THE JUMPING FROG Saturday Press. New York, November 18. U. E.

Daily letter to the Enterprise. Sandwich Island letters to the Sacramento Union.

Lecture on the Sandwich Islands, San Francisco, October 2. FORTY-THREE DAYS IN AN OPEN BOAT--Harper's Magazine, December .

Letters to Alta California from New York. JIM WOLFE AND THE CATS--N. Y. Sunday Mercury. THE JUMPING FROG--book, published by Charles Henry Webb, May 1. U. E. Lectured at Cooper Union, May, '66. Letters to Alta California and New York Tribune from the Quaker City-- Holy Land excursion. Letter to New York Herald on the return from the Holy Land. After-dinner speech on "Women" . Began arrangement for the publication of THE INNOCENTS ABROAD.

THE INNOCENTS ABROAD--book , July 20. U. E.

Bought one-third ownership in the Buffalo Express. Contributed editorials, sketches, etc., to the Express. Contributed sketches to Packard's Monthly, Wood's Magazine, etc. Lecture-tour, season 1869-70.

ROUGHING IT--book , February. U. E. THE MARK TWAIN SCRAP-BOOK invented . TOM SAWYER begun as a play . A few unimportant sketches published in "Practical jokes," etc. Began a book on England .

Letters on the Sandwich Islands-Tribune, January 3 and 6. THE GILDED AGE --book , December. U. E. THE LICENSE OF THE PRESS--paper for The Monday Evening Club. Lectured in London, October 18 and season 1873-74.

TOM SAWYER continued . A TRUE STORY -Atlantic, November. U. E. FABLES . U. E. COLONEL SELLERS--play performed by John T. Raymond. UNDERTAKER'S LOVE-STORY . OLD TIMES ON THE MISSISSIPPI Atlantic, January to July, 1875. Monarchy letter to Mrs. Clemens, dated 1935 .

UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE--paper for The Monday Evening Club. SKETCHES NEW AND OLD--book , July. U. E. TOM SAWYER concluded . THE CURIOUS REP. OF GONDOUR--Atlantic, October . PUNCH, CONDUCTOR, PUNCH--Atlantic, February, 1876. U. E. THE SECOND ADVENT . THE MYSTERIOUS CHAMBER . AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DAMN FOOL . Petition for International Copyright.

Performed in THE LOAN OF THE LOVER as Peter Spuyk . CARNIVAL OF CRIME--paper for The Monday Evening Club--Atlantic, June. U. E. HUCK FINN begun . CANVASSER'S STORY --Atlantic, December. U. E. "1601" , privately printed. AH SIN --play, . TOM SAWYER--book , December. U. E. Speech on "The Weather," New England Society, December 22.

LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ-CLARENCE, ETC. --Atlantic. IDLE EXCURSION --Atlantic, October, November, December. U. E. SIMON WHEELER, DETECTIVE--play . PRINCE AND PAUPER begun . Whittier birthday speech , December.

A TRAMP ABROAD continued . Adam monument scheme . Speech on "The Babies" , November. Speech on "Plagiarism" , December.

PRINCE AND PAUPER concluded . HUCK FINN continued . A CAT STORY . A TRAMP ABROAD--book , March 13. U. E. EDWARD MILLS AND GEO. BENTON --Atlantic, August. U. E. MRS. McWILLIAMS AND THE LIGHTNING --Atlantic, September. U. E.

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI .

LIFE ON THE Mississippi--book , May. U. E. WHAT Is HAPPINESS?--paper for The Monday Evening Club. Introduction to Portuguese conversation book . HUCK FINN concluded . HISTORY GAME . AMERICAN CLAIMANT --play , produced by A. P. Burbank. Dramatized TOM SAWYER and PRINCE AND PAUPER .

Embarked in publishing with Charles L. Webster. THE CARSON FOOTPRINTS--the San Franciscan. HUCK FINN--book , December. U. E. Platform-readings with George W. Cable, season '84-'85.

Contracted for General Grant's Memoirs. A CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED--Century, December. U. E. THE UNIVERSAL TINKER--Century, December .

Introduced Henry M. Stanley . CONNECTICUT YANKEE begun . ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT--Century, April, 1887. LUCK--Harper's, August, 1891. GENERAL GRANT AND MATTHEW ARNOLD--Army and Navy dinner speech.

MEISTERSCHAFT--play -Century, January, 1888. U. E. KNIGHTS OF LABOR--essay . To THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND--Harper's Magazine, December. U. E. CONSISTENCY--paper for The Monday Evening Club.

Introductory for "Unsent Letters" . Master of Arts degree from Yale. Yale Alumni address . Copyright controversy with Brander Matthews--Princeton Review. Replies to Matthew Arnold's American criticisms . YANKEE continued . Introduction of Nye and Riley .

A MAJESTIC LITERARY FOSSIL Harper's Magazine, February, 1890. U. E. HUCK AND TOM AMONG THE INDIANS . Introduction to YANKEE . LETTER To ELSIE LESLIE--St Nicholas, February, 1890. CONNECTICUT YANKEE--book , December. U. E.

Letter to Andrew Lang about English Criticism.

AMERICAN CLAIMANT syndicated; also book , May, 1892. U. E. European letters to New York Sun. DOWN THE RHONE . KORNERSTRASSE .

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