
Lives & Memoirs
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III
Albert Bigelow Paine
1912
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The third volume of Albert Bigelow Paine's authorized biography of Mark Twain, written by his close friend and secretary. It follows the humorist through fame, fortune, and personal loss. The definitive contemporary life of America's greatest writer.
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114 chapters
- 1VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR22m
- 2CCXIII. MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMAN16m
- 3CCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIES25m
- 4CCXV. SUMMER AT “THE LAIR”17m
- 5CCXVI. RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREE8m
- 6CCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICS9m
- 7CCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTS17m
- 8CCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGY22m
- 9CCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES6m
- 10CCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE14m
- 11CCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRY8m
- 12CCXXIII. AT YORK HARBOR13m
- 13CCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNER12m
- 14CCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES6m
- 15CCXXVI. "WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?”14m
- 16CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTER19m
- 17CCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORS10m
- 18CCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA10m
- 19CCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCE18m
- 20CCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE9m
- 21CCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOME11m
- 22CCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOME8m
- 23CCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUE27m
- 24CCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE30m
- 25CCXXXVI. AT PIER 7011m
- 26CCXXXVII. AFTERMATH11m
- 27CCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAIN19m
- 28CCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAIN14m
- 29CCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN20m
- 30CCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAIN19m
- 31CCXLII. MARK TWAIN’S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORM7m
- 32CCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDING8m
- 33CCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES11m
- 34CCXLV. IN THE DAY’S ROUND20m
- 35CCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLIN20m
- 36CCXLVII. DUBLIN, CONTINUED15m
- 37CCXLVIII. "WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY6m
- 38CCXLIX. BILLIARDS21m
- 39CCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISM13m
- 40CCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITION29m
- 41CCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION40m
- 42CCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER3m
- 43CCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTES12m
- 44CCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIES9m
- 45VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 - CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORD9m
- 46CCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOME32m
- 47CCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORD10m
- 48CCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORS22m
- 49CCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISE12m
- 50CCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONS15m
- 51CCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN’s MAIL.18m
- 52CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONS10m
- 53CCLXIV. "CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINT5m
- 54CCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORS5m
- 55CCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDA22m
- 56CCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSES10m
- 57CCLXVIII. REDDING13m
- 58CCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELD7m
- 59CCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL6m
- 60CCLXXI. DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETT5m
- 61CCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURES8m
- 62CCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIES16m
- 63CCLXXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMER10m
- 64CCLXXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANT9m
- 65CCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALK12m
- 66CCLXXVII. "IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?”14m
- 67CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERS9m
- 68CCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT7m
- 69CCLXXX. A WARNING16m
- 70CCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELD6m
- 71CCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDA26m
- 72CCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMS15m
- 73CCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERT5m
- 74CCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELD5m
- 75CCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYS25m
- 76CCLXXXVII. MARK TWAIN’S READING11m
- 77CCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAY13m
- 78CCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEAN19m
- 79CCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDA6m
- 80CCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDA15m
- 81CCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOME24m
- 82CCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLE8m
- 83CCXCIV. THE LAST RITES4m
- 84CCXCV. MARK TWAIN’S RELIGION15m
- 85CCXCVI. POSTSCRIPT3m
- 86Volume III - APPENDIXES - APPENDIX A - LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS (See Chapter xxvi)5m
- 87APPENDIX B - MARK TWAIN’S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS (See Chapter xxvii)9m
- 88APPENDIX C - I. MARK TWAIN’S EMPIRE CITY HOAX - II. NEWS-GATHERING WITH MARK TWAIN (See Chapter xli)9m
- 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 TR13m
- 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 Desc11m
- 91APPENDIX F - THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx)3m
- 92APPENDIX G - MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON (See Chapter lxiii)7m
- 93APPENDIX H - ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868 (See Chapter lxvi)9m
- 94APPENDIX I - MARK TWAIN’S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER (See Chapter lxxiv)16m
- 95APPENDIX J - THE INDIGNITY PUT UPON THE REMAINS OF GEORGE HOLLAND BY THE REV. MR. SABINE. (See Chapter lxxvii)17m
- 96APPENDIX K - A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF - HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US? (See Chapter lxxxii)7m
- 97APPENDIX L - ABOUT LONDON - ADDRESS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE SAVAGE CLUB, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. (See Chapter lxxxvii)12m
- 98APPENDIX M - LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. CLEMENS FROM BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1874, PROPHESYING A MONARCHY IN SIXTY-ONE YEARS. (See Chapter xcvii)14m
- 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 a20m
- 100APPENDIX O - Speech on John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday (See Chapter cxiv)14m
- 101APPENDIX P - THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION (See Chapter cxxxiv)4m
- 102APPENDIX Q- GENERAL GRANT’S GRAMMAR (Written in 1886. Delivered at an Army and Navy Club dinner in New York City)8m
- 103APPENDIX R - PARTY ALLEGIANCE. BEING A PORTION OF A PAPER ON “CONSISTENCY,” READ BEFORE THE MONDAY EVENING CLUB IN 1887. (See Chapter clxiii)13m
- 104APPENDIX S - ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” (See Chapter clxxii)5m
- 105APPENDIX T - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS (See Chapter cc and earlier)9m
- 106APPENDIX U - FROM MARK TWAIN’S LAST POEM BEGUN AT RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE, AUGUST 18, 1902 (See Chapter ccxxiii)6m
- 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 A32m
- 108APPENDIX W - LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE (See Chapter cclxxxii)8m
- 109APPENDIX X - Part One - A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1851-18593m
- 110APPENDIX X - Part Two - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1860 to 18696m
- 111APPENDIX X - Part Three - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1870 to 18797m
- 112APPENDIX X - Part Four - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1880 to 18896m
- 113APPENDIX X - Part Five - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1890 to 18998m
- 114APPENDIX X - Part Six - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1900 to 19108m
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