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Mark Twain’s Speeches

by Mark Twain

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Preface From the Preface to the English Edition of “Mark Twain’s Sk…
  3. 3The Story of a Speech
  4. 4Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims
  5. 5Compliments and Degrees
  6. 6Books, Authors, and Hats
  7. 7Dedication Speech
  8. 8Die Schrecken der Deutschen Sprache [the Horrors of the German Lang…
  9. 9German for the Hungarians
  10. 10A New German Word
  11. 11Unconscious Plagiarism
  12. 12The Weather
  13. 13The Babies
  14. 14Our Children and Great Discoveries
  15. 15Educating Theatre-Goers
  16. 16The Educational Theatre
  17. 17Poets as Policemen
  18. 18Pudd’nhead Wilson Dramatized
  19. 19Daly Theatre
  20. 20The Dress of Civilized Woman
  21. 21Dress Reform and Copyright
  22. 22College Girls
  23. 23Girls
  24. 24The Ladies
  25. 25Woman’s Press Club
  26. 26Votes for Women
  27. 27Woman-an Opinion
  28. 28Advice to Girls
  29. 29Taxes and Morals
  30. 30Tammany and Croker
  31. 31Municipal Corruption
  32. 32Municipal Government
  33. 33China and the Philippines
  34. 34Theoretical Morals
  35. 35Layman’s Sermon
  36. 36University Settlement Society
  37. 37Public Education Association
  38. 38Education and Citizenship
  39. 39Courage
  40. 40The Dinner to Mr. Choate
  41. 41On Stanley and Livingstone
  42. 42Henry M. Stanley
  43. 43Dinner to Mr. Jerome
  44. 44Henry Irving
  45. 45Dinner to Hamilton W. Mabie
  46. 46Introducing Nye and Riley
  47. 47Dinner to Whitelaw Reid
  48. 48Rogers and Railroads
  49. 49The Old-Fashioned Printer
  50. 50Society of American Authors
  51. 51Reading-Room Opening
  52. 52Literature
  53. 53Disappearance of Literature
  54. 54The New York Press Club Dinner
  55. 55The Alphabet and Simplified Spelling
  56. 56Spelling and Pictures
  57. 57Books and Burglars
  58. 58Authors’ Club
  59. 59Booksellers
  60. 60“Mark Twain’s First Appearance”
  61. 61Morals and Memory
  62. 62Queen Victoria
  63. 63Joan of Arc
  64. 64Accident Insurance — etc.
  65. 65Osteopathy
  66. 66Water-Supply
  67. 67Mistaken Identity
  68. 68Cats and Candy
  69. 69Obituary Poetry
  70. 70Cigars and Tobacco
  71. 71Billiards
  72. 72The Union Right or Wrong
  73. 73An Ideal French Address
  74. 74Statistics
  75. 75Galveston Orphan Bazaar
  76. 76San Francisco Earthquake
  77. 77Charity and Actors
  78. 78Russian Republic
  79. 79Russian Sufferers
  80. 80Watterson and Twain as Rebels
  81. 81Robert Fulton Fund
  82. 82Fulton Day, Jamestown
  83. 83Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Mark Twain
  84. 84Copyright
  85. 85In Aid of the Blind
  86. 86Dr. Mark Twain, Farmeopath
  87. 87Missouri University Speech
  88. 88Business
  89. 89Carnegie the Benefactor
  90. 90On Poetry, Veracity, and Suicide
  91. 91Welcome Home
  92. 92An Undelivered Speech
  93. 93Sixty-Seventh Birthday
  94. 94To the Whitefriars
  95. 95The Ascot Gold Cup
  96. 96The Savage Club Dinner
  97. 97General Miles and the Dog
  98. 98When in Doubt, Tell the Truth
  99. 99The Day We Celebrate
  100. 100Independence Day
  101. 101Americans and the English
  102. 102About London
  103. 103Princeton
  104. 104The St. Louis Harbor-Boat “Mark Twain”
  105. 105Seventieth Birthday

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