- Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume III
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Albert Bigelow Paine
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This work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain for over a hundred years. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. These recordings of Paine's exhaustive biography cover Twain's personal and literary life in detail, heretofore, unapproached. The published work is divided into 7 sections, on three separate recordings:
Recording #1
-VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866
-VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875
Recording #2
-VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886
-VOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900
Recording #3 (This Recording)
-VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907
-VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910
-Appendixes
( John Greenman and Wikipedia with special thanks to Eberhard Schneider, Altlußheim, Germany)
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- Chapters
- VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII. THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR
- CCXIII. MARK TWAIN—GENERAL SPOKESMAN
- CCXIV. MARK TWAIN AND THE MISSIONARIES
- CCXV. SUMMER AT “THE LAIR”
- CCXVI. RIVERDALE—A YALE DEGREE
- CCXVII. MARK TWAIN IN POLITICS
- CCXVIII. NEW INTERESTS AND INVESTMENTS
- CCXIX. YACHTING AND THEOLOGY
- CCXX. MARK TWAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES
- CCXXI. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
- CCXXII. A PROPHET HONORED IN HIS COUNTRY
- CCXXIII. AT YORK HARBOR
- CCXXIV. THE SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY DINNER
- CCXXV. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CONTROVERSIES
- CCXXVI. "WAS IT HEAVEN? OR HELL?”
- CCXXVII. THE SECOND RIVERDALE WINTER
- CCXXVIII. PROFFERED HONORS
- CCXXXIX. THE LAST SUMMER AT ELMIRA
- CCXXX. THE RETURN TO FLORENCE
- CCXXXI. THE CLOSE OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE
- CCXXXII. THE SAD JOURNEY HOME
- CCXXXIII. BEGINNING ANOTHER HOME
- CCXXXIV. LIFE AT 21 FIFTH AVENUE
- CCXXXV. A SUMMER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
- CCXXXVI. AT PIER 70
- CCXXXVII. AFTERMATH
- CCXXXVIII. THE WRITER MEETS MARK TWAIN
- CCXXXIX. WORKING WITH MARK TWAIN
- CCXL. THE DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN
- CCXLI. GORKY, HOWELLS, AND MARK TWAIN
- CCXLII. MARK TWAIN’S GOOD-BY TO THE PLATFORM
- CCXLIII. AN INVESTMENT IN REDDING
- CCXLIV. TRAITS AND PHILOSOPHIES
- CCXLV. IN THE DAY’S ROUND
- CCXLVI. THE SECOND SUMMER AT DUBLIN
- CCXLVII. DUBLIN, CONTINUED
- CCXLVIII. "WHAT IS MAN?” AND THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- CCXLIX. BILLIARDS
- CCL. PHILOSOPHY AND PESSIMISM
- CCLI. A LOBBYING EXPEDITION
- CCLII. THEOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
- CCLIII. AN EVENING WITH HELEN KELLER
- CCLIV. BILLIARD-ROOM NOTES
- CCLV. FURTHER PERSONALITIES
- VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 - CCLVI. HONORS FROM OXFORD
- CCLVII. A TRUE ENGLISH WELCOME
- CCLVIII. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE, OXFORD
- CCLIX. LONDON SOCIAL HONORS
- CCLX. MATTERS PSYCHIC AND OTHERWISE
- CCLXI. MINOR EVENTS AND DIVERSIONS
- CCLXII. FROM MARK TWAIN’s MAIL.
- CCLXIII. SOME LITERARY LUNCHEONS
- CCLXIV. "CAPTAIN STORMFIELD” IN PRINT
- CCLXV. LOTOS CLUB HONORS
- CCLXVI. A WINTER IN BERMUDA
- CCLXVII. VIEWS AND ADDRESSES
- CCLXVIII. REDDING
- CCLXIX. FIRST DAYS AT STORMFIELD
- CCLXX. THE ALDRICH MEMORIAL
- CCLXXI. DEATH OF “SAM” MOFFETT
- CCLXXII. STORMFIELD ADVENTURES
- CCLXXIII. STORMFIELD PHILOSOPHIES
- CCLXXIV. CITIZEN AND FARMER
- CCLXXV. A MANTEL AND A BABY ELEPHANT
- CCLXXVI. SHAKESPEARE-BACON TALK
- CCLXXVII. "IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?”
- CCLXXVIII. THE DEATH OF HENRY ROGERS
- CCLXXIX. AN EXTENSION OF COPYRIGHT
- CCLXXX. A WARNING
- CCLXXXI. THE LAST SUMMER AT STORMFIELD
- CCLXXXII. PERSONAL MEMORANDA
- CCLXXXIII. ASTRONOMY AND DREAMS
- CCLXXXIV. A LIBRARY CONCERT
- CCLXXXV. A WEDDING AT STORMFIELD
- CCLXXXVI. AUTUMN DAYS
- CCLXXXVII. MARK TWAIN’S READING
- CCLXXXVIII. A BERMUDA BIRTHDAY
- CCLXXXIX. THE DEATH OF JEAN
- CCXC. THE RETURN TO BERMUDA
- CCXCI. LETTERS FROM BERMUDA
- CCXCII. THE VOYAGE HOME
- CCXCIII. THE RETURN TO THE INVISIBLE
- CCXCIV. THE LAST RITES
- CCXCV. MARK TWAIN’S RELIGION
- CCXCVI. POSTSCRIPT
- Volume III - APPENDIXES - APPENDIX A - LETTER FROM ORION CLEMENS TO MISS WOOD CONCERNING HENRY CLEMENS (See Chapter xxvi)
- APPENDIX B - MARK TWAIN’S BURLESQUE OF CAPTAIN ISAIAH SELLERS (See Chapter xxvii)
- APPENDIX C - I. MARK TWAIN’S EMPIRE CITY HOAX - II. NEWS-GATHERING WITH MARK TWAIN (See Chapter xli)
- APPENDIX 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 TROUBLE IS OVER” (See Chapter liv)
- APPENDIX 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 Descriptive Writing) (See Chapters lviii and lix)
- APPENDIX F - THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (See Chapter lx)
- APPENDIX G - MARK TWAIN AT THE CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, WASHINGTON (See Chapter lxiii)
- APPENDIX H - ANNOUNCEMENT FOR LECTURE OF JULY 2, 1868 (See Chapter lxvi)
- APPENDIX I - MARK TWAIN’S CHAMPIONSHIP OF THOMAS K. BEECHER (See Chapter lxxiv)
- APPENDIX J - THE INDIGNITY PUT UPON THE REMAINS OF GEORGE HOLLAND BY THE REV. MR. SABINE. (See Chapter lxxvii)
- APPENDIX K - A SUBSTITUTE FOR RULOFF - HAVE WE A SIDNEY CARTON AMONG US? (See Chapter lxxxii)
- APPENDIX L - ABOUT LONDON - ADDRESS AT A DINNER GIVEN BY THE SAVAGE CLUB, LONDON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872. (See Chapter lxxxvii)
- APPENDIX M - LETTER WRITTEN TO MRS. CLEMENS FROM BOSTON, NOVEMBER, 1874, PROPHESYING A MONARCHY IN SIXTY-ONE YEARS. (See Chapter xcvii)
- APPENDIX 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 and the Sultan of Turkey to Mark Twain on the subje
- APPENDIX O - Speech on John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday (See Chapter cxiv)
- APPENDIX P - THE ADAM MONUMENT PETITION (See Chapter cxxxiv)
- APPENDIX Q- GENERAL GRANT’S GRAMMAR (Written in 1886. Delivered at an Army and Navy Club dinner in New York City)
- APPENDIX R - PARTY ALLEGIANCE. BEING A PORTION OF A PAPER ON “CONSISTENCY,” READ BEFORE THE MONDAY EVENING CLUB IN 1887. (See Chapter clxiii)
- APPENDIX S - ORIGINAL PREFACE FOR “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” (See Chapter clxxii)
- APPENDIX T - A TRIBUTE TO HENRY H. ROGERS (See Chapter cc and earlier)
- APPENDIX U - FROM MARK TWAIN’S LAST POEM BEGUN AT RIVERDALE, NEW YORK. FINISHED AT YORK HARBOR, MAINE, AUGUST 18, 1902 (See Chapter ccxxiii)
- APPENDIX 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 A TRAMP, BLITZOWSKI. (WRITTEN AT DUBLIN, NEW HAMPSHIR
- APPENDIX W - LITTLE BESSIE WOULD ASSIST PROVIDENCE (See Chapter cclxxxii)
- APPENDIX X - Part One - A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1851-1859
- APPENDIX X - Part Two - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, PUBLISHED AND OTHERWISE—FROM 1860 to 1869
- APPENDIX X - Part Three - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1870 to 1879
- APPENDIX X - Part Four - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1880 to 1889
- APPENDIX X - Part Five - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1890 to 1899
- APPENDIX X - Part Six - MARK TWAIN’S WORKS, FROM 1900 to 1910
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