by Ron Powers
covering Nevada state convention
cowboy outfit of
Crane’s illness and
in D.C.
death in writings of
death of
and death of mother
in departure from Nevada
descriptions of Mississippi by
and diamond rush book idea
at Dickens reading
dinner behavior of
on drama
dream notebooks of
and dream of Henry’s death
on dreams
on duality
duel challenge of
dysentery of
early employment of
early love of steamboats
on earthquakes
education of
end of bankruptcy of
eulogy for Langdon by
European fame of
fake map made by
fan letters to
father’s business troubles and
fifty-ninth birthday of
fight for authors’ rights by
first gunfight seen by
first house of
first romance of
first trip to England of
foreign languages and
form letters of
in France
and Freudian psychoanalysis
gambling of
on “Genius”
on German language
in Germany
at Gilded Age’s opening night
in Gillis’s cabin
Goodman’s relationship with
gout of
at Grant banquet
Grant’s friendship with
Grant visited by
in Greece
at Greeley reception
in Guard during Civil War
guilt of
Halley’s Comet boast of
handwriting of
Hannibal trips of
Harper’s deal of
Harte’s arguments with
Harte’s collaboration with
Harte’s competition with
Harte’s popularity and
Hartford house of
Hawaiian trip of
health of
Henry’s death and
Henry’s relationship with
Hinton satire of
Holmes toast of
in Holy Land
honorary Oxford degree of
household fires of
Howells’s advice to
Howells’s appreciation of
Howells’s first meeting with
Ida’s runaway carriage and
income of
Indian prejudice of
influence of women on
Innocents Abroad royalty of
inventions of
investments of; see also Paige Typesetter
in Iowa
in Italy
James compared with
Jane’s birth and
on Jefferson Davis
in Jerusalem
on Jews
joining ministry considered by
lampoons McGuffey
Langdon house visited by
Langdon’s death and
Langdon’s illness and
learning French
on leave-taking from mother
Livy’s death and
as Livy’s suitor
Livy’s typhoid fever and
loan to Orion by
lumbago of
Margaret’s death and
and “Mark Twain” pseudonym
“Mark Twain’s Voyage Around the World by Proxy” idea of
Mary Baker Eddy attack by
mediums and
Memory Builder game of
memory of
mining attempts of
minstrel show’s appeal to
Mississippi River and
Mississippi River notebooks of
on Mississippi River period
money troubles of
on Mormonism
on mother
in move to Europe
Mrs. Fairbanks’s influence on
music and
Nevada fire and
in New York
New York arrest of
New York printing job of
Nicaraguan voyage of
nicknames of
nightmares of
at Nook Farm
notebooks of
on Open Door treaty
Orion’s relationship with
Orion visited by
Osgood and
Osgood deal of
Paine and
in Paris
pen names of
in Philadelphia
phonograph of
photographs of
physical appearance of
physical world in prose of
pilot’s license earned by
poetry of
on police
political views of
on politicians
possible origin of name of
profanity of
on proof-readers
proposal to Livy by
prospecting attempts of
prostitution and
on Prudence Palfrey
psychic abilities and
psychoanalysis of
and publication of books
on Quaker City cruise
on Quarry Farm
at quartz mill
race and
racism and
raft accident of
rapprochement with Hart by
reading of
redecorations and
reformist passion of
on relics
religion and
rheumatism of
Rice’s relationship with
ridicule of Orion by
as riverboat pilot
Rogers and
Roosevelt dinner of
Roughing It publication and
rumors about
in Russia
in St. Louis
in St. Louis militia
Samuel Webster on
Sandwich Island lectures of
Sanitary Fair hoax
satire of
second trip to England by
sectional division and
self-editing of
sensitive ear of
seventy-fourth birthday of
in showdowns with Bliss
Slade seen by
slavery and
SLC’s first use of
sleepwalking of
on Southern speech
spoken language and
Stanley’s friendship with
steamboat characters and
steamboat crashes of
Such lawsuit of
superstitions of
support for Douglas by
Susy’s death and
Susy’s relationship with
on Tahoe
telephone of
temper of
Tennessee land deal and
theater as enthusiasm of
Thomas Paine’s influence on
thoughts on secession by
and “Three Aces,”
on Tilden
toast on women by
total financial losses of
tribute to Howells of
in trip to San Francisco
in Turkey
twin theme in work of
typesetting and
typewriter purchase of
in Vienna
vindictiveness of
voice of
wagon accident of
Ward compared to
Ward’s friendship with
Ward’s hoax on
Ward’s influence on
Warner compared with
on “waterfall” hairstyle
at Wave Hill
wedding of
at Whittier’s birthday party
Wilde’s meeting with
at Wiley house
on women lecturing
women’s suffrage and
work drive of
writing style of
at Yale Princeton game
see also specific works
JOURNALIST:
Ajax interview of
as Alta California “Travelling Correspondent”
ambition of
on Andrew Johnson
on Beecher
Californian pieces of
dispatches to Morning Call by
on Duncan’s drinking
early Enterprise reports of
early pseudonyms of
engagement of
at Enterprise
Enterprise piece of
Enterprise spoofs of
for Express
first appearance in print of
as first time editor
for Galaxy
Golden Era pieces of
for Harper’s
Hawaiian reports of
Herald piece of
hired by Morning Call
Hornet fire report of
as Insider
“Josh’s letters” written by
at Journal
on Menken
misidentified as “Mark Swain”
on New York police
parody of Ward by
Sabine’s castigation by
start at Enterprise of
Unreliable and
for Weekly Review
on women’s fashion
see also specific works
LECTURER:
around the world tour of
in Australia
Bryn Mawr lecture of
with Cable
in Canada
as celebrity
in Ceylon
1868–69 tour of
in England
first tour of
“Frozen Truth” lecture of
in India
lecturing stopped by
on mental telegraphy
oratorical style of
pay of
reviews of
Roughing It anecdotes used by
in South Africa
temper of
as Vandal
Ward lecture of
LETTERS:
for Alta California
to Ann Taylor
to Bliss
to Bowen
on death of Jervis Langdon
for Enterprise
for Evening Post
for Herald
to Howells
for Journal
to Laura Wright
to Livy
for London Standard
love letters to Livy
“Pauline” mentioned in
to Mary Field
to Mollie
for Morning Call
to mother
to Murray
to Olivia Langdon
to Orion
to Pamela
to river-town newspapers
to Rogers
to Susy
for Tribune
to Warner
to Wattie
Clermont
Cleveland, Grover
Cleveland, Ohio, SLC’s lectures in
Cleveland Herald
Cold Harbor, Battle of
Colfax, Schuyler
Coliseum
Colonel Crossman
Colonel Sellers (Twain)
Colonel Sellers as a Scientist (Twain and Howells)
Colt, Samuel
Columbus, Christopher
Comic Annual for 1873
Common Sense (Paine)
Comstock, Henry
Comstock Lode
“Concerning the Jews” (Twain)
Concord, Mass., Public Library
Condensed Novels (Harte)
Confederate States of America
Confucius
Congressional Record
Conkling, Roscoe
Connecticut Company
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, A (Twain)
dramatization of
England in
film versions of
Hank Morgan in
Howells on
reviews of
sales of
slavery in
writing of
Conrad, Joseph
Conrad, Lou
Conway, Moncure
Coon, Ben, III
Cooper, James Fenimore
Cooper, Peter
Cooper, Sarah
Cooper Union, see Peter Cooper Institute
Corbett, Jim
Cord, Henry
Cord, Mary Ann
Cosmopolitan
Cox, James
Crane, Stephen
Crane, Susan Langdon
Crane, Theodore W.
Crédit Mobilier scandal
Crescent City
Crimean War
Crinkle, Nym
Critic
Crosby, Bing
Cross, Sam
Crown Point Iron Co.
Cuba
Cupples, Upham & Co.
“Curious Republic of Gondour, The” (Twain)
Currier, Nathaniel
Cutler, William K.
“Czar’s Soliloquy, The” (Twain)
Czolgosz, Leon
Daddy Longlegs (Webster)
Daggett, Rollin Mallory
Daisy Miller ( James)
Dake, Laura M. Wright
Damascus, Syria
Dana, Charles A.
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
“Dandy Frightening the Squatter, The” (Twain)
Dangerous Intimacy: The Untold Story of Mark Twain’s Final Years (Lystra)
Daniel Slote & Company
Dante Alighieri
Darnell-Watson feud
Darwin, Charles
David Copperfield (Dickens)
Davis, Jefferson
Davis, Joshua William
Dawson, John D.
Dawson Brothers
Day, Alice Hooker
Day, John C.
“Death of Jean, The” (Twain)
Declaration of Independence
Deerslayer, The (Cooper)
“Defense of General Funston, A” (Twain)
Defoe, Daniel
de Kay, Helena
Delinquent Tax
Demosthenes
Dempsey, Terrell
Denny, William R.
Densmore, Gilbert
Dent, L. Holden
De Quille, Dan
Derby, George Horatio
Desatir
DeVoto, Bernard
Dewey, George
Díaz, Porfirio
Dibble, W. E.
Dickens, Charles
Dickinson, Anna
Dickinson, Emily
Dilberry, Lady Alice
Disciples of Christ
Disraeli, Benjamin
Dodge, “Buffalo Joe”
Dodge, Mary Mapes
Dolby, George
Donelson, Fort
Don Quixote (Cervantes)
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
“Double-Barreled Detective Story, A,”
Doubleday, Nelson
Douglas, Stephen
Douglass, Frederick
Douglass, Rosetta
Dowden, Edward
Drake, Sidney
Dramatic Chronicle
Dred Scott case
Dreyfus trial
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson)
Drummer Boy of the Rappahannock, see Hendershot, Robert Henry
Duckett, Margaret
dueling, code of
Dulles, Allen
Dumas, Alexandre, fils
Dumas, Alexandre, père
Duncan, Charles C.
Dvoák, Antonín
Ealer, George
East Louisiana Railroad
Eclectic Readers (McGuffey)
Eddy, Mary Baker
Edis
on, Thomas
Edward VI, King of England
Eliot, T. S.
Elizabeth, Empress of Austria
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Elmira, N.Y.
Elmira Advertiser
Elmira Ladies Seminary
Elmira Water Cure sanitarium
Emancipation Proclamation
Emerson, Everett
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
England
Euripedes
Europe and Elsewhere (Twain)
Evans, Albert S.
Evans, Walker
Evans, William
Every Saturday
Eve’s Diary (Twain)
Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven (Twain)
Eye Openers
“Fable for Old Boys & Girls” (Twain)
Fackler, St. Michael
“Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut, The” (Twain)
Fair, Laura
Fairbanks, Abel
Fairbanks, Alice
Fairbanks, Charlie
Fairbanks, Mary Mason
“Family Muss, A” (Twain)
Fanchon the Cricket
Fanning, Philip Ashley
Farm and Home
Farragut, David
Fatout, Paul
Fay & Cox
“Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses” (Twain)
Ferguson, Henry
Ferguson, Samuel
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Field, Kate
Field, Mary M.
Field, Stephen Johnson
Fields, James T.
Fields, W. C.
Fifteenth Amendment
Finn, Jimmy
Finney, James “Ole Virginny”
First Independent Congregational Church
Fishkin, Shelley Fisher
Fiske, John
Fitch, Thomas
Five Points
Flaubert, Gustave
Fletcher, Thomas C.
Florida, Mo.
Florida, secession of
Florida Academy
Florida & Paris Railroad
Following the Equator (Twain)
Ford, Darius
Ford, Eunice
Ford, Tennessee Ernie
Forrest, Edwin
“Forty-Three Days in an Open Boat” (Twain)
Forum
Fourteenth Amendment
France
Franco-Prussian War
Frank, Michael
Frank, Waldo
Franklin, Benjamin
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria
Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria
Fredericksburg, Battle of
Fredonia Censor
Fredonia Watch Company, see Independent Watch Company
“Freedman’s Case in Equity, The” (Cable)
Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins
French Spy (Haines)
Freud, Sigmund
Frost, Robert
Froude, J. A.
Fuller, Frank
Fullerton, William
Fulton, Robert
Gabriel Conroy (Harte)
Gabrilowitsch, Clara Clemens, see Samossoud, Clara Clemens Gabrilowitsch
Gabrilowitsch, Nina
Gabrilowitsch, Ossip
Gaines, General
Galaxy
“Gallant Fireman, A” (Twain)
Gallia, S.S.
Galton, Francis
Garfield, James A.
Gargantua and Pantagruel (Rabelais)
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Garrett, Henry
Garrison, William Lloyd
Garth, Helen
Gebbie, George
Genoa, Italy
George Routledge & Sons
Georgia, secession of
