Author:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Edition Statement:Definitive ed.
Imprint:New York : Gabriel Wells, 1922-1925.
Description37 v. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Note:Introductions, biography of Twain, and editing of Twain letters by Albert Bigelow Paine.
Note:"This definitive edition consists of one thousand twenty-four sets, the first volume of each bearing the original autograph signature of Mark Twain"--V. 1, p. [ii]. "Fly-leaf was signed by Mark Twain in 1906 in anticipation of the present definitive edition of his works"--Prefixed leaf. Author signed himself both "S.L. Clemens" and "Mark Twain." This set is number 782.
Note:Literary essays included in vol. 22: In defense of Harriet Shelley - Fenimore Cooper's literary offenses - Traveling with a reformer - Private history of the 'Jumping Frog' story - Mental telegraphy - Mental telegraphy again - What Paul Bourget thinks of us - A little note to Mr. Paul Bourget - The invalid's story - Stirring times in Austria - The German Chicago - Concerning the Jews - About all kinds of ships - From the 'London Times' of 1904 - A majestic literary fossil - At the appetite cure - Sain Joan of Arc - In memoriam - A biographical sketch.
Note:Stories included in vol. 23, The man that corrupted Hadley and other stories: The man that corrupted Hadleyburg - My debut as a literary person - The ¤1,000,000 bank-note - Ehe Esquimau maiden's romance - My first lie, and how I got out of it - The belated Russian passport - Two little tales - About play-acting - Diplomatic pay and clothes - Is he living or is he dead? - My boyhood dreams - The Austrian Edison keeping school again - The death disk - A double-barreled detective story - A petition to the Queen of England.
Note:Stories included in vol. 24, The $30,000 Bequest and other stories: The $30,000 bequest - A dog's tale - Was it heaven? or hell? - A cure for the blues - The enemy conquered; or, love triumphant - The Californian's tale - A helpless situation - A telephonic convesation - Edward Mills and George Benton: a tale - The five boons of life - The first writing-machines - Italian without a master - Italian with grammar - A burlesque biography - How to tell a story - General Washington's negro body-servant - Wit inspirations of the 'two-year-olds' - An entertaiing article - A letter to the Secretary of the Treasury - Amended obituaries - A monument to Adam - A humane word from Satan - Introduction to 'The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English - Advice to little girls - Post-mortem poetry - The danger of lying in bed - Portrait of King William III - Does the race of man love a lord? - Extracts from Adam's diary - Eve's diary.
Note:Essays included in vol. 26, What is Man? and Other Essays: What is man? - The death of Jean- The turning-point of my life - How to make history dates stick - The memorable assasination - A scrap of curious history - Switzerland, the cradle of liberty - At the shrine of St. Wagner - William Dean Howells - English as she is taught - A simplified alphabet - As concerns interpreting the deity - Concerning tobacco - The bee - Taming the bicycle - Is Shakespeare dead?
Note:Stories included in vol. 27, The Mysterious Stranger and other stories: The mysterious stranger - A horse's tale - Extract from Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven - A fable - My platonic sweetheart - Hunting the deceitful turkey - The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm
Note:v. 1-2. The innocents abroad, or, The new pilgrim's progress -- v. 3-4. Roughing it -- v. 5-6. The gilded age / by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner -- v. 7. Sketches new and old -- v. 8. The adventures of Tom Sawyer -- v. 9-10. A tramp abroad -- v. 11. The prince and the pauper -- v. 12. Life on the Mississippi -- v. 13. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- v. 14. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court -- v. 15. The American claimant, and other stories and sketches -- v. 16. Pudd'head Wilson ; and, Those extraordinary twins -- v. 17-18. Personal recollections of Joan of Arc / by the Sieur Louis de Conte -- v. 19. Tom Sawyer abroad, Tom Sawyer, detective, and other stories, etc., etc. -- v. 20-21. Following the equator -- v. 22. Literary essays -- v. 23. The man that corrupted Hadleyburg, and other essays and stories -- v. 24. The $30,000 bequest, and other stories -- v. 25. Christian Science -- v. 26. What is man? and other essays -- v. 27. The mysterious stranger, and other stories -- v. 28. Mark Twain's speeches -- v. 29. Europe and elsewhere -- v. 30-33. Mark Twain : a biography / by Albert Bigelow Paine -- v. 34-35. Mark Twain's letters / arranged with comment by Albert Bigelow Paine -- v. 36-37. Mark Twain's autobiography.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliography and indexes.
