Volume 2

Front Matter for Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2

  • Description: Front matter published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2

Autobiographical Dictation of 2 April 1906

  • Description: PROMOTION FOR BARNES...

Autobiographical Dictation of 3 April 1906

  • Description: BARNES'S APPOINTMENT ANGERS WASHINGTON...

Autobiographical Dictation of 4 April 1906

  • Description: MRS. MORRIS CASE IN SENATE...

Autobiographical Dictation of 5 April 1906

  • Description: Am I standing upon the world's back and looking east...

Autobiographical Dictation of 6 April 1906

  • Description: This house is No. 21 Fifth Avenue...

Autobiographical Dictation of 9 April 1906

  • Description: This morning's mail brings me from France a letter...

Autobiographical Dictation of 10 April 1906

  • Description: When "Huck Finn" was flung out of the Concord Public Library...

Autobiographical Dictation of 11 April 1906

  • Description: I am not glancing through my books to find out...

Autobiographical Dictation of 21 May 1906

  • Description: We are to abide here in the green solitude of the woods...

Autobiographical Dictation of 23 May 1906

  • Description: But I must go back to Webb...

Autobiographical Dictation of 24 May 1906

  • Description: My opportunity was now come to right myself...

Autobiographical Dictation of 26 May 1906

  • Description: As I have already remarked, I had imported my nephew-in-law...

Autobiographical Dictation of 28 May 1906

  • Description: Webster conceived the idea that he had discovered me to the world...

Autobiographical Dictation of 29 May 1906

  • Description: His new quarters were on the second or third floor...

Autobiographical Dictation of 31 May 1906

  • Description: This is a magnificent morning...

Autobiographical Dictation of 1 June 1906

  • Description: Whenever galley-proofs or revises went to General Grant...

Autobiographical Dictation of 2 June 1906

  • Description: I suspected that the bookkeeper, Scott, was going to have...

Autobiographical Dictation of 4 June 1906

  • Description: To-morrow will be the 5th of June...

Autobiographical Dictation of 6 June 1906

  • Description: York Harbor consists of a widely scattered cluster...

Autobiographical Dictation of 7 June 1906

  • Description: Several times, in letters written to friends, in those days...

Autobiographical Dictation of 11 June 1906

  • Description: After a week of silence and inanition I hardly know...

Autobiographical Dictation of 12 June 1906

  • Description: During fifty-six years, the whole great globe...

Autobiographical Dictation of 13 June 1906

  • Description: How wonderful are the ways of Providence...

Autobiographical Dictation of 14 June 1906

  • Description: Harte was paid for setting type only...

Autobiographical Dictation of 18 June 1906

  • Description: Let me consider that I have now been dead...

Autobiographical Dictation of 19 June 1906

  • Description: Our Bible reveals to us the character of our God...

Autobiographical Dictation of 20 June 1906

  • Description: There are one or two curious defects about Bibles...

Autobiographical Dictation of 22 June 1906

  • Description: For two years, now, Christianity has been repeating, in Russia...

Autobiographical Dictation of 23 June 1906

  • Description: Let us now consider the real God...

Autobiographical Dictation of 25 June 1906

  • Description: It is to these celestial bandits...

Autobiographical Dictation of 17 July 1906

  • Description: Five or six weeks ago, when I was dictating...

Autobiographical Dictation of 30 July 1906

  • Description: I am back again in this country house...

Autobiographical Dictation of 31 July 1906

  • Description: Colonel Harvey will arrive here to-night...

Autobiographical Dictation of 6 August 1906

  • Description: Let us go back three months, now...

Autobiographical Dictation of 7 August 1906

  • Description: Who saves my soul does me a service...

Autobiographical Dictation of 8 August 1906

  • Description: There is one great trouble about dictating...

Autobiographical Dictation of 10 August 1906

  • Description: This morning's mail brings me this clipping...

Autobiographical Dictation of 11 August 1906

  • Description: From the beginning of time, philosophers of all breeds...

Autobiographical Dictation of 13 August 1906

  • Description: The group sat on the veranda...

Autobiographical Dictation of 15 August 1906

  • Description: My school days began when I was four years and a half old...

Autobiographical Dictation of 27 August 1906

  • Description: Several weeks ago, in Chapter XLI...

Autobiographical Dictation of 28 August 1906

  • Description: Higbie's reply had come...

Autobiographical Dictation of 29 August 1906

  • Description: In this morning's mail comes a letter from a stranger...

Autobiographical Dictation of 30 August 1906

  • Description: I was never willing to destroy...

Autobiographical Dictation of 31 August 1906

  • Description: Around about here, in the New Hampshire woods and hills...

Autobiographical Dictation of 3 September 1906

  • Description: We carried out our project at the club...

Autobiographical Dictation of 4 September 1906

  • Description: There is one thing which fills me with wonder...

Autobiographical Dictation of 5 September 1906

  • Description: It is years since I have examined the Children's Record...

Autobiographical Dictation of 7 September 1906

  • Description: For good or for evil, we continue to educate Europe...

Autobiographical Dictation of 10 September 1906

  • Description: I have not yet finished about the British Premier...

Autobiographical Dictation of 2 October 1906

  • Description: I have been to New York and to Fairhaven again...

Autobiographical Dictation of 3 October 1906

  • Description: Yesterday I mentioned that on 22d of September...

Autobiographical Dictation of 4 October 1906

  • Description: It was my purpose, yesterday morning, to talk about...

Autobiographical Dictation of 5 October 1906

  • Description: Several weeks ago I injected into one of these chapters...

Autobiographical Dictation of 8 October 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography...

Autobiographical Dictation of 9 October 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography...

Autobiographical Dictation of 10 October 1906

  • Description: I couldn't finish, yesterday...

Autobiographical Dictation of 11 October 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography...

Autobiographical Dictation of 12 October 1906

  • Description: I broke off there yesterday...

Autobiographical Dictation of 15 October 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography...

Autobiographical Dictation of 16 October 1906

  • Description: Warner is gone. Stockton is gone....

Autobiographical Dictation of 30 October 1906

  • Description: I remember a circumstance in support of this conviction....

Autobiographical Dictation of 7 November 1906

  • Description: The first time I was in Egypt....

Autobiographical Dictation of 8 November 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation of 19 November 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation of 20 November 1906

  • Description: Georgia Cayvan is dead....

Autobiographical Dictation of 21 November 1906

  • Description: Before I close this talk about methods of raising money....

Autobiographical Dictation of 22 November 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation of 23 November 1906

  • Description: I was supposing that I had said, yesterday....

Autobiographical Dictation of 24 November 1906

  • Description: I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because....

Autobiographical Dictation of 30 November 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation of 1 December 1906

  • Description: An exciting event in our village (Hannibal)....

Autobiographical Dictation of 2 December 1906

  • Description: In 1847 we were living in a large white house....

Autobiographical Dictation of 3 December 1906

  • Description: One evening we dined with the C.'s....

Autobiographical Dictation of 5 December 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation of 6 December 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation of 13 December 1906

  • Description: As regards the coming American monarchy....

Autobiographical Dictation of 17 December 1906

  • Description: As I have already remarked, "Old Times on the Mississippi"....

Autobiographical Dictation of 18 December 1906

  • Description: I went to Washington, a fortnight ago....

Autobiographical Dictation of 19 December 1906

  • Description: That was an odd mission of mine....

Autobiographical Dictation of 20 December 1906

  • Description: Six months ago, when I was recalling early days....

Autobiographical Dictation of 21 December 1906

  • Description: I wish to insert here some pages....

Autobiographical Dictation of 26 December 1906

  • Description: I lately received a letter from England....

Autobiographical Dictation of 27 December 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation of 28 December 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation of 29 December 1906

  • Description: From Susy's Biography....

Autobiographical Dictation 6 January 1907

  • Description: That reminds me....

Autobiographical Dictation 9 January 1907

  • Description: There has been an incident....

Autobiographical Dictation 15 January 1907

  • Description: The human race was always interesting....

Autobiographical Dictation 17 January 1907

  • Description: Helen Keller dined with us yesterday evening....

Autobiographical Dictation 22 January 1907

  • Description: In an earlier chapter I inserted....

Autobiographical Dictation 23 January 1907

  • Description: The proverb says that Providence protects children....

Autobiographical Dictation 28 January 1907

  • Description: In the middle of the afternoon, day before yesterday....

Autobiographical Dictation 29 January 1907

  • Description: Those hand readings were made two years ago....

Autobiographical Dictation 30 January 1907

  • Description: The political and commercial morals of the United States....

Autobiographical Dictation 1 February 1907

  • Description: Last summer I dictated some remarks....

Autobiographical Dictation 4 February 1907

  • Description: In these days things are happening which bring Bret Harte....

Autobiographical Dictation 11 February 1907

  • Description: Two months ago (December 6) I was dictating....

Autobiographical Dictation 12 February 1907

  • Description: Those stars indicate the long chapter....

Autobiographical Dictation 19 February 1907

  • Description: About thirty-five years ago (1872)....

Autobiographical Dictation 25 February 1907

  • Description: As I have said once or twice already....

Autobiographical Dictation 26 February 1907

  • Description: Last week I started a club....

Autobiographical Dictation 27 February 1907

  • Description: I am not a history maker....

Autobiographical Dictation 28 February 1907

  • Description: The most lurid cause celebre of modern ages....

Appendixes, Volume 2

  • Description: A Brief Chronology, Family Biographies, Previous Publication

Back Matter for Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2

  • Description: Back matter published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2

Guide to the Textual Apparatus

  • Description: Statement of editorial policy for the Autobiography

Photographs from Volume 2

  • Description: Photographs published in Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2