1909

Autobiographical Dictation of 5 January 1909

• Description: I saw only three references to that curious Presidential performance...

Autobiographical Dictation of 11 January 1909

• Description: From away back towards the very beginning of the Shakspeare-Bacon controversy...

Autobiographical Dictation of 10 March 1909

• Description: Miss Lyon came into the billiard room an hour ago, where I was busying myself...

Autobiographical Dictation of 25 March 1909

• Description: About two months ago I was illuminating this Autobiography with some notions of mine...

Autobiographical Dictation of 16 April 1909

• Description: For the second time I have heard Clara sing in public...

Autobiographical Dictation of 21 October 1909

• Description: Little by little the evidence comes out as to Miss Lyon's drinking habits...

Closing Words of My Autobiography

• Description: Jean is dead...

Editorial Preface (The Ashcroft Lyon Manuscript)

• Description: Mark Twain wrote this long manuscript, which he left untitled, over a period of more than four months...

The Ashcroft Lyon Manuscript

• Description: In your day, a hundred years hence, this Manuscript will have a distinct value...