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I don't know if it was a first edition or not, but that's what I paid for, and that's what was advertised.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very good but.................By PSVIt is always a pleasure to read Mark Twain.I just do not understand the format of the book.The most ilogical, cumbersome way to deliver a text.The speeches are great!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Mark Twain SpeechesBy Donna L. RikeMark Twain is a fascinating human being. Brilliant, funny and what I like the most - he can calla spade a spade before anyone knows what happened. *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Spanning the time between 1872 and the year before he died, this collection of after-dinner speeches, random thoughts to "the press", etc. clearly documents, once again, the truly eclectic mind of Samuel Clemens. It also demonstrates how he dealt with adulation, compliments and notoriety...head on! This collection is a treasure-trove of Twain sayings, witticisms and pronouncements on a huge galaxy of issues and concerns in his life. Contents The story of a speech -- Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims -- Compliments and degrees -- Books, authors, and hats -- Dedication speech -- Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache -- The horrors of the German language -- German for the Hungarians -- A new German word -- Unconscious plagiarism -- The weather -- The babies -- Our children and great discoveries -- Educating theatre-goers -- The educational theatre -- Poets as policemen -- Pudd'nhead Wilson dramatized -- Daly Theatre -- The dress of civilized woman -- Dress reform and copyright -- College girls -- Girls -- The ladies -- Woman's press club -- Votes for women -- Woman, an opinion -- Advice to girls -- Taxes and morals -- Tammany and Croker -- Municipal corruption -- Municipal government -- China and the Philippines -- Theoretical morals -- Layman's sermon -- University Settlement Society -- Public Education Association -- Education and citizenship -- Courage -- The dinner to Mr. Choate -- On Stanley and Livingstone -- Henry M. Stanley -- Dinner to Mr. Jerome -- Henry Irving -- Dinner to Hamilton W. Mabie -- Introducing Nye and Riley -- Dinner to Whitelaw Reid -- Rogers and railroads -- The old-fashioned printer -- Society of American Authors -- Reading-room opening -- Literature -- Disappearance of literature -- The New York Press Club dinner -- The alphabet and simplified spelling -- Spelling and pictures -- Books and burglars -- Authors' Club -- Booksellers -- "Mark Twain's first appearance" -- Morals and memory -- Queen Victoria -- Joan of Arc -- Accident insurance, etc. -- Osteopathy -- Water-supply -- Mistaken identity -- Cats and candy -- Obituary poetry -- Cigars and tobacco -- Billiards -- The Union right or wrong -- An ideal French address -- Statistics -- Galveston orphan bazaar -- San Francisco earthquake -- Charity and actors -- Russian republic -- Russian sufferers -- Watterson and Twain as rebels -- Robert Fulton fund -- Fulton Day, Jamestown -- Lotos Club dinner in honor of Mark Twain -- Copyright -- In aid of the blind -- Dr. Mark Twain, farmeopath -- Missouri University speech -- Business -- Carnegie the benefactor -- On poetry, veracity, and suicide -- Welcome home -- An undelivered speech -- Sixty-seventh birthday -- To the Whitefriars -- The Ascot gold cup -- The Savage Club dinner -- General Miles and the dog -- When in doubt, tell the truth -- The day we celebrate -- Independence day -- Americans and the English -- About London -- Princeton -- The St. Louis harbor-boat "Mark Twain" -- Seventieth birthday. About the AuthorSamuel Langhorne Clemens, prominently known by his penname Mark Twain, was a famous American author and humorist. His most famous works, ldquo;The Adventures of Tom Sawyerrdquo;, and its sequel ldquo;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnrdquo;, the latter being called ldquo;The Great American Novelrdquo;. Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which provided the setting for ldquo;Huck Finnrdquo; and ldquo;Tom Sawyerrdquo;. He worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his brotherrsquo;s newspaper Orion Clemens, prior to which he did apprenticeship with a printer. He later worked as a pilot of a riverboat before he moved west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. His humorous story, ldquo;The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Countyrdquo;, published in 1865 and based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp California, where he had spent time as a miner, brought international fame and attention and was even translated to Classic Greek. He was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. The wit and satire of Twain, both in prose and speech, earned praise from critics and peers. Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, though he lost most of it by investing in ventures, notably the Paige Compositor. The failure of this mechanical typesetter was attributed to its complexity and imprecision. These financial difficulties led him to seek protection from his creditors via bankruptcy and succeeded in overcoming his financial problems with the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers. A gentleman by nature, Twain decided to pay all his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal responsibility to do so. Twain was born shortly after the visit of Halleyrsquo;s Comet, and he predicted that he would ldquo;go out with itrdquo;, too. He died the day after the comet returned. He was lauded as ldquo;the greatest American humorist of his agerdquo;, and William Faulkner called Twain ldquo;the father of American literature.rdquo; [HRB8q.ebook] Mark Twain's Speeches (Annotated) By Mark Twain PDF [HRB8q.ebook] Mark Twain's Speeches (Annotated) By Mark Twain Epub [HRB8q.ebook] Mark Twain's Speeches (Annotated) By Mark Twain Ebook [HRB8q.ebook] Mark Twain's Speeches (Annotated) By Mark Twain Rar [HRB8q.ebook] Mark Twain's Speeches (Annotated) By Mark Twain Zip [HRB8q.ebook] Mark Twain's Speeches (Annotated) By Mark Twain Read Online.
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