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Start of eBook	1
INTRODUCTION	1
PREFACE	1
THE STORY OF A SPEECH	2
PLYMOUTH ROCK AND THE PILGRIMS	9
COMPLIMENTS AND DEGREES	12
BOOKS, AUTHORS, AND HATS	15
DEDICATION SPEECH	20
DIE SCHRECKEN DER DEUTSCHEN SPRACHE [THE HORRORS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE]	20
GERMAN FOR THE HUNGARIANS	22
A NEW GERMAN WORD	23
UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM	23
THE WEATHER	25
THE BABIES	27
OUR CHILDREN AND GREAT DISCOVERIES	29
EDUCATING THEATRE-GOERS	30
THE EDUCATIONAL THEATRE	31
POETS AS POLICEMEN	32
PUDD’NHEAD WILSON DRAMATIZED	32
DALY THEATRE	33
THE DRESS OF CIVILIZED WOMAN	34
DRESS REFORM AND COPYRIGHT	35
COLLEGE GIRLS	37
GIRLS	38
THE LADIES	38
WOMAN’S PRESS CLUB	40
VOTES FOR WOMEN	41
WOMAN-AN OPINION	42
ADVICE TO GIRLS	43
TAXES AND MORALS	43
TAMMANY AND CROKER	46
MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION	47
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT	49
CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES	51
THEORETICAL MORALS	52
LAYMAN’S SERMON	54
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY	55
PUBLIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION	57
EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP	58
COURAGE	59
THE DINNER TO MR. CHOATE	60
ON STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE	61
HENRY M. STANLEY	62
DINNER TO MR. JEROME	63
HENRY IRVING	64
DINNER TO HAMILTON W. MABIE	65
INTRODUCING NYE AND RILEY	66
DINNER TO WHITELAW REID	67
ROGERS AND RAILROADS	69
THE OLD-FASHIONED PRINTER	72
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN AUTHORS	73
READING-ROOM OPENING	75
LITERATURE	75
DISAPPEARANCE OF LITERATURE	76
THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUB DINNER	78
THE ALPHABET AND SIMPLIFIED SPELLING	78
SPELLING AND PICTURES	80
BOOKS AND BURGLARS	84
AUTHORS’ CLUB	85
BOOKSELLERS	86
MORALS AND MEMORY	88
QUEEN VICTORIA	94
JOAN OF ARC	95
ACCIDENT INSURANCE—ETC.	99
OSTEOPATHY	100
WATER-SUPPLY	101
MISTAKEN IDENTITY	102
CATS AND CANDY	104
OBITUARY POETRY	105
CIGARS AND TOBACCO	105
BILLIARDS	106
THE UNION RIGHT OR WRONG	106
AN IDEAL FRENCH ADDRESS	108
STATISTICS	109
GALVESTON ORPHAN BAZAAR	110
SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE	111
CHARITY AND ACTORS	111
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC	112
RUSSIAN SUFFERERS	113
WATTERSON AND TWAIN AS REBELS	116
ROBERT FULTON FUND	117
FULTON DAY, JAMESTOWN	119
LOTOS CLUB DINNER IN HONOR OF MARK TWAIN	121
COPYRIGHT	123
IN AID OF THE BLIND	126
DR. MARK TWAIN, FARMEOPATH	131
MISSOURI UNIVERSITY SPEECH	133
BUSINESS	134
CARNEGIE THE BENEFACTOR	135
ON POETRY, VERACITY, AND SUICIDE	136
WELCOME HOME	137
AN UNDELIVERED SPEECH	141
SIXTY-SEVENTH BIRTHDAY	142
TO THE WHITEFRIARS	148
THE ASCOT GOLD CUP	151
THE SAVAGE CLUB DINNER	152
GENERAL MILES AND THE DOG	155
WHEN IN DOUBT, TELL THE TRUTH	157
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE,	159
INDEPENDENCE DAY	160
AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH	163
ABOUT LONDON	165
PRINCETON	167
THE ST. LOUIS HARBOR-BOAT “MARK TWAIN”	167
SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY	168

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