MOMENTS WITH MARK TWAIN ❖ [Illustration: Copyright, 1907, by Underwood & Underwood] Moments With MARK TWAIN _Selected by_ ❦ ❦ ❦ ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE [Illustration] Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London MOMENTS WITH MARK TWAIN Copyright, 1920, by The Mark Twain Company Printed in the United States of America Published March, 1920 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. _From_ “SKETCHES NEW AND OLD” 1 II. _From_ “THE INNOCENTS ABROAD” 7 III. _From_ “ROUGHING IT” 58 IV. _From_ “THE GILDED AGE” 101 V. _From_ “ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER” 113 VI. _From_ “THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT” 129 VII. _From_ “A TRAMP ABROAD” 131 VIII. _From_ “LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI” 155 IX. _From_ “THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER” 182 X. _From_ “THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN” 199 XI. _From_ “A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT” 223 XII. _From_ “RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSION” 244 XIII. _From_ “PUDD’NHEAD WILSON’S CALENDAR” 247 XIV. _From_ “THE PRIVATE HISTORY OF A CAMPAIGN THAT FAILED” 254 XV. _From_ “THE PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC” 261 XVI. _From_ “SAINT JOAN OF ARC” 272 XVII. _From_ “FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR” 273 XVIII. _From_ “CONCERNING THE JEWS” 283 XIX. _From_ “CHRISTIAN SCIENCE” 285 XX. _From_ “ITALIAN WITHOUT A MASTER” 288 XXI. _From_ “EVE’S DIARY” 290 XXII. MISCELLANEOUS 291 XXIII. _From_ “THE DEATH OF JEAN” 298 XXIV. _From_ ONE OF HIS LATEST MEMORANDA 299 FOREWORD Beginning his preface to the “Uniform Edition” of his works, Mark Twain wrote: