by Mark Twain
CHARACTERS: Mary Jane Wilks, 356, 609; prototypes, 626, 653–54; SLC’s defense of Huck, 30–31, 476
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: banned by libraries, 28, 29–33, 473–76; composition, 196, 446, 551–52, 645; inspiration for, 332; prototypes for characters, 626, 653–54; publication, 53, 599, 641, 650; readers’ responses, 16, 33; whitewashing fence episode, 317, 321, 596
African Americans: Helen Keller’s playmate, 414–15; political events, 472; Quarry Farm servants, 542; servant of Speakers of the House, 319, 598; Wakeman’s execution of, 192–93, 549. See also Lewis, John T.; Minstrel shows
Ah Sin (SLC and Harte): collaboration, 419–20, 632–34; lead actor, 423, 636; reviews, 633–34; SLC’s opinion, 633–34
Aircraft, 360–61, 612
Albigenses, 134, 524
•Alden, Henry Mills, 230–31, 562
•Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 318, 339, 353, 485, 609
Alexander, Charles B., 493
Alexander the Great, 330
Alexander and Green (law firm), 59, 493. See also Whitford, Daniel
Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia; pope), 134, 525
Alfonso Carlos (prince of Bourbon and Austria-Este), 98, 507
Allen, Jennie. See Donworth, Grace
Alonzo Child (steamboat), 405
Alston, Theodosia Burr (Aaron Burr’s daughter), 359, 610–11
Ament, Joseph P., 561, 649
America (steamboat), 549
American Bible Society, 499
The American Claimant, 553
American Copyright League, 317–18, 584–85, 597
American Missionary Society, 297
American News Company, 48, 49–50, 485
American Philological Association, 581
American Publishers’ Copyright League, 597
American Publishing Company (Hartford): directors and staff, 48, 52–53, 486, 488–89, 492; Grant’s Personal Memoirs, 61–62; Harpers’ agreement, 160, 539; Harte’s contract, 421, 634–35; Richardson’s books, 486; rights to SLC’s books, 143, 160, 528; SLC’s contracts and disputes, 49–53, 143, 147, 487–88, 527–28; SLC’s split from, 52–53, 488–89. See also Bliss, Elisha, Jr., and Bliss, Francis E.
PUBLICATION OF SLC’S WORKS: Following the Equator, 504, 651; The Gilded Age, 53, 650; Huckleberry Finn (considered), 492–93; The Innocents Abroad, 48–51, 53, 486–88, 650; Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old, 53, 650; Pudd’nhead Wilson, 651; Roughing It, 50–51, 53, 143, 147, 488, 527–28, 641, 650; Tom Sawyer, 53, 650; A Tramp Abroad, 51–52, 488, 651
“The American Vandal Abroad,” 48, 486, 608, 650
Angels Camp, 484, 621, 650
Anna (Jean’s maid), 511
Anne (queen of England), 339–40, 605
Appleton, William H., 506, 597
Appleton, William Worthen, 317, 597
Army and Navy Stores, 450–52, 647
Army of the Tennessee, 70, 181, 496
Arthur, Chester A., 70
Arthur (king), 218, 307
“As Concerns Interpreting the Deity,” 363–70, 613–15
Ashcroft, Ralph W., 652, 655
Associated Press: on Clara’s début, 243, 568; on Jessamy Harte, 427; SLC’s speech at banquet, 245–46, 274–77, 563–64, 569; on Thaw case, 454
Astrology, 226, 558–59
Atlantic Monthly: editors and publishers, 353, 521, 548, 554, 609; Harte’s writing, 120, 521; Hale’s writing, 636; SLC’s writing, 353, 489, 549, 551, 609, 611
“At the Farm,” 557
Audubon, John James, 413, 629
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (empress of Prussia), 432
Augustus (Gaius Octavius; emperor of Rome), 365, 614
Austria: dueling, 98, 507; Clemenses’ stay in Marienbad, 227–28, 559; Clemenses’ stay in Kaltenleutgeben, 602, 651. See also Vienna
Autobiography (SLC): daily dictation time, 621; remarks about form and content, 12, 127, 162, 172, 229–30, 243, 522, 640; written as from the grave, 68–69, 116, 121, 153, 158, 169–70, 172, 344, 357, 430, 522. See also Florentine Dictations; “Chapters from My Autobiography”
B., Mr. (unidentified), 304–6
Babyhood (periodical), 600
Backus, Charles, 293–94, 588
Bacon, Charles P., 36–37, 479–80
Bacon, Francis, 155, 333
Bacon, H. D., 550
Bahamas, 455, 648
Bailey, James Montgomery (“Danbury News Man”), 153, 534
Bancker, G., 588
Bangs, John Kendrick, 510
Bar Association of Philadelphia, 308–9, 592
Barber, Joseph (“Disbanded Volunteer”), 153, 534–35
Barbour, Thomas S., 461–62
Barnard College, 15, 17, 466
Barnes, Benjamin F.: appointed postmaster, 3, 6–8, 11–12, 460; Morris incident, 3, 7–9, 11–12, 457–58, 460
Barnes, George Eustace, 114–17
Barr, Robert, 552–53
Barret, Richard Aylett, 610
Barret, Richard Ferril (called Dr. Gwynn), 358, 610
Barrett, Lawrence, 330, 601, 637
Barrie, J. M., 30, 475
Bartlett, Matthew Henry, 536
Bartlett Tower (Talcott Mountain), 156, 536
Bateman, Seth, 622
Bateman’s Point resort (Newport, R.I.), 385–87, 622
Bay. See Clemens, Clara Langdon
Bayer and Company, 502
Bay State Belting Company, 483
Beale, Edward Fitzgerald (Ned), 218, 556, 557
Beard, Dan, 526
Beardsley, Lillian Robinson, 189–90, 547
•Beckwith, James Carroll, 251, 573
Beecher, Catharine, 643
Beecher, Henry Ward: family, 501, 574, 626; proposed autobiography, 501; scandal and trial, 253, 501, 573–74; WORK: Life of Jesus, the Christ, 77, 500–501
Beecher, William, 574
Beef Trust, 116, 515
Belgium. See Leopold II
Bell, Alexander Graham, 56–57, 491–92, 586
Benedict, Frank Lee, 346, 606
Benjamin, Anne Engle Rogers, 622
Benjamin, William Evarts, 387, 389, 504, 622
Bentley, George, 633
Berlin: Clemenses’ visits, 82, 157, 310, 315–16, 432–33, 536, 555, 584, 596, 655; SLC’s dinner with Wilhelm II, 310–12, 315, 431–34, 593–95; SLC’s illness, 432, 593–94
Berlin disaster (1907), 437–44
•Bermuda, 359–63, 611–12, 652
Bermudian (ship), 611
Bernard, William H., 588
Bethune, George W., 563
Bible: copyright, 291, 341, 587; corrupting influence on children, 30, 135; Natick translation, 412–13, 628–29; school opened with reading, 178; stories shared with other religions, 130–31, 522–23; unreliable as evidence, 131–32, 140–41; Wakeman’s explanation of miracles, 192, 194–95; mentioned, 109, 236, 360, 374. See also Christianity; Eve’s Diary; God
REFERENCES: “After a time, and half a time . . .” (Revelation), 54, 489; “Ask and ye shall receive” (Matthew), 178; Decalogue (Ten Commandments), 337, 605; Elijah and prophets of Baal (1 Kings), 551; “The end is not yet” (Matthew), 313, 595; “feeding of the five thousand” (Matthew), 102, 509; “Golden Rule” (Matthew), 130, 522; “how beautiful are the feet . . . gospel of peace” (Romans), 134, 524; “seventy times seven times” (Matthew), 129, 522; “sufficient unto the day” (Matthew), 337, 605; Noah’s flood (Genesis), 54, 130, 489, 523; “the voice . . . heard in the land” (Song of Solomon), 335, 604
Bierce, Ambrose, 118, 517
Bicycling (SLC), 258–59, 575
•Billiards, 53, 149, 161, 346, 377–85, 619–22
Billings, Josh (Henry Wheeler Shaw), 153, 485, 534
Birch, William (Billy), 293–94, 588
Bismarck, Otto von, 310, 594
Bixby, Horace E., 58, 238, 492, 566, 649
“Blabbing Government Secrets,” 561
Blamire, Joseph, 641
Blind, associations
for, 32, 477, 582. See also Keller, Helen
“Blindfold Novelette” (planned by SLC and Howells), 548
•Bliss, Elisha, Jr.: characterized by SLC, 50, 52, 54, 60; death, 52; “swindles” SLC, 50–53, 143, 147, 527–28; A Tramp Abroad published, 51–52, 488. See also American Publishing Company
•Bliss, Francis E., 52, 62, 143–44, 489, 528
B’nai B’rith, 608
Boardman, Douglass, 479–80
Boer War (second, 1899–1902), 137–38, 526, 543
Bohn’s Classical Library, 365–66, 614
Bok, Edward, 446, 644
Boker, George H., 601
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 364, 613
Book of Common Prayer, 587
Book of Mormon, 247, 571
Booth, Edwin, 348, 607
Booth, Etta, 24–25, 471
Booth, Lucius A., 24, 471
Borderland (periodical), 604, 624
Borgia, Rodrigo (Pope Alexander VI), 134, 525
Boston (Mass.): courteous cabmen, 362; pedestrian excursion, 380, 620, 643; press dinner, 256; SLC’s visits, 445, 495, 586, 643; typewriter purchased, 445–46, 643–44
Boston Carpet-Bag, 561
Boston Journal, 568
Boston Lyceum Bureau. See Redpath, James
Boswell, James, 570
Boucicault, Dion, 637
Bowen, Barton S., 561
Bowen, William, 405
Bowers, H. C., 490
Bowker, Richard R., 317, 319, 597–98
Bowling, 380–81, 385–87
Bowser, Wattie, 532
Boyle, B. Butler, 213
Braid, James, 591–92
Bridgman, Laura, 582
Briggs, Charles Augustus, 131, 523–24
Bristol, Frank M. (Rev. Mr. X.), 410–12, 628
British Congo Reform Association, 529
British Empire: Anglo-Saxon superiority, 225–27; Boer War (second), 137–38, 526, 543; wars and depredations in name of Christianity, 134–35, 525. See also Great Britain
British Inland Revenue Office, 179–80, 545
British Parliament: and copyright law, 288–90, 291, 586–87; SLC’s testimony, 290–92, 338–41, 587
Brooklyn Magazine, 644
Brooklyn Public Library, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer banned, 28–33, 473–76
Brown, John (doctor), 551–52
Brown, John (“Ossawatomie” abolitionist), 255–56, 574–75
Brown, John Hay, 595
Brown, William, 150, 532
Browne, Charles Farrar (Artemus Ward), 46, 153, 484–85
Browne, Ross, 553
Bruce, Sarah Charlotte, 559
Brush, George de Forest, 200, 203, 214–15, 553, 555
Buckland, Francis Trevelyan, 435, 642
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 72–73, 497
Buddhism, 130, 131, 523
Buffalo (N.Y.), 650, 653–54
Buffalo Courier, 536
Buffalo Express, 550, 650
Bunce, Edward M., 346
Bundy, Horace L., 602
Bunker Hill battle and monument, 257, 373, 616
Burdette, Robert J., 153, 534
Burke, William, 235, 563
Burr, Aaron, 359, 610–11
Burton, Joseph R., 387, 622–23
Bushwhackers, 575
Butters, Henry A., 393, 399, 625
Byrd, C. O., 533
Cable, Eva Colegate Stevenson, 603
Cable, George W.: author’s reading, 554; reading tour with SLC, 59, 66, 165, 333–34, 493, 539, 591, 651; second marriage, 334, 603
Cable, Louise Stewart Bartlett, 603
Cacography (and semiliterate letters as literature): from Higbie to SLC, 182–83, 188–89; from Jennie Allen to Stockbridge, 191–92, 246–47, 276–77, 548, 570; from Page to Helen Keller, 413–15, 629–30; from and about the “western girl,” 121–27, 521–22; from Wakeman to Twichell, 192, 195, 413. See also Clemens, Olivia Susan, biography of SLC
Cadwalader, John, 308–9, 592
Caesar, Julius, 71–72
Cahill, Thaddeus, 645
Caldwell, Samuel L., 16, 465
California. See Angels Camp; Jackass Hill; San Francisco
Californian (periodical): contributors, 118; Harte’s editing and writing, 118, 484, 517; replaced by Overland Monthly, 520; SLC’s writing, 485, 562, 650; Webb’s founding and editing, 46, 484
Caligula, 128
Cambridge University Press, 587
Camp, Herman, 20–21, 468
Campbell, William Wilfred, 376–77, 618–19
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry, 227–28, 559, 560
Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 319, 598
Caprell, Madame (fortune teller), 404–8, 627
Caprivi, Georg Leo von, 310–11, 594
“Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven,” 193–95, 269, 549–51
Carleton, George B., 46–47, 484–85
Carlyle, Thomas, 304, 591, 599
Carnegie, Andrew: dinner with SLC, 334; letters from SLC, 172–73, 541, 603; philanthropy, 172, 541, 554, 578; and Simplified Spelling (as “Croesus”), 266, 273, 578, 580; wealth, 116, 266, 578
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 541
Carnegie Hall: SLC’s “The Death-Disk,” 105–6, 510; SLC’s speech for Robert Fulton Memorial Association, 14, 15, 59, 465; SLC’s speech for Tuskegee Institute, 8, 460–62
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, 172, 541
Carnegie Mellon University, 541
Carson City (Nev.): SLC’s and Orion’s journey to, 458, 480, 649; SLC’s and Orion’s residence, 5–6, 21, 458–59, 469; SLC’s reportage of Territorial Legislature, 5, 239, 458, 567
Carvalho, Charles T. (court interpreter), 114, 514
Case, Newton, 52–53, 488
Casey, Margaret (Peggy; SLC’s mother’s mother), 409, 627
Castelhun, Maida, 15, 465
Catholic Church, 134, 145–46, 523–24
Catskill Mountains. See Onteora Park
Cayvan, Georgia, 277–78, 581
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches: attempt to destroy plates, 49, 487, 608; authorized English edition, 641; contract dispute, 49–50, 487–88; pirated edition, 641; price and sales, 48, 49, 485, 487; publication, 47–48, 485, 650; title story, 46–47, 230, 484–85, 562, 650
Cellini, Benvenuto, 12, 463
Censorship: Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer banned from libraries, 28, 29–33, 473–76
Central Africa. See Congo
Century Company, 60–63, 280, 500
Century Magazine: contributors, 61–62, 568, 576, 607, 619; editors, 317, 494, 597; SLC’s writing, 629
ARTICLES: Campbell’s “Love,” 619; Grant’s Civil War articles, 61–62; Howells’s Silas Lapham serialized, 607; SLC’s tribute to Trumbull, 629; Stockton’s “His Wife’s Deceased Sister,” 576
Chace, Jonathan, 283, 584
Chace Bill, 283–84, 584, 597
Champollion, Jean François, 363, 365, 613
“Chapters from My Autobiography” (North American Review), 404, 463, 469, 522, 618, 620, 626–27, 652, 656–60
Charades, 164–65, 333
Charcot, Jean-Martin, 304–5, 591, 592
Charles I (king of England), 595
Charles II (king of England), 409, 605, 627
Charles L. Webster and Company: book acquisitions and rejections: 76–78, 494, 499–503, 583; bookkeeper’s embezzlement, 73–76, 498–99; failure, 78–80, 158–59, 162, 493, 498, 500, 504–5, 538, 651; general agent’s default, 76, 499; Olivia as creditor, 79, 159, 654; organization and offices, 57–59, 64–66, 76, 78, 492–95, 500, 502–3, 651. See also Hall, Frederick J.; Webster, Charles L.
WORKS PUBLISHED: Custer’s Tenting on the Plains, 500, 571–72; Cox’s Diversions of a Diplomat, 598; Crawford’s The Genesis of the Civil War, 500; Grant’s Personal Memoirs, 63–65, 69, 71, 73–76, 493–94, 497–99, 505, 574; McClellan’s Own Story, 500; Sheridan’s Personal Memoirs, 500; SLC’s books, 5
8–59, 77, 492–93, 501, 528, 530, 534, 651; Stedman’s Library of American Literature, 78, 503–4; The Idler (periodical; distributor), 553
Charlotte (laundress), 542
Chase, William Merritt, 272, 580
Chatterton, Thomas, 247, 570
Chatto, Andrew, 179
Chatto and Windus, 545–46, 641
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 277
Chaykovsky, Nikolai, 564
“The Chicago G.A.R. Festival,” 546
Chicago (Ill.): banquet for Grant, 70–71, 181, 252, 255, 573; “School of Fiction,” 534
Chicago Republican, 549–50
Chicago Tribune, 252, 556, 573
Chickering Hall (N.Y.), 60, 202–3, 494, 554
“Children’s Record.”See “A Record of the Small Foolishnesses of Susy & ‘Bay’ Clemens (Infants)”
Childs, George W., 63–64
China, 13, 465
Chincha Islands, 192–93, 549
Choate, Joseph H.: at benefits with SLC, 8, 32, 259; 460, 477, 572; at Fourth of July banquet, 157, 345, 537; handsomeness, 161; on privileges of age, 250
“Christian Citizenship,” 353, 609
Christianity: “automatic,” 292–93; as cause of wars and depredations, 132–35, 524; demise, 135–36; futility of prayer, 138, 178, 526; 545; modern vs. medieval, 306–7; minister’s heresy, 131, 523–24; virgin birth/divinity of Jesus, 131–32, 140–42, 523–24. See also Bible; Christian Science; God; Morality; Religion
DENOMINATIONS: Catholics, 134, 145–46, 523–24; Congregationalists, 253, 465, 488, 574, 576, 615; Dunker Baptists, 173–75, 543; Episcopalians, 131, 523; Mormons, 247, 571; Presbyterians, 117, 131, 175, 462, 468, 523–24
Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist): believers characterized, 132, 136, 247; SLC’s writings, 144–45, 525–26, 528–29, 643, 652; tenets, 343, 525, 571, 602
“Christian Science” (articles), 144, 525–26, 528
Christian Science (book), 144–45, 526, 528–29, 643, 652
Christian Union (periodical), 270, 327–29, 600–601
Christy, E. P., and minstrel troupe, 296–97, 588
“The Chronicle of Young Satan,” 530, 552
Church of the Brethren (Dunkers), 173–75, 543
City Missionary Society (Hartford). See Hawley, David
Civil War (1861–65): beginning, 616; Hale’s “Man without a Country,” 424, 636; Mississippi River steamboats shut down, 238; Nast’s illustrations, 462; pensions for veterans, 371–74, 387, 431–32, 615–17; Sherman’s march through Georgia, 302, 591; SLC’s service, 649; unprofitable books about, 76, 500. See also Grand Army of the Republic; Grant, Ulysses S.