by Mark Twain
“Interpreting the Deity,” 363–70, 613–15
Interstate Commerce Commission, 612
Inventions and patents: all born of ideas, 291–92, 339–40; daguerreotype, 186, 547; Kaolatype, 489–90, 493; lawyer for infringements, 592; Orion’s, 25, 472; Paige typesetting machine, 80, 158–60, 505, 537, 539, 651; self-pasting scrapbook (SLC), 55, 490; steam generator, 54–55, 490; steam-powered pulley, 55, 490; Telharmonium, 447, 645; typewriter, 445–47, 643–45. See also Telephone
Ireland, William-Henry, 247, 570–71
Irving, Henry, 19, 166, 467, 540
Irving, Washington, 250, 339, 500, 573
Is Shakespeare Dead?, 518, 628
Italy. See Florence; Rome
Jackass Hill (or Gulch, Calif.): billiard playing, 384–85; Harte’s stay, 118, 517–18; SLC’s stay, 422–23, 468, 514, 621, 636, 650
Jackson, Andrew, 9
Jacobs, William Wymark, 182, 546
James, Henry, 527
James, William, 112–13, 513, 513–14
James I (king of England), 352
“James Hammond Trumbull,” 629
“Jane Lampton Clemens,” 610, 653
Janeway, Edward Gamaliel, 101, 508
Japan: Date 1601 privately printed, 155–56; war with Russia (1904–5), 369–70, 525, 615
Jayhawkers, 256, 574–75
Jefferson, Joseph, 76, 499–500, 557–58
Jeffries, James J., 12, 463
Jerome, Jerome K., 553
Jerome, William T., 647
Jewish Orphan Asylum (Cleveland), 350, 608
Jews: attitudes toward, 69, 350, 496, 607–8; as “chosen,” 129, 136; Howells and, 349–50, 607; orphan homes, 350, 608; Russian pogroms, 132–34, 524; Webster’s Jewish ancestry suggested, 69, 496
“Jim and the Strainin’ Rag” (recitation), 346–47
“Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog,” 46–47, 230, 484–85, 562, 650
Joan of Arc: in others’ writing, 564, 566; in SLC’s writing, 197, 353, 608–9, 651; mentioned, 28
John A. Gray and Green (printer), 485, 487
John J. Roe (steamboat), 150–51, 211, 531–32
John Marshall Monument Fund, 308–9, 592–93
Johnson, Burges, 530
Johnson, Frank Minitree, 564
Johnson, Robert Underwood, 317–18, 319, 597, 598
Johnson, Samuel, 642
Jolly, Sobieski (Beck), 150, 532
Jones, John P., 55–56, 490–91
Jonson, Ben, 155
Jordan, David Starr, 392, 624
Jordan, Elizabeth, 526, 547–48
“Josh” letters, 562, 566–67, 649
Josie (housemaid), 542
Judaism. See Jews
Juggernaut Club, 28–29, 474
“Jul’us Caesar,” 561
“The Jumping Frog.” See “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog”; The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Jung, Carl, 510
Kaiser. See Wilhelm II
Kanawha (Rogers’s steam yacht): Bahamas trip, 455, 648; Clemenses’ travel aboard, 82, 506; Rogers’s character aboard, 161; SLC’s living aboard, 149; and “spontaneous oratory” scheme, 183, 187–88
Kansas City Star, 414, 629
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), 255–56, 574–75
Kaolatype Engraving Company, 489–90, 493
Katherine (waitress) 511
Katonah (N.Y.), 579, 656
Keene, Laura, 13, 464
Keller, Helen: cowboy’s letter to, 413–15, 629; Lyon’s description, 617–18; raising support for, 280, 582; SLC’s dinner with, 374–76; SLC’s meeting, 279, 581
Kellgren, Jonas, 513, 646, 656
Kennin, Frank Nicholls, 618–19
Keokuk (Iowa): Clemenses’ visit 356–58; mother’s home, 22, 25, 237–38; 469, 470, 591, 653; Orion’s chicken farm, 22–23, 25, 471–72; SLC’s home, 237, 649; SLC’s 1885 visit, 591; mentioned, 27
Keokuk Gate City, 22, 470
Keokuk Post, 562, 563
Kerr, Orpheus C. (Robert Henry Newell), 153, 535
“Kiditchin,” 217
“King Leopold’s Soliloquy,” 145, 529. See also Leopold II
Kinsmen (club), 573
Kipling, Rudyard: biographical information, 544; in Ends of the Earth Club, 558; visit to SLC and America, 175, 176–77, 544; mentioned, 274; WORKS: The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, 177; Kim, 177; Plain Tales from the Hills, 177; “South Africa,” 543
Kirkham, Emily, 359, 360, 611
Kirkham, Mary Ann, 359, 360, 611
Kirkham, Samuel, 360, 611
Kittredge, Alfred B., 598
Knaufft, Eliza C. T. Harte (Mrs. Frederick Knaufft; Bret’s sister), 420, 634
Knaufft, Frederick, 634
Knight, Elizabeth Owen, 477
Kooneman, Margaret, 178, 545
Koshloshky, Julia (wet nurse), 241, 567
Labouchere, Henry du Pré, 228, 559
Lacey (steamboat), 561–62
La Cossitt, Henry, 589
Ladies’ Home Journal, 474, 541, 543, 570, 644
Laffan, William Mackay, 77, 502
Lakeside Monthly, 119, 120, 518–19
Lampton, Benjamin (SLC’s mother’s father), 627
Lampton, Jane. See Clemens, Jane Lampton
Lampton, William (SLC’s mother’s grandfather), 627
Lancaster (ship), 325
Landon, Melville D. (Eli Perkins), 153, 534
Lang, Andrew, 347–48, 606–7
Langdon, Charles Jervis (Olivia’s brother), 64, 239, 377, 494, 619–20
Langdon, Ida B. Clark (Charles’s wife), 542–43
Langdon, Jervis (little Jervis), 542
Langdon, Jervis (Olivia’s father), 377–78, 541, 619, 650, 654
Langdon, Julia, 542–43
Langdon, Olivia Lewis (Olivia’s mother), 176, 542, 609, 654
Langdon, Olivia Louise. See Clemens, Olivia Louise Langdon
Langham Hotel (London), 334, 436
Larchmont disaster (1907), 436–37, 441–43, 642–43
Larkin, John, 149, 469, 531
Latta, M. C., 12, 463
Launcelot, 218
Lauterbach, Edward, 149, 531
Lavedan, Henri, 466
Lawrence, Joe, 118–19
Lawton, Mary, 18–19, 466–67
Layton (mesmerist), 589
•Leary, Katy (housekeeper): and Clara’s début, 243; examines Fifth Avenue house, 23; and Jean’s illness, 100, 102, 105, 107, 353–55; length of service, 471; memoir, 466; at Olivia’s death, 108
Leavenworth, Mark, 150, 532
Leavenworth, Zebulon, 150–51, 532
Lee, Henry S., 435–36, 642
Leonard (doctor), 99
Leopold II (king of Belgium): crimes, 8, 134, 141, 145, 307, 393, 460–62, 529; SLC’s article on, 529; and Stanley’s exploration of Congo, 583
Leschetizky, Theodor, 509, 655
Leslie, Dora (Eda O. Lyde), 224, 557–58
Leslie, Elsie (Elsie Leslie Lyde), 224, 557–58
Leslie, Mrs. (Evelyn Lyde), 224, 557–58
Lester, George B., 55–56, 490–91
Letters from SLC: destroyed after Laura Wright’s death, 533; sold at auction, 10, 12–13, 462; typewritten, 446, 644
TO FAMILY MEMBERS: Clara, 506, 547; Jane Lampton Clemens, 566, 627, 633; Jean, 645; Mollie (Orion’s wife), 473; Olivia, 470–71, 538, 548, 556, 579, 602; Orion, 21, 23, 404–9, 468, 471, 473, 499, 505, 566, 627; Susan Crane, 100, 101–3, 508, 533
TO OTHER PEOPLE: Maude Adams, 564–65; Thomas S. Barbour, 461–62; Robert Barr, 553; Lillian Robinson Beardsley, 189–90; George Bentley, 633; Elisha Bliss, 486–87, 641; Frank Bliss, 489; Edward Bok, 446, 644; John Brown, 551–52; Joseph Cannon, 598; Andrew Carnegie, 172, 541; Chicago Republican editor, 549, 550; Denver Post editor, 474–75; Asa Don Dickinson, 30, 476; Charles Frohman, 19, 466; Joel Chandler Harris, 577; George Harvey, 609; Calvin Higbie, 169–70; Oliver Wendell Holmes, 577; William Dean Howells, 15
1–52, 495, 501, 515, 519, 520, 522, 548, 586, 608, 631–34; William Dean and Elinor Howells, 542–43; Eleanor Hutton, 582; Laurence Hutton, 508; Rudolf Lindau, 594–95; Thomas Nast, 10; Charles Orr, 154–55; Henry Huttleston Rogers, 567; Mary Rogers, 572, 578; Upton Sinclair, 515; Otis Skinner, 466–67; Thorvald Solberg (register of copyrights), 605–6; Anne W. Stockbridge, 569–70; Frank Stockton, 576; Bessie Stone, 355–56, 609; Charlotte Teller, 564; Ellen Terry, 19; Joseph Twichell, 103–7, 155, 498; Victoria (queen of England), 179–80, 545–46; Lord Wolseley, 537–38; Frederick Whyte, 334, 603; Charles E. S. Wood, 607–8
Letters to SLC: about Christian Science, 144–45; about Christian Union article, 329, 600–601; Lyon asked to locate for autobiography, 508; opposing ban on Huckleberry Finn, 29–32, 33; SLC’s burden of correspondence, 81–82
FROM FAMILY MEMBERS: Clara, 152; Olivia, 556; Orion, 472, 499; Susan Crane, 174–75
FROM OTHER PEOPLE: Henry Mills Alden, 231; Lillian Robinson Beardsley, 189; B. Butler Boyle, 199, 213; George W. Cable, 334; Andrew Carnegie, 541; Susy Crane, 174–75; Asa Don Dickinson, 29–30, 31, 32; Morris Fechheimer, 608; Minnie Maddern Fiske, 547; Thomas Fitch, 415, 630; Bret Harte, 634, 635; George Harvey, 551; Calvin Higbie, 182–83; William Dean Howells, 501; Charles Orr, 153; Hélène Elisabeth Picard, 28, 29, 473–74; Henry Huttleston Rogers, 582; “John Senior,” 600–601; Anne W. Stockbridge, 246; Frank R. Stockton, 259; Bessie Stone, 355–56, 609; J. Hammond Trumbull, 467–68; Joseph Twichell, 510, 551; Laura Wright, 151, 211, 553, 554
•Lewis, John T.: biographical information, 541–42; death, 173–75; pension, 172–73, 175; rescue of women, 542–43; on Sour Mash (cat), 216
Library of Humor. See Mark Twain’s Library of Humor
Library of Wit and Humor by Mark Twain and Others (anthology), 152–53, 534
Lies and lying: Carlyle quoted, 304, 591; Clara’s lies to Olivia, 99–103, 104–7, 509; SLC’s mesmerism deception, 298–302; Susy’s lies in childhood, 223–24; truth perceived as, 302–4, 381–82. See also “Was it Heaven? Or Hell?”
Life on the Mississippi: contract, 53; German porter’s appreciation, 315–16; Lewis’s rescue of women recounted, 543; origin of “Mark Twain” pseudonym, 230, 356, 561; profane ostler anecdote, 380, 620; publication, 52, 53–54, 489, 492, 651; typewritten copy, 645; Wilhelm II’s appreciation, 310, 314, 431, 594
Lincoln, Abraham: assassination, 13, 464; Gettysburg Address compared to Malory, 218; letter and memorabilia sold at auction, 13; political appointments, 458, 480, 653; political supporters and tribute, 573, 593, 619
Lindau, Rudolf (called Smith): biographical information, 536; copy of Date 1601 promised, 157; letter from SLC, 594–95; vacation (or resignation) request, 311–12, 594–95; work schedule, 310–11
Lindsey, Ben B., 628
Literature: amateur offerings from friends, 162–63, 168–71; children’s writing, 166 (see also Clemens, Olivia Susan, biography of SLC); detective stories, 74, 498; journalism vs., 230, 562; most prodigious asset of a country, 323–24; popular recitations by others, 556; right form for a story, 197–98; writing from the heart, 127, 183, 188–90, 413–15. See also Autobiography (SLC)
Littleton, Martin W., 547
Livingstone, David, 583
Lloyd’s News, 439–40
“‘Local’ Resolves to Commit Suicide,” 561
Locke, David Ross (Petroleum V. Nasby), 153, 445–46, 643–44
Loeb, William, Jr., 460
Logan, James O’Neill, 44–45
Logan, John Alexander, 70, 496
Logan, Olive, 43–46, 483
London: American Society’s Independence Day dinner, 157, 537; billiard playing, 381–82; Clemenses’ stay in Tedworth Square (1896–97), 10–11, 81; Clemenses’ stay at Dollis Hill House (1900), 81", 448–53, 646; house addresses puzzling, 452–53; merchants, 447–48, 449–52, 645–46; phrenology readings, 334, 335–36, 391, 604; rumor of SLC’s death, 11; Simplified Spelling rejected by press, 580; SLC’s first visit (1872), 434–36, 641; SLC’s meeting of Campbell-Bannerman, 227–28; SLC’s meeting of Wolseley, 157, 345; SLC’s testimony before Parliament, 290–92, 338–41, 587; Terry’s jubilee celebrations, 19, 467. See also Chatto and Windus; George Routledge and Sons
London Evening Standard, 580
London Globe, 580
London Idler (monthly), 553
London Leader, 580
London Pall Mall Gazette, 580
London Standard, 525, 543
London Tribune, 227, 559
London Westminster Gazette, 167, 540
London World, 177
Long, John Davis, 319, 598
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 563, 599
Longman’s Magazine, 606
Longworth, Nicholas, 21
Lord’s Prayer, 175, 267, 269
Lotos Club (N.Y.), 436, 582, 642
“Lou Dillon” (mare), 415, 630
Louisville Courier-Journal, 616 616
“Love” (William Wilfred Campbell), 376–77, 618, 619
Low, James, 3, 458
Low, Seth, 640
Lowell, James Russell: biographical information, 554; at copyright hearings, 283–84, 318, 584, 597; fiftieth birthday, 265–66, 578; and Monk-Greeley anecdote, 202–3, 554; mentioned, 233, 563
•Lower Saranac Lake (N.Y.), 82, 506
“Luck,” 157, 343–45, 537
Luckstone, Isidore, 243–44, 568
Lyceum Theatre (London), 467
Lyceum Theatre (N.Y.), 581
Lyde, Eda O. (Dora), 224, 557
Lyde, Elsie Leslie, 224, 557–58
Lyde, Evelyn (Mrs. Leslie), 224, 557–58
Lyell, Charles, 212, 555
Lyon, Isabel Van Kleek (secretary): biographical information, 473, 651, 652; Bermuda trip, 611; Clara’s suspicions, 655; errands for Olivia, 101, 102; Harpers’ Christian Science advertisement, 529; “Hon. Sec.” of The Human Race (club), 643; Orion’s autobiography, 27, 473; playing the orchestrelle, 376, 618; reporters handled, 31–32, 476; SLC’s letters gathered, 508; telephone conversation, 198–99
topics and events recorded: Annie Fuller, 482; clairvoyant reading, 625; Dublin household, 511; Duneka’s reaction to “No. 44,” 530; Helen Keller, 617–18; Jessamy Harte benefit, 638–39; Kipling, 544; Luckstone (music teacher), 568; missing autobiographical dictations, 615; old letters unearthed, 521–22; palm readings, 640; poetry misattributed to Susy, 618, 619; proposed speech on Standard Oil, 564; rumors that SLC will remarry, 565; SLC’s dinner and billiards with Dunne, 619, 620; SLC’s letter to Orr, 535; Tennessee land, 46
MacAlister, John Y. W., 640
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord, 289, 341, 586–87
MacVeagh, Franklin, 109, 511
Macy, Annie Sullivan: biographical information, 582; cowboy’s praise, 413–15; in need of support, 279–80, 582; as SLC’s dinner guest, 374–75, 617–18
Macy, John, 374, 617, 618
Madison Square Garden (N.Y.), 384–85, 621–22, 647
Majestic Theatre (N.Y.), 8–9, 462
Malet, Edward (British ambassador), 181, 546
Malone, Edmond, 570
Malory, Thomas, 218–19
Mandeville, Geoffrey de (called Godfrey), 367–68, 614
Manners, 8–9, 362, 462
Manning, Daniel, 13, 464
Manning, James H., 13, 464
Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna of Savoy (queen of Italy), 400, 625
“Mark Twain (A Post-prandial Obituary)” (Bangs), 510
“Mark Twain” pseudonym: Isaiah Sellers’s use, 230, 561–62; meaning, 356–57; SLC’s first use, 239, 567, 650
Mark Twain House and Museum, 505, 573
Mark Twain in Eruption (DeVoto), 620
Mark Twain’s Library of Humor: 1888 edition, issued by Webster and Company (SLC, Howells, and Clark, eds.), 77, 146, 501, 520–21, 528, 530, 534; 1906 edition, issued by Harpers, 146–48, 149, 530–31
“Mark Twain’s Own Account,” 434–36, 640–41
“Mark Twain’s Pat
ent Self-Pasting Scrap Book,” 55, 490
Mark Twain’s Sketches, New and Old, 53, 542, 602, 650
Mark Twain’s Speeches (Paine), 462
Marmion, Robert, 367–68, 614
Marr, Thomas E., 543
Marsh, Mrs. E. L., 542
Marsh, May, 542
Marshall, John, 308–9, 592–93
Mary (cook), 511
Mary (queen of Scots), 333
Massachusetts: Dighton Rock (Berkley), 364, 613; Huckleberry Finn banned by Concord library, 29, 33. See also Boston; Fairhaven
Massiglia, Countess (Frances Paxton), 399, 400, 625
Mather, Cotton, 117, 516
Matilda (queen of England), 614
•Matthews, Brander, 30, 273–74, 475, 580, 607
McAleer, Patrick, 292–93, 380, 446, 620
McCall, Peter, 592
McClellan, George B., 265, 500, 578
McClure, Robert, 197–98, 553
McClure, S. S., 553
McCullough, John, 425, 637
McCurdy, Richard A., 13, 464
McFarland, Lethe Reynolds (called Mrs. Crawford), 301, 590–91
McGlural, Smiggy. See McGrew, William K.
McGraw, Jennie (Mrs. Daniel Willard Fiske), 34–35, 478, 479
McGraw, John, 34, 478
McGrew, John L., 12
McGrew, William K. (Smiggy McGlural), 116–17, 118, 119, 516
McKinley, William, 9, 458, 464, 508, 595, 648
McVay, George W., 642
Meat Inspection Act (U.S., 1906), 116, 516
Medici, Catherine de’, 524
Medill, Joseph, 252, 573
Mental telegraphy, 198, 582
Mergenthaler Company, 505
Merritt, John A., 3, 7, 458
Merwin-Clayton Company, 10, 12–13
Mesmer, Franz, 591
Mesmerism: and Baron F. incident, 304–6; SLC’s confession not believed, 302–4; SLC’s experience in Hannibal, 297–302; theory, 591–92
Metropolitan Club (N.Y.), 105, 510
Mexican War (1846–48), 497, 616
Millet, Francis D., 598
Mind cure, 330–31, 342–43, 513, 602, 655
Miners and mining interests: corporate charters and fees, 5, 458–59; Esmeralda region, 168–69, 238, 540, 566, 649; Hale and Norcoss mine, 18, 20–21, 422–23, 468; and Harte, 118, 415, 517–18, 630; Humboldt region, 238, 566, 649; Jackass Hill (or Gulch), 118, 384, 422, 514, 621, 636. See also Higbie, Calvin
Miners’ Restaurant (San Francisco), 324, 600