by Mark Twain
Minnehaha (ship), 646
Minstrel shows, 293–97, 587–88
Missouri: “border ruffians” and Kansas-Nebraska Act, 255–56, 574–75; SLC born in Florida, 649, 652; SLC’s satire of legislature, 561; See also Hannibal; St. Louis
Moffat, Dr., 99
“Moffett, Annie (Mrs. Charles L. Webster; SLC’s niece), 21, 469, 489, 492, 494, 588, 653
“Moffett, Pamela A. Clemens (SLC’s sister): biographical information, 653–54; characterized by SLC, 393; Fredonia home with Jane Clemens, 470, 492, 591, 653; hears Jane Clemens’s account of early romance, 610; prototype for Tom Sawyer’s cousin Mary, 653–54; W.C.T.U. membership, 613
Moffett, Samuel E. (SLC’s nephew), 21, 469, 492, 653
Moffett, William A., 492, 653
Mommsen, Theodor, 157, 536
Monadnock, Mount, 68, 108–9
Monarchy, 312–15, 371–72, 595
Monday Evening Club, 265, 578
Monk, Hank, 200–202, 553–54
Montana, 387–88, 622–23
Morality: “Christian Citizenship,” 609; copyright violation as theft, 287–88, 322–23, 622–23; corrupting power of wealth, 370–71; commercial graft, 115–17, 515–16; government graft, 72, 116, 372–74, 387–88, 409–10, 464, 497, 623; insurance company investigations, 59, 464, 493, 497, 515; “moral purpose” photographs, 203, 204–10, 554; public vs. private, 226–27, 287–88; SLC’s lectures, 17, 462, 465, 505. See also Lies and lying
Morel, Edmund Dene, 529
Mormon Church, 247, 571
Morningstar, Orlando E., 622
Morris, Minor, 460
Morris, Mrs. Minor, 3, 7, 9–12, 457–58, 460
Morse, Samuel, 478, 592
Mount McGregor (Saratoga Springs resort), 72–73, 495, 497
Mount Morris Bank (N.Y.), 504
Mulford, Prentice, 118, 517
Munsey, Frank A., 511
“A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage,” 548
Murphy, Margret, 458
Murray, John, 587
Murray Hill Hotel (N.Y.), 224–25
Muscatine (Iowa), 237, 649, 653
Muscatine Journal, 561
Musgrave, Thomas B. (Harte’s benefactor), 417, 631
Music: Aeolian Orchestrelle (organ), 376, 618; and Clemens children, 103, 224, 240, 567, 603, 654, 655; and Helen Keller, 617–18; in mining camp, 423; in minstrel shows, 293–96, 587–88; and Pamela Moffett, 653; SLC as singer, 248; SLC’s passion, 400; Telharmonium, 447, 645
“My Autobiography [Random Extracts from It],” 469, 574, 659
“My Debut as a Literary Person,” 641
“My First Literary Venture,” 561
“My Platonic Sweetheart,” 533
“The Mysterious Stranger,” 146, 196–97, 530, 552
The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance, 530
Nansen, Fridtjof, 436, 642
Nasby, Petroleum V. (David Ross Locke), 153, 445–46, 534, 643–44
Nast, Thomas, 10, 12–13, 462, 464–65
Nathan, Maud, 625
National Auxiliary to Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 623
National Bell Telephone Company, 491–92
National Cordage Company, 504
Native Americans: Natick translation of Bible, 412–13, 628–29; petroglyphs, 364, 613
Neal, Henry, 319–20, 598
Nero, 128
Nesbit, Evelyn (Mrs. Harry K. Thaw), 454, 647
Nevada: Chief Justice Turner, 238–39, 566; Governor Nye, 4–6, 20, 37, 458–59, 468, 545; Orion as secretary, 3, 5–6, 20, 238, 458–59, 653; Senator Jones, 55–56, 490–91; Senator Stewart, 180–81; statehood, 6, 459, 468. See also Carson City; Miners and mining interests; Virginia City; Virginia City Territorial Enterprise
Nevada State Assembly, 468
Nevada Territorial Legislature: laws, 5, 458–59; SLC’s reporting, 3, 5, 239, 458, 567
Nevinson, Henry Woodd, 145, 529
Newell, Robert Henry (Orpheus C. Kerr), 153, 535
New Hampshire. See Dublin (N.H.)
New Orleans (ship), 549
New Orleans Crescent, 561
New Orleans True Delta, 230
Newport (R.I.): Bateman’s Point resort, 383, 385–87, 622; community of aristocrats, 418
Newspapers: “the palladium of our liberties,” 409–10, 628. See also Associated Press and titles of newspapers
New York (state): Clemenses’ stay at Lower Saranac Lake, 82, 506; Clemenses’ visit to Onteora, 250–53, 571, 573; SLC’s visit to Mount McGregor, 72–73, 497. See also Fredonia; Quarry Farm
New York American, 517
New York City: SLC’s arrival from San Francisco, 38, 46; Tweed Ring and Tammany Hall, 13, 362, 388, 462, 464–65, 609, 612–13. See also Clemens family residences
PLACES: Chase’s Tenth Street studio, 272, 580; Chickering Hall, 60, 202–3, 494, 554; Cooper Union, 38–40, 481–82; Delmonico’s Restaurant, 607, 631; Madison Square Garden, 384–85, 621–22, 647; Metropolitan Club, 105, 510; Murray Hill Hotel, 158, 224–25; The Players club, 426, 540, 565, 607; Savoy Hotel, 558; St. James Hotel, 42, 55–56, 423, 482, 491; Telharmonic Hall, 645; Union League Club, 387–90, 410, 622, 622–24. See also Carnegie Hall
New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 432, 640
New York Evening Post, 22, 470
New York Evening Sun, 11, 568–69
New York Herald, 32, 168, 170, 565, 583, 632, 633
New York Kindergarten Association, 272, 579–80
New York Saturday Press, 47, 485, 562, 650
New York State Association for Promoting the Interests of the Blind, 32, 477, 572
New York Sun: on Berlin disaster, 438–40, 443–44, 643; on Clara’s début and SLC, 569; on famine in Russia, 307–8, 592; editorial mentioning SLC, 317, 596; Harte’s “Thankful Blossom,” 419, 632–33; on Jessamy Harte, 427, 638; London correspondent on U.S. corruption, 115–16, 515–16; on Pennsylvania Railroad wreck, 440–41, 643; proprietors, 502, 633; on SLC and Grant’s Memoirs, 574; on SLC and Harte’s Ah Sin, 633–34; veteran’s letter, 372–74, 616–17; on Whiteley’s death, 447
New York Sunday Mercury, 484
New York Times: on Barnes, 3, 6–7, 11–12, 457, 459–60, 463; editorial staff, 484, 516; on Ends of the Earth Club, 558; on Harte’s Two Men of Sandy Bar, 631; on letters sold at auction, 10, 12–13, 462, 463; Root’s speech on government, 595; on Russian pogroms, 133, 524; on Russo-Japanese War, 369, 615; on San Francisco earthquake, 512–13; on SLC at billiards tournament, 621; SLC’s Associated Press speech, 246, 569; on SLC’s speech to college women, 14–15, 465; on Terry’s jubilee celebrations, 467; on Vassar benefit, 466; on Vesuvius eruption, 512; on Webster and Company bankruptcy, 504
New York Tribune, 10, 462, 484, 486, 503, 558, 633
New York Vaporizing Company, 490
New York Weekly Review, 513
New York World, 11, 15–16, 41–42, 465, 527
New Zealand, 81, 651
Nicaragua, 38, 549
Nicholas II (tsar), 134, 307–8, 524, 592
“No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger,” 146, 196–97, 530, 552
Nora (nurse), 542–43
Norfolk (Conn.), Clara’s singing début, 235, 240, 243, 567
North, S. N. D. (tariff-revision commissioner), 433–34, 640
North American Review (NAR): Briggs on virgin birth of Jesus, 131, 523–24; “King Leopold’s Soliloquy” rejected, 145, 529; Lowell as editor, 554; publication of autobiography chapters, 404, 463, 469, 522, 618, 620, 626–27, 652, 656–60; SLC on Christian Science, 144, 526, 528–29; SLC on Elisabeth of Romania, 507; SLC’s reading of dueling essay, 98, 507; Tennyson lines quoted, 612. See also Harvey, George
Nye, Edgar Wilson (Bill), 23, 26, 472
Nye, James W., 4–6, 20, 37, 458–59, 545
O’Brien, Fitz-James (possibly called Smith O’Brien), 153, 535
O’Brien, William Smith, 535
O’Connor, George, 511
“Old Times on the Mississippi,” 489. See also
Life on the Mississippi
Olney, Jesse, 360, 611
“The Only Reliable Account of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” 621
•Onteora Park (N.Y.), 250–53, 571, 573
Orr, Charles, 153–54, 535–36
Osgood, James R., 53–54, 489, 492, 501, 521
Overland Monthly, 120, 518, 520, 521
Owsley, William, 590
Oxford University, 291, 341, 587, 652
Oyster, D. William, 7
Page, B. B., 413–15, 629
Page, Thomas Nelson, 598
Paige, James W., 74, 80, 158–60, 505, 537, 539
Paine, Albert Bigelow: and billiards, 620–21; on “Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven,” 550–51; at copyright hearings, 317, 596; on Hancock’s Reminiscences, 500; on “Luck,” 537; and Orion’s autobiography, 472–73; as photographer of SLC, 203, 204–10, 554; as posthumous editor of SLC’s works, 526, 530, 533, 462; shin-skinning coincidence, 403–4; on SLC’s reading of Suetonius, 614; mentioned, 511, 565, 652
Palace of Peace (The Hague), 172, 541
Palmistry: readings of SLC arranged by Stead, 336–37, 604; readings of SLC arranged by Harvey, and “Palm Readings” manuscript, 390–401, 624, 640; SLC’s longevity predicted, 392, 395, 396, 400, 640; SLC’s sense of humor discussed, 336–37, 390–91, 397, 399–400, 624. See also Fortune telling and divination; Phrenology
Panama City, 549
Parsloe, Charles T., 423–24, 636
Patents. See Inventions and patents
Patterson, Thomas MacDonald, 410, 628
Paul Jones (steamboat), 238, 566, 649
Peake, Humphrey, 300–303, 589, 590
Pearl, William H. (Billy Rice), 293–94, 587, 588
Pearmain, Sumner B., 246, 548
Penn, William, 340, 605
Pennsylvania (steamboat), 150–51, 531, 532
Pennsylvania Railroad, 116, 436, 440–41, 515
Pennsylvania Society, 595
Pensions: for Grant, with title restored, 68, 70–71, 496; for Lewis, 173, 175, 543; SLC’s scheme for providing, 279–81, 582–83; for teachers, 541; for veterans, 371–74, 387, 615–17
Perin, Carl Louis, 396–400, 624
Perkins, Eli (Melville D. Landon), 153, 534
Perkins, George W., 107, 511
Perkins, Mary Beecher, 643
Perkins Institute, 582
Perry, R. Ross, 7
Personal Memoirs (Ulysses S. Grant): Caesar’s “Commentaries” compared, 71–72; contract negotiations, 60–64, 493–94; publication and sales, 65, 73, 505, 651; royalties paid to Mrs. Grant, 73–76, 255, 497–99, 574; mentioned, 69, 269, 503
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, 197, 353, 608–9, 651
Peterson, Frederick, 579
“A Petition to the Queen of England,” 179–80, 545–46
Petroglyphs, 364, 613
Pets. See Clemens family pets
P. F. Collier and Son, 143–44, 528
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 194, 550
Phelps, William Walter, 157, 536
Philadelphia American Courier, 561
Philadelphia Bar Association, 308–9, 592
Phillips, Wendell, 282, 584
Philological Society of London, 581
Phrenology, 334–36, 391, 603–4
Picard, Hélène Elisabeth, 28–29, 473–74, 474
“Pictur’ Department,” 561
Pigeon, Richard Walter, 560
Plasmon Company, 625
Platt, Thomas Collier, 3, 387, 457, 458
Playboy (periodical), 624
The Players club (N.Y.), 426, 540, 565, 607
Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus), 110, 512
Poe, Edgar Allan, 323, 339, 563, 599, 619
•Pond, James B., 183–84, 280, 547, 583
•Pond, James B., Jr., 280, 583
Pool. See Billiards
Porter, Horace, 187, 547
Porter, Sarah, 278, 581
Practical jokes: Sage’s joke on Twichell, 251, 253–55; SLC’s joke on Jim Wolf, 262–63; SLC’s opinion, 4, 262, 263
“Prayer” (SLC note), 545
Presbyterians, 117, 175, 462, 468, 523
Price, Luther E., 559
•The Prince and the Pauper: children’s playacting (and photographs noted), 165–66, 216, 331, 540, 602; composition, 155–56, 196, 552; family’s opinion, 332, 353; publication, 52, 54, 353, 489, 651; readers’ opinions, 14, 16; review by Howells, 602; stage production, 557–58
Pseudonyms (SLC): “A Dog-be-Deviled-Citizen,” 561; Josh, 562, 566–67; Sergeant Fathom, 561; Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, 231, 563; W. Epaminondas Adrastus Blab (W.E.A.B.), 560–61. See also “Mark Twain” pseudonym
Publishers. See American Publishing Company; Bliss, Elisha; Bliss, Francis E.; Carleton, George B.; Charles L. Webster and Company; Chatto and Windus; George Routledge and Sons; Harper and Brothers; Hotten, John Camden; Osgood, James R.; P. F. Collier and Son, 143–44, 528; Tauchnitz, Christian Bernhard von; Webb, Charles H.
Publishers’ Weekly, 144–45, 528–29, 597
Pudd’nhead Wilson, The Tragedy of, 543, 651
Pumpelly, Raphael, 555
Punishment: of Clemens children, 223–24, 327–29, 600; Darwin’s opinion, 223–24, 557; by God/Providence, 117, 130, 138–39, 142–43; of SLC in childhood, 177–78, 237, 545
Putnam, George Haven, 317, 597
Pyrrhus, 330
Quaker City excursion: 17–18, 48–49, 239, 466, 482, 486–87, 489. See also The Innocents Abroad
“Quaker” (game), 382–83
•Quarry Farm (Elmira, N.Y.): daily routine, 218; Date 1601 written, 155; Kipling’s visit, 175–77, 544; Lewis’s rescue of women, 173–74, 542–43; pets and other animals, 216–18, 223, 247–48, 257, 556; servants, 542; SLC conceives play idea, 19, 467; SLC’s history game, 351–52, 608; mentioned, 46, 242, 353, 497, 571, 650. See also Clemens family amusements
Quimby, Phineas, 247, 571
Rabelais, François, 155–56
Radolin, Hugo von (prince, formerly Count Radolinski), 594
Railey, Dr. (called Reyburn), 301, 590
Railroads: accidents, 359, 361, 436, 440–41, 612, 615; in Africa, 340, 605; invalid’s car for Olivia, 99, 507–8; and Stephenson, 289, 586
Raleigh, Walter, 155, 537
Ralston, William C., 193, 550
Randall, Samuel J., 598
Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, 363–65, 613
Raymond, John T., 636
Raymond, Katherine B., 46, 484
Rayner, George, 646
Rayner, Horace, 447, 646
Reade, Charles, 346, 606
“A Record of the Small Foolishnesses of Susie & ‘Bay’ Clemens (Infants),” 222–25, 330, 557, 593
•Redpath, James: as abolitionist, 255–56, 574–75; as lecture agent, 40, 43–44, 256, 482, 483, 584; on SLC’s character, 255; and SLC’s Grant dictations, 493–94
Reed, Thomas B., 455, 648
Rees, George, 562
Rees, Thomas, 229, 230–33, 562, 563
Rees, William S. (elder Rees), 234–35, 562, 563
Reese, “Professor” Bert (German clairvoyant), 401–3, 625–26
“The Refuge of the Derelicts,” 196, 198, 549, 552
Religion: changing constantly, 135–36, 371; mythologies shared, 130–31, 522–23. See also Bible; Christianity; God; Morality
Renwick, James, 23, 471
Review of Reviews, 604
Rhodes, Cecil, 605
Rice, Billy (William H. Pearl), 293–94, 587, 588
Rice, Clarence C., 158–59, 538
Richards, Charles B., 54, 490
Richardson, Abby Sage, 557–58
Richardson, Albert Deane, 48, 486
Richardson, Mason W., 7
Richardson, Robert, 376–77, 619
Richmond Theatre (Richmond, Va.), 301–3, 591
Ridder, Herman, 432–33, 640
Ridout, John 7
Riggs, G
eorge Christopher, 270, 579
Riggs, Kate Douglas Wiggin 270–72, 579, 580
Riley, James Whitcomb 554
Ripler, Minna, 439, 443
Riverdale, 82, 99–107, 506–8, 511, 651
“River Intelligence,” 561
Robb, James Hampden, 595
Robert Fulton Memorial Association, 14, 15, 59, 465, 493
Robinson, George M., 378–80, 620
Robinson, Henry, 79
Robson, Eleanor, 638–39
Robson, Stuart, 631–32
Rockefeller family, 116
Rogers, Anne Engle (Mrs. William Evarts Benjamin), 622
Rogers, Emilie Augusta Randel Hart, 582
Rogers, Mary (Mrs. William R. Coe), 572, 578
•Rogers, Henry Huttleston: Bahamas trip with SLC, 455, 648; bankruptcy advice for SLC, 79–80, 159–60, 162, 504; characterized by SLC, 161–62; and Helen Keller’s support, 582; and Lewis’s pension, 171, 172–73, 175; and Library of Humor, 149, 531; political enemy of Clark, 623; SLC’s meeting, 158–59; and SLC’s investments, 80, 505, 539. See also Fairhaven; Kanawha; Standard Oil Company
Roman, Anton, 520
Rome: ancient, 323–24, 364–65, 369, 372, 614; modern, 344, 157
Roosevelt, Theodore: biographical information 464; Barnes and Morris incident, 3, 6–8, 11–12, 460; called worst president, 9; food safety, 116, 516; pensions for veterans, 372, 616; and Simplified Spelling, 266, 274, 578, 580; SLC’s visit, 461; mentioned, 13, 312, 463, 476, 595
Root, Elihu, 312–14, 595
Root, R. T., 76, 499
Rosa (nurse). See Hay, Rosina
Rosetta stone, 363–64, 613
Rostopchine, Sophie, comtesse de Ségur 556
Rottenburg, Franz von, 594
Roughing It: contents and characters, 458, 549, 566, 632; contract and publication, 50–53, 143, 487, 488, 527–28, 608, 641, 650; English edition, 641, 650; and Fuller, 37, 480; Higbie’s use, 169–70; Monk-Greeley anecdote, 200–203, 554; praised, 351
Routledge, Edmund, 435–36, 641–42. See also George Routledge and Sons
Rowbotham, George B., 41, 483
Rowley, Thomas, 247, 570
Roxburghe (duke of), 415, 629–30
Royalty Theatre (London), 560
Rucker, D. H., 464
Rucker, Irene (Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan), 464
Ruhlin, Augustus, 12, 463
Russia: Chinese conflict, 13, 465; oppression and famine, 307–8, 592; pogroms, 132–34, 524
Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), 134–35, 369–70, 525, 615