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A frequent outlet for Twain's wit was in letters to the editors of various newspapers and periodicals. Sharing his thoughts and opinions on topical issues ranging from national affairs to local social events, with swipes along the way at woman suffrage, potholes, literary piracy and other scams, slow mail delivery, police corruption, capital punishment, and the removal of Huck Finn from libraries, Twain never hesitated to speak his mind. From his opinions on the execution of an intellectually brilliant murderer, to his scathing review of a bureau he perceived as "a pack of idiots" running on a currency of doughnuts, Twain's pure, unbridled voice is evident throughout his letters.--Book jacket Introduction -- 1. "Explanation of a Mysterious Sentence," San Francisco Examiner, February 7, 1866 -- 2. "The Moral Phenomenon," Californian, August 25, 1866 -- 3. "'Mark Twain' Explains the Mexican Correspondence," San Francisco Alta California, December 10, 1866 -- 4. "Female Suffrage / Views of Mark Twain," Missouri Democrat (St. Louis), March 12, 1867 -- 5. "Female Suffrage / A Volley from the Down-Trodden," Missouri Democrat (St. Louis), March 13, 1867 -- 6. "Female Suffrage," New York Sunday Mercury, April 7, 1867 -- 7. "Letter from Mark Twain / Cruelty to Strangers," St. Louis Sunday Republican, March 17, 1867 -- 8. "From Mark Twain / Explanatory," St. Louis Sunday Republican, March 24, 1867 -- 9. "Information Wanted," New York Tribune, December 18, 1867 -- 10. "The Facts Concerning the Recent Resignation," New York Tribune, December 27, 1867 -- 11. "The Holy Land Excursion. Did the Pilgrims Keep Sober?" Brooklyn Eagle, December 31, 1867 -- 12. To the Editors of the Washington Morning Chronicle, January 11, 1868 -- 13. "Important to Whom It May Concern," San Francisco Newsletter and California Advertiser, June 13, 1868 -- 14. "Concerning Gen. Grant's Intentions," New York Tribune, December 12, 1868 -- 15. "Back from 'Yurrup, '" Buffalo Express, December 4, 1869 -- 16. "Mark Twain on Agriculture," Buffalo Express, April 12, 1870 -- 17. "Street Sprinkling," Buffalo Express, May 27, 1870 -- 18. "The Famous Sanitary Flour Sack," New York Tribune, December 13, 1870 -- 19. "John H. Surratt," New York Tribune, January 4, 1871 -- 20. "A Substitute for Rulloff," New York Tribune, May 3, 1871 -- 21. "Mark Twain and His English Editor," London Spectator, September 21, 1872 -- 22. To the Editor of the Hartford Evening Post, December 6, 1872 -- 23. "Views of Mark Twain / A Characteristic Letter from the Humorist," New York Tribune, January 6, 1873 -- 24. "The Sandwich Islands / Concluding Views of Mark Twain," New York Tribune, January 9, 1873 -- 25. "Foster's Case," New York Tribune, March 10, 1873 -- 26. "A Horrible Tale / Fearful Calamity in Forest Street," Hartford Courant, March 31, 1873 -- 27. "Life-Rafts / How the Atlantic's Passengers Might Have Been Saved," New York Tribune, April 11, 1873 -- 28. "'Mark Twain' to the Editor of 'The Daily Graphic, '" New York Daily Graphic, April 22, 1873 -- 29. To the Editor of the London Evening Standard, October 9, 1873 -- 30. To the Editor of the London Morning Post, December 11, 1873 -- 31. "American Notes / The Temperance Insurrection," London Evening Standard, March 26, 1874 -- 32. "Mark Twain's Banquet," Hartford Courant, April 14, 1874 -- 33. To the Editor of the Dubuque (Iowa) Herald, April 28, 1874 -- 34. "Those Imperishable Fishers Again," New York World, May 31, 1874 -- 35. "A Postal Case," Boston Advertiser, June 23, 1874 -- 36. "Mark Twain and His Cold," New York Times, October 12, 1874 -- 37. To the Editor of the Hartford Evening Post, November 3, 1874 -- 38. To Jerome B. Stillson, January 19, 1875 -- 39. Hartford Courant, May 20, 1875 -- 40. "N.B.," Hartford Courant, June 25, 1875 -- 41. "Information Wanted," Hartford Courant, September 29, 1875 -- 42. "'Information' from 'Professor A.B., '" Hartford Courant, October 25, 1875 -- 43. "Miraculous Disappearance of Niles Street," Hartford Courant, April 6, 1876 -- 44. "The Niles Street Sufferers," Hartford Courant, April 7, 1876 -- 45. "The Secret Out!" New York Evening Post, July 25, 1876 -- 46. "Mark Twain on His Muscle / Emulating Macbeth, He Kills Duncan Over Again," New York World, February 18, 1877 -- 47. "Mark Twain Once More," New York World, February 25, 1877 -- 48. "A Tramp of the Sea / A Mystery of the Ocean," Hartford Courant, September 20, 1877 -- 49. To the Editor of the Hartford Courant, February 2, 1879 -- 50. "Mark Twain as a Presidential Candidate," New York Evening Post, June 9, 1879 -- 51. "From 'Mark Twain, '" Berkshire County [Pittsfield, Mass.] Eagle, October 16, 1879 -- 52. "Mark Twain on the Postal Regulations," Hartford Courant, November 25, 1879 -- 53. "Mark Twain and Post Matters," Hartford Courant, December 9, 1879 -- 54. "Mark Twain on the Philosophy of Shaving," Hartford Courant, August 19, 1880 -- 55. To the Editors of the River Record, Daily Memphis Avalanche, August 19, 1880 -- 56. "Millions in It," New York Evening Post, September 16, 1880 -- 57. To the Editor of the Hartford Courant, September 20-24, 1880 -- 58. To the Editor of the New York Evening Post, November 23, 1880 -- 59. To the Editors of Childhood's Appeal, December 9, 1880 -- 60. Adelaide Observer, October 15, 1881 -- 61. "Mark Twain Explains," Springfield Republican, December 20, 1881 -- 62. "George W. Cable," Hartford Courant, March 30, 1883 -- 63. To the Editor of the Chicago Daily News, September 6-30, 1883 -- 64. "'Mark Twain' on International Copyright," Musical Record (Boston) 262 (November 1883) -- 65. "Mark Twain Aggrieved," New York Times, December 4, 1883 -- 66. "Doctor Taft," Hartford Courant, July 24, 1884 -- 67. "'What Ought He to Have Done?'" Christian Union, July 16, 1885 -- 68. "Mark Twain on Pensions," Washington Post, July 18, 1885 -- 69. "Mark Twain's Statement," Albany Journal, July 22, 1885 -- 70. "Mark Twain on the Future National Capital," New York Sun, July 30, 1885 -- 71. To the Editor of the Hartford Courant, June 6-7, 1886 -- 72. "The Approaching Supreme Disaster," New York Sun, September 29, 1886 -- 73. To the Editor of the Pacific Union Printer, ca. November 1888 -- 74. "A Letter from Mark Twain," Pall Mall Gazette (London), February 16, 1889 -- 75. "How to Remove Warts and Tattoo Marks," New York Sun, April 21, 1889 -- 76. To the Editor of Free Russia: The Organ of the English Friends of Russian Freedom, ca. August 1890 -- 77. "An Appeal against Injudicious Swearing," New York Sun, November 9, 1890 -- 78. To the Editor of the New York World, December 25, 1890 -- 79. To the Editor of the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Republican, March 15, 1891 -- 80. "An American Pirate," London Daily Chronicle, November 18, 1896 -- 81. To the Editor of the Wiener Bilder, October 17, 1897 -- 82. "A Salutation-Speech from the Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth, Taken Down in Short-Hand by Mark Twain, "New York Herald, December 30, 1900 -- 83. "Mark Twain's Answer," New York Tribune, February 15, 1901 -- 84. To the Editor of the New York Tribune, February 18, 1901 -- 85. "Mark Twain's 'Oesophagus, '" Springfield Republican, April 12, 1902 -- 86. "Mark Twain Scores Men Who Don't Like 'Huck, '" Denver Post, August 18, 1902 -- 87. "Mark Twain on 'Huck Finn, '" Omaha World-Herald, August 31, 1902 -- 88. "Mark Twain's Joke," New York Times, October 22, 1902 -- 89. "Amended Obituaries," Harper's Weekly, November 15, 1902 -- 90. "A Postscript," Harper's Weekly, February 11, 1905 -- 91. "Diogenes and His Lantern," Harper's Weekly, August 12, 1905 -- 92. "Mark Twain for Jerome," Harper's Weekly, August 26, 1905 -- 93. "'Russian Liberty Has Had Its Last Chance, ' Says Mark Twain," Boston Globe, August 30, 1905 -- 94. "John Hay and the Ballads," Harper's Weekly, October 21, 1905 -- 95. "Overspeeding," Harper's Weekly, November 4, 1905 -- 96. "Adieu, 'Chauffeur'!" Harper's Weekly, January 13, 1906 -- 97. To the Editor of the St. Louis Republic, October 1-December 31, 1907 -- 98. To the Editor of the World, November 22-26, 1907 -- 99. "The New Planet," Harper's Weekly, January 30, 1909 -- 100. "Twain's Merry Christmas," New York Times, December 24, 1909 -- 101. New York Evening Journal, March 3, 1910 -- Notes -- Index.
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