Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 2

1867-1868

Mark Twain, Harriet E. Smith, Richard Bucci, Lin Salamo

Here is young Sam Clemens—in the world, getting famous, making love—in 155 magnificently edited letters that trace his remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of The Jumping Frog, soon to be a national and international celebrity. And on the move he was—from San Francisco to New York, to St. Louis, and then to Paris, Naples, Rome, Athens, Constantinople, Yalta, and the Holy Land; back to New York and on to Washington; back to San Francisco and Virginia City; and on to lecturing in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York. Resplendent with wit, love of life, ambition, and literary craft, this new volume in the wonderful Bancroft Library edition of Mark Twain's Letters will delight and inform both scholars and general readers.



This volume has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mark Twain Foundation, Jane Newhall, and The Friends of The Bancroft Library.


Here is young Sam Clemens—in the world, getting famous, making love—in 155 magnificently edited letters that trace his remarkable self-transformation from a footloose, irreverent West Coast journalist to a popular lecturer and author of The Jumping Fro

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents 1
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Editorial Signs
• Letters: 1867-1868
• Appendix A Genealogies of the Clemens and Langdon Families
• Appendix B Prospectus of the Quaker City Excursion
• Appendix C Passengers and Crew of the Quaker City
• Appendix D Itinerary of the Quaker City Excursion
• Appendix E Enclosures with the Letters
• Appendix F Contract for The Innocents Abroad
• Appendix G Lecture Schedule, 1868-1869
• Appendix H Photographs and Manuscript Facsimiles
• Guide to Editorial Practice
• Textual Commentaries
• References
• Index