This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and published by the University of Iowa Press. The speeches are in the Public Domain, and our thanks go to the University of Iowa for making them available for this Public Domain audio recording. They were compiled in the University of Iowa Press book entitled "Mark Twain Speaking" and are arranged, chronologically, from Twain's first authenticated public speech in 1864, to his last speech, exactly 7 months before he died. Extensive analysis (for instance how other publications interpreted identical interview sessions), notes, appendix and index are included in the printed work.
- Summary by John Greenman
Chapters
1 Introduction 2 min 2 Presentation Speech - Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco, June 12, 1864 6 min 3 Sandwich Islands Lecture - First Given in San Francisco, October 2, 1866 43 min 4 Concluding Remarks - Congress Hall, San Francisco, December 10, 1866 7 min 5 Address to the Czar - Yalta, Russia, August 25, 1867 3 min 6 Pilgrim Life - Platt's Hall, San Francisco, April 14-15, 1868 7 min 7 Introductory Remarks - Mercantile Library, San Francisco, Juy 2, 1868 3 min 8 The American Vandal Abroad - Lyceum Season, November 17, 1868 38 min 9 Concluding Remarks - Protestant Orphan Asylum Benefit, Case Hall, Cleveland, January 22, 1869 4 min 10 The Reliable Contraband - New York Press Club Dinner, Elmonico's, June 5, 1869 8 min 11 Artemus Ward Lecture - Lecture Season 1871-72 22 min 12 Roughing It Lecture - Lecture Season, 1871-72; England, 1873 1 h 1 min 13 On Governor Nye - Steinway Hall, New York, January 24, 1872 1 min 14 Dinner Speech - The Aldine Dinner, St. James Hotel, New York, Early February, 1872 12 min 15 Dinner Speech - Whitefriars Club, London, ca. Ocotber 1872 6 min 16 After-Dinner Speech - Meeting of Americans, London, July 4, 1873 8 min 17 The Guests - St. Andrews Society Dinner, London, November 29, 1873 4 min 18 Introducing The Reverend Charles Kingsley - Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. February 14, 1874 4 min 19 Dinner Speech - Massachusetts Press Association, Boston, February 17, 1874 8 min 20 Curtain Speech - Opening of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, September 16, 1874 5 min 21 Curtain Speech - One Hundredth Performance of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, Deccember 23, 1874 4 min 22 Introductory Remarks - Spelling Match, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, May 12, 1875 8 min 23 Political Speech - Republican Mass Meeting, Allyn Hall, Hartford, Spet. 30, 1876 7 min 24 Curtain Speech - Opening of Ah Sin, Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, July 31, 1877 7 min 25 Dinner Speech - Putnam Phalanx Dinner for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, Allyn House, Hartford, Oct. 2, 1877 11 min 26 Dinner Speech - Farewell Banquet for Bayard Taylor, Delmonico's, New York, April 4, 1878 11 min 27 Dinner Speech - Anglo-American Club Banquet, Heidelberg, Germanay, Juy 4, 1878 6 min 28 Dinner Speech - Stanley Club, Paris, ca. April 1879 8 min 29 Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism - Stomach Club Dinner, Paris, Spring 1879 9 min 30 Introducing General Hawley - Republican Meeting, Elmira, New York, October 16, 1879 7 min 31 Impromptu Speech - Thirteenth Reunion, Army of the Tennessee, Haverly's Theater, Chicago. November 12, 1879 2 min 32 Speech - Atantic Monthly Breakfast, Seventieth Birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, December 3, 1879 6 min 33 Welcome to General Grant - Hartford, October 16, 1880 6 min 34 Political Speech - Republican Rally, Hartford Opera House, October 26, 1880 26 min 35 Funeral Oration Over the Grave of the Democratic Party - Republican Jollifiction, Opera House, Hartford, November 2, 1880 6 min 36 The Benefit of Judicious Training - Twelfth Annual Reunion Banquet, Army of the Potomac, Allyn House, Hartford, June 8, 1881 12 min 37 De Woman wid de Gold'n Arm - Reading Selection, First Used About 1881 and Often Thereafter 6 min 38 Dinner Speech - Dinner for Mark Twain, Windsor Hotel, Montreal, December 8, 1881 15 min 39 At a Dinner for Monsieur Fréchette of Quebec - Hotel Windsor, Holyoke, Massachusetts, January 31, 1882 6 min 40 Advice to Youth - Saturday Morning Club, Boston, April 15, 1882 10 min 41 Woman - God Bless Her - Seventy-seventh Annual Dinner, New England Society of New York, Delmonico's, December 22, 1882 10 min 42 Introducing George W. Cable - Unity Hall, Hartford, April 4, 1883 3 min 43 On Adam - Royal Literary and Scientific Society Dinner, Ottawa, May 23, 1883 11 min 44 Dinner Speech - Banquet of Wheelmen, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 16 or 17, 1883 2 min 45 Turncoats - Political Meeting, Hartford, Late October 1884 9 min 46 Remarks as Chairman - Mugwump Rally, Allyn Hall, Hartford, October 20, 1884 4 min 47 Mock Oration on the Dead Partisan - Early November 1884 6 min 48 On Speech-Making Reform - Tile Club Dinner for Laurence Hutton, New York, March 31, 1885 15 min 49 Huck Saves Jim - From Huckleberry Finn, a Reading Often Used from 1885 On 14 min 50 The Compositor - Typothetae Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, January 18, 1886 - PLUS Rejected Version of Typothetae Speech 18 min 51 Remarks on Copyright - Before the Committee on Patents, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., January 20-29, 1886 12 min 52 Yankee Smith of Camelot - Military Service Institution, Governor's Island, New York, November 11, 1886 8 min 53 Dinner Speech - Stationers Board of Trade Dinner, Hotel Brunswick, New York, February 10, 1887 8 min 54 An Author's Soldiering - Twenty-Second Reunion Banquet, Union Veterans Association of Maryland, Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, April 8, 1887 11 min 55 Dinner Speech - Ninth Annual Renunion Banquet, Army and Navy Club of Connecticut, Central Hall, Hartford, April 27, 1887 9 min 56 Post-Prandial Oratory - Forefather's Day Dinner, Congregational Club, Music Hall, Boston, December 20, 1887 17 min 57 Yale College Speech - Yale Alumni Association Banquet, Foot Guard Hall, Hartford, February 6, 1889 7 min 58 Introducing Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye and James Whitcomb Riley - Tremont Temple, Boston, February 28, 1889 7 min 59 The Long Clam - Supper for Edwin Booth, Delmonico's New York, March 30, 1889 8 min 60 The Grand Tour--1. The Sandwich Islands - Baseball Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, April 8, 1889 12 min 61 Dinner Speech - Fellowcroft Club Dinner, New Yrok, November 15, 1889 12 min 62 Interview - Hartford, Early December, 1889 9 min 63 The Christening Yarn - Often Used From About 1889-1890 5 min 64 Curtain Speech - Opening of The Prince and the Pauper, Broadway Theatre, New York, January 20, 1890 2 min 65 On Foreign Critics - Dinner for Max O'Rell, Everettt House, Boston, April 27, 1890 11 min 66 Dinner Speech - National Wholesale Druggists Association Banquet, Washington, D.C., ca. September 1890 6 min 67 Dinner Speech - Dinner for Judge Robert A. Pryor, Astor House, New York, October 9, 1890 4 min 68 Two Dinner Speeches - Lotos Club Dinner for Mark Twain, New York, November 11, 1893 8 min 69 Dinner Speech - Dinner for Brander Matthews, New York, ca. December 1893 4 min 70 Advice - Dedication of Town Hall, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, February 22, 1894 10 min 71 Curtain Speech - Performance of Pudd'nhead Wilson, Herald Square Theatre, New York, May 22, 1895 9 min 72 Morals Lecture - Music Hall, Cleveland, July 15, 1895, Prototype of Subsequent Tour Performances 30 min 73 Interview - Vancouver, B.C. August 19, 1895 5 min 74 His Grandfather's Old Ram - Told on the World Tour, 1895-96, and on Other Occasions 11 min 75 Dinner Speech - Dinner for Mark Twain, Yorick Club, Melbourne, Australia, October 3, 1895 21 min 76 Four Speeches - Smoke Night, Australian Institute of Journalists, Cathedral Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, October 27, 1895 13 min 77 Supper Speech - Savage Club Supper for Mark Twain, Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch, New Zealand, November 15, 1895 8 min 78 Speech - Commemoration Luncheon, Glenelg, Australia, December 30, 1895 8 min 79 Punch, Brothers, Punch - Read on World Tour Programs, 1895-96, and on Other Occasions 10 min 80 Interview - Bombay, India, ca. January 22, 1896 6 min 81 Dinner Speech - New Vagabonds Club Dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Clemens, London, June 29, 1899 11 min 82 Remarks on Copyright - Select Committee Hearing, House of Lords, April 3, 1900 5 min 83 Travelogue - Dockside, New York, October 15, 1900 6 min 84 Remarks - Woman's Press Club Tea, Carnegie Hall, New York, October 27, 1900 6 min 85 Three Speeches - New York Press Club Reception for Mark Twain, November 12,1900 10 min 86 Introducing Winston S. Churchill - Grand Ballroom, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, December 12, 1900 7 min 87 Speech - Annual Meeting, Hebrew Technical School for Girls, Temple Emanu-El, New York, January 20, 1901 8 min 88 Speech - Annual Meeting, University Settlement Society, New York, February 2, 1901 11 min 89 Remarks as Chairman - Lincoln Celebration, Benefit of Lincoln Memorial University, Carnegie Hall, New York, February 11, 1901 9 min 90 Remarks on Osteopathy - Committee on Public Health, New York, General Assembly, Albany, February 27, 1901 14 min 91 Training That Pays - Monthly Supper, Male Teachers Association, Hotel Albert, New York, March 16, 1901 5 min 92 Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., New York, March 23, 1901 10 min 93 Dinner Speech - First Banquet, Missouri Society of New York, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, May 28, 1901 3 min 94 Speech-Making Experiment - Bar Harbor, Maine, August 14, 1901 3 min 95 Two Political Speeches - Noonday Meeting, Order of Acorns, 350 Broadway, New York, October 29, 1901 3 min 96 Mock Eulogy of Tammany - Acorns Election Jubilee, New York, November 6, 1901 4 min 97 Speech - Good Citizenship Association, East Side Settlement House, New York, November 7, 1901 6 min 98 Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Joseph H. Choate, New York, November 16, 1901 10 min 99 Scotch Humor - One hundred forty-fifth Annual Dinner, St. Andrew's Society, Delmonico's, New York, November 30, 1901 7 min 100 Dinner Speech - Yale Alumni Association Dinner, Allyn Hall, Hartford, January 31, 1902 5 min 101 Dinner Speech - Twentieth Anniversary Dinner, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Hotel Savoy, New York, March 8, 1902 7 min 102 Remarks - Hannibal High School Graduation Exercises, Park Theatre, May 30, 1902 13 min 103 Speech - University of Missouri Commencement, Columbia, June 4, 1902 16 min 104 Remarks - Christening of Harbor Boat Mark Twain, St. Louis, June 6, 1902 5 min 105 Remarks - Unveiling of a Tablet Commemorating Eugene Field, St. Louis, June 6, 1902 1 min 106 Speech on Art - Art Students Association Luncheon for Mark Twain, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Louis, June 7, 1902 15 min 107 Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for General Horace Porter, New York, June 17, 1902 20 min 108 Reminiscences - The Ends of the Earth Club, Hotel Savoy, New York, February 16, 1906 5 min 109 Introducing Dr. Henry Van Dyke - Late February or Early March, 1906 16 min 110 Speech - Robert Fulton Monument Association Benefit, Carnegie Hall, New York, April 19, 1906 12 min 111 Remarks as Presiding Officer - San Francisco Relief Meeting, Casino, New York, April 21, 1906 3 min 112 Dinner Speech - Associated Press Banquet, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, September 19, 1906 19 min 113 Interview - Washington, D.C., December 7, 1906 10 min 114 Burlesque Temperance Lecture - Dinner Party for Clara Clemens, 21 Fifth Avenue, New York, December 31, 1906 4 min 115 Reminiscences of Longfellow and Others - Interview, February 23, 1907 6 min 116 Dinner Speech - Government House, Annapolis, Maryland, May 10, 1907 16 min 117 Interview - Aboard S.S. Minneapolis, New York, June 8, 1907 4 min 118 Monologue on the Royal Garden Party - Windsor Castle, England, June 22, 1907 5 min 119 Dinner Speech - Lord Mayor's Dinner for the Savage Club, Mansion House, London, June 29, 1907 9 min 120 Our Guest - Lord Mayor's Banquet for Mark Twain, Town Hall, Liverpool, July 10, 1907 25 min 121 Interview - Dockside, New York, July 22, 1907 5 min 122 Bishop Speech - Between October 5 and 17, 1907 17 min 123 Story - Told to Garrison Children, Hamilton, Bermuda, April 6, 1908 3 min 124 Interview - New York, April 13, 1908 3 min 125 Dinner Speech - New York Postgraduate Medical School and Hospital Dinner, Delmonicco's, New York, January 20, 1909 19 min 126 Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Andrew Carnegie, March 17, 1909 10 min 127 Remarks - The Misses Tewksbury's School Graduation, Baltimore, Maryland, June 9, 1909 3 min 128 Last Known Comments - Concert, Stormfield, Redding, Connecticut, September 21st, 1909 1 min
