This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included in the chronological listing are some of Twain’s short stories, speeches and letters, as they appeared in the New York Times from the first (May 1, 1867) up through 1924 (the most recent Public Domain year available). "Part One" of the collection includes articles that appeared from 1867 through 1879. The original microfiche articles are available at the New York Times "Time Machine" website: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/ - Summary by John Greenman and Barbara Schmidt
Chapters
1 May 1, 1867 - New Publications [Jumping Frog] 3 min 2 May 7, 1867 - Mark Twain's Lecture [Sandwich Islands] 3 min 3 June 9, 1867 - The Pleasure Excursion to Europe and Palestine - Sailing of the Quaker City 6 min 4 July 23, 1871 - A Real Church & A New Beecher Church 25 min 5 January 25, 1872 - Mark Twain's Lecture [''Roughing It''] 2 min 6 November 26, 1872 - Perils of the Sea 10 min 7 February 6, 1873 - Mark Twain's Lecture on the Sandwich Islands [Review] 5 min 8 June 11, 1873 - Mark Twain - An Interesting Question in Trade-Mark - The ''Innocent'' at Law 3 min 9 June 12, 1873 - Mark Twain's Suit - He Obtains a Permanent Injunction 2 min 10 September 17, 1874 - Amusements [Review of performance of ''The Gilded Age''] 4 min 11 November 29, 1874 - Sociable Jimmy 12 min 12 December 24, 1874 - Amusements - The 100th Representation of ''The Gilded Age'' 10 min 13 April 29, 1875 - Proposed Shakespeare Memorial 9 min 14 October 1, 1875 - A Persistent Beggar 8 min 15 December 9, 1875 - Mark Twain's Contribution 2 min 16 March 19, 1876 - Mark Twain on St. Patrick 5 min 17 October 2, 1876 - Mark Twain in Politics 10 min 18 October 29, 1876 - Mark Twain Compliments Postmaster James 2 min 19 December 23, 1876 - Forefather's Day - Speech of Mr. Samuel Clemens: ''The Oldest Inhabitant-The Weather'' 18 min 20 January 13, 1877 - Unsigned book review for Tom Sawyer 12 min 21 June 17, 1877 - Mark Twain [How he got his name] 2 min 22 August 1, 1877 - Amusements - Fifth-Avenue Theatre 7 min 23 September 20, 1877 - Mark Twain's ''Tramp'' of The Sea 5 min 24 October 7, 1877 - Mark Twain's War Experiences 11 min 25 December 20, 1877 - Twain at the Whittier Dinner 12 min 26 April 12,1878 - The Start for Germany 12 min 27 April 11, 1879 - Too Late for Roger McPherson - Mark Twain Apologizes for Not making a speech 8 min 28 September 3, 1879 - Mark Twain Home Again 9 min 29 October 19, 1879 - ''The Innocents'' in Elmira & Patriotic Letter from Mark Twain 8 min 30 November 15, 1879 - Banquet of the Army of the Tennessee 9 min 31 November 26, 1879 - How His Time is Wasted 9 min 32 December 14, 1879 - The Postal Order Again 18 min
