This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included in Part Two of this chronological listing (1880-1889) are some of Twain’s short stories, speeches and letters, as they appeared in the New York Times in that decade. The original microfiche articles are available at the New York Times “Time Machine” website: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/ and here. - Summary by John Greenman and Barbara Schmidt
Chapters
1 January 2, 1880 - MARK TWAIN ON ARTEMUS WARD 5 min 2 October 17, 1880 - GEN. GRANT IN HARTFORD 9 min 3 October 27, 1880 - MARK TWAIN LIFTS HIS VOICE 8 min 4 December 15, 1880 - BABIES AS BURGLAR ALARMS 2 min 5 January 2, 1881 - THE HOME OF MARK TWAIN 4 min 6 February 25, 1881 - THE PAPYRUS CLUB'S GUESTS 7 min 7 June 9, 1881 - VETERANS OF THE POTOMAC - Annual meeting and festivities. (This article has been edited to include only pertinent references to Mark Twain's participation) 17 min 8 September 25, 1881 - MARK TWAIN TRANSLATED (editorial on French translations 3 min 9 December 2, 1881 - MARK TWAIN'S NEW BOOK 1 min 10 December 8, 1881 - AUTHORITATIVE CONTRADICTION. Mark Twain informs a friend in South Australia that he is not dead 5 min 11 December 10, 1881 - MARK TWAIN IN MONTREAL 16 min 12 December 17, 1881 - CANADA SURPRISES MARK TWAIN 2 min 13 December 25, 1881 - MARK TWAIN EXPLAINS. The Copyright Law 6 min 14 December 26, 1881 - MARK TWAIN ON THE PILGRIMS & GENERAL NOTES (Mark Twain's Copyright) 16 min 15 December 29, 1881 - MARK TWAIN'S COPYRIGHT 6 min 16 September 10, 1882 - MARK TWAIN'S SUMMER HOME 6 min 17 November 21, 1882 - MARK TWAIN'S BAROMETER 5 min 18 December 23, 1882 - ON PLYMOUTH ROCK AGAIN 17 min 19 December 25, 1882 - TROLLOPE AND MARK TWAIN by Joaquin Miller 6 min 20 January 10, 1883 - MARK TWAIN LOSES A SUIT 1 min 21 March 11, 1883 - JUDGE CLEMENS 4 min 22 May 30, 1883 - MARK TWAIN'S COPYRIGHT STRUGGLES 2 min 23 June 10, 1883 - MR. MARK TWAIN EXCITED 15 min 24 November 11, 1883 - MARK TWAIN ON COPYRIGHT LAW 2 min 25 December 4, 1883 - MARK TWAIN AGGRIEVED 6 min 26 November 19, 1884 - GENIUS AND VERSATILITY 5 min 27 December 31, 1884 - PUT HIM ON THE WITNESS STAND 3 min 28 January 15, 1885 - MARK TWAIN A PLAINTIFF 3 min 29 March 19, 1885 - TRASHY AND VICIOUS 2 min 30 April 10, 1885 - FOR THE ACTORS' FUND 2 min 31 August 10, 1886 - AN INJUNCTION REFUSED (against John Wanamaker) 2 min 32 March 21, 1887 - MARK TWAIN'S ENGLISH ROYALTIES 2 min 33 April 9, 1889 - BASEBALL AT DELMONICO'S 4 min 34 December 10, 1889 - MARK TWAIN AND HIS BOOK. The Copyright Question 17 min 35 December 17, 1889 - AUTHOR'S READINGS 8 min
