This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included in Part Four of this chronological listing (1900-1906) 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’ “Times Machine” website: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser/. - Summary by John Greenman and Barbara Schmidt
Chapters
1 July 7, 1900 - TWO SPEECHES. Made in London by Choate and Twain 10 min 2 October 13, 1900 - MARK TWAIN'S HOMECOMING & THE HERO AS MAN OF LETTERS 17 min 3 October 16, 1900 - MARK TWAIN HOME AGAIN 10 min 4 October 18, 1900 - BAZAAR FOR GALVESTON ORPHANS 2 min 5 October 20, 1900 - MARK TWAIN AND GRANT - MAJOR POND'S TRIBUTE 7 min 6 October 27, 1900 - MARK TWAIN'S IMPERISHABLE CHARACTERS 7 min 7 November 13, 1900 - RECEPTION TO MARK TWAIN 4 min 8 November 16, 1900 - AUTHORS HONOR MARK TWAIN 3 min 9 November 17, 1900 - MARK TWAIN. The Lotos Club Dinner 1 h 6 min 10 November 22, 1900 - MARK TWAIN HAS GRIEVANCE 2 min 11 November 23, 1900 - MARK TWAIN IS AVENGED 9 min 12 November 24, 1900 - MARK TWAIN TO WOMEN. Public Education 10 min 13 December 5, 1900 - DINNER TO MARK TWAIN. Aldine Association Dinner 2 min 14 December 7, 1900 - BANQUET OF THE ST. NICHOLAS SOCIETY 10 min 15 December 13, 1900 - HOW LIEUT. CHURCHILL ESCAPED FROM BOERS 5 min 16 December 15, 1900 - Mark Twain at the Aldine Club 3 min 17 January 5, 1901 - BISHOP POTTER SAYS HE WAS APPROACHED 11 min 18 January 7, 1901 - Untitled Editorial on Anti-Imperialism 3 min 19 January 11, 1901 - MARK TWAIN, LITERATURE AND WAR. Letter from Moncure Conway 9 min 20 January 20, 1901 - MARK TWAIN ON HAZING 2 min 21 January 21, 1901 - MARK TWAIN SAYS WOMEN SHOULD VOTE 10 min 22 February 3, 1901 - MARK TWAIN TELLS ABOUT PAWNBROKERS 12 min 23 February 7, 1901 - CERTAINLY FALSE, BUT PROBABLY FUNNY 6 min 24 February 8, 1901 - AGREES WITH MARK TWAIN; MARK TWAIN'S YOUNGER DAYS - letters to the editor 3 min 25 February 9, 1901 - MR. CHRISTIAN PATRIOT AND MARK TWAIN 10 min 26 February 12, 1901 - BLUE AND GRAY PAY TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN 12 min 27 February 28, 1901 - MARK TWAIN, OSTEOPATH 19 min 28 March 1, 1901 - [Letter to the Editor] MARK TWAIN, OSTEOPATH 4 min 29 March 14, 1901 - MARK TWAIN A WITNESS [Rudyard Kipling Suit] 6 min 30 March 17, 1901 - MARK TWAIN ON TRAINING THAT PAYS 7 min 31 March 22, 1901 - DEMAND THAT TWAIN RETRACT 3 min 32 March 24, 1901 - LOTOS CLUB'S WELCOME TO THE GOVERNOR [Article edited to include only Mark Twain's speech] & SLANDER'S MASK OF HUMOR 12 min 33 March 27, 1901 - MARK TWAIN, PLAINTIFF 3 min 34 March 31, 1901 - MARK TWAIN TELLS OF HIS BUSINESS VENTURES 7 min 35 April 25, 1901 - MARK TWAIN TO THE CLUB (Letter to the Get Together Club) 2 min 36 May 4, 1901 - MR. MABIE. THE SPEECH OF MARK TWAIN 8 min 37 May 10, 1901 - MARK TWAIN AT PRINCETON 5 min 38 May 12, 1901 - MARK TWAIN READS TO WOMEN 2 min 39 May 29, 1901 - A MISSOURI SOCIETY NOW 5 min 40 July 23, 1901 - LETTER FROM MARK TWAIN 2 min 41 October 11, 1901 - BURGLARIES ALARM RIVERDALE RESIDENTS 7 min 42 October 18, 1901 - MARK TWAIN MAKES A SPEECH 4 min 43 October 30, 1901 - MARK TWAIN AND SETH LOW SPEAK 9 min 44 November 7, 1901 - ‘‘THE ACORNS'‘ HOLD AN ELECTION JUBILEE 7 min 45 November 8, 1901 - TWAIN'S RIVAL STORY TELLER 6 min 46 November 10, 1901 - BRITONS HERE TOAST THEIR KING EDWARD 7 min 47 November 17, 1901 - MR. CHOATE ARRAIGNED BEFORE LOTOS CLUB 7 min 48 December 1, 1901 - SONS OF SCOTLAND MAKE MERRY 8 min 49 January 29, 1902 - MR. ROCKEFELLER'S CLASS 3 min 50 February 5, 1902 - PETITION TO STOP WAR 2 min 51 March 9, 1902 - MARK TWAIN ON MEDICINE 10 min 52 April 1, 1902 - THE KANAWHA AT SANTIAGO 1 min 53 April 8, 1902 - COMING BACK FROM CUBA 1 min 54 April 9, 1902 - MARK TWAIN'S NEW HOME [Tarrytown, NY] 1 min 55 April 21, 1902 - CLARA MORRIS TELLS OF STAGE LIFE'S TRIALS & HELEN KELLER AND MARK TWAIN 6 min 56 June 1, 1902 - MARK TWAIN'S VISIT [to Hannibal] 2 min 57 June 5, 1902 - DEGREE FOR MARK TWAIN 7 min 58 June 7, 1902 - [Editorial] MARK TWAIN'S FAREWELL? & MARK TWAIN'S FAREWELL [speech in St. Louis, MO] 8 min 59 June 8, 1902 - MARK TWAIN AMONG SCENES OF EARLY LIFE. [Horace Bixby] 14 min 60 June 18,1902 - GEN. PORTER HONORED AT LOTOS CLUB DINNER 6 min 61 August 20, 1902 - MARK TWAIN PROTESTS 2 min 62 September 6, 1902 - MARK TWAIN ON ''HUCK FINN.'' 3 min 63 October 22, 1902 - MARK TWAIN'S JOKE 2 min 64 November 29, 1902 - MARK TWAIN ENTERTAINED [67th Birthday] 2 min 65 November 30, 1902 - WHEN TWAIN GOT HIS SAY [birthday speech] 13 min 66 January 10, 1903 - MARK TWAIN'S SKULL 2 min 67 March 28, 1903 - ''THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT'' as a Play 1 min 68 March 31, 1903 - RACES ON THE MISSISSIPPI 5 min 69 May 3, 1903 - MARK TWAIN'S TAXES REDUCED 1 min 70 June 28, 1903 - MARK TWAIN'S ROAST CHICKENS 3 min 71 October 4, 1903 - MARK TWAIN REFLECTS 5 min 72 October 16, 1903 - MARK TWAIN FOR LOW 1 min 73 October 24, 1903 - MARK TWAIN 3 min 74 October 25, 1903 - MARK TWAIN MAKES SOME PARTING REMARKS 8 min 75 November 9, 1903 - MARK TWAIN'S VILLA NEAR FLORENCE 1 min 76 April 10, 1904 - MARK TWAIN TO REFORM THE LANGUAGE OF ITALY 18 min 77 June 7, 1904 - MARK TWAIN'S WIFE DEAD 2 min 78 June 8, 1904 - FUNERAL OF MRS. CLEMENS (Rites in Italy) 1 min 79 June 14, 1904 - TWAIN WOULD BE AN EXHIBIT (at World's Fair) 2 min 80 June 29, 1904 - MARK TWAIN SAILS FOR NEW YORK 1 min 81 July 13, 1904 - CLEMENS BRINGS WIFE'S BODY 2 min 82 July 15, 1904 - MARK TWAIN'S WIFE BURIED IN ELMIRA 1 min 83 August 2, 1904 - MARK TWAIN'S DAUGHTER HURT - Her horse killed 2 min 84 August 18, 1904 - ‘‘MARK TWAIN'‘ LEASES HOUSE 1 min 85 September 15, 1904 - H. H. ROGERS HOME AGAIN. Mark Twain Meets Him 2 min 86 December 22, 1904 - MARK TWAIN PLACE SOLD [Tarrytown] 2 min 87 April 9, 1905 - A TALK WITH MARK TWAIN'S CAT, THE OWNER BEING INVISIBLE 14 min 88 May 15, 1905 - MERCIFUL MARK TWAIN WRITES TO MAIMED GIRL 3 min 89 August 20, 1905 - MARK TWAIN ILL OF GOUT 1 min 90 September 10, 1905 - TWAIN'S TRIBUTE TO ENVOYS 1 min 91 November 4, 1905 - INDEPENDENTS WARM UP FOR IVINS AND JEROME 2 min 92 November 24, 1905 - MARK TWAIN DINNER 1 min 93 November 26, 1905 - MARK TWAIN: A HUMORIST'S CONFESSION 27 min 94 November 28, 1905 - MARK TWAIN THE PRESIDENT'S GUEST 1 min 95 December 6, 1905 - CELEBRATE MARK TWAIN'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY 34 min 96 December 19, 1905 - MARK TWAIN SPEAKS AFTER BERNHARDT ACTS 5 min 97 December 22, 1905 - JOAN OF ARC APPEARS TO STARTLE MARK TWAIN 9 min 98 January 3, 1906 - PATRICK'S FIGHT FOR LIFE 2 min 99 January 4, 1906 - PLAYERS DINE MARK TWAIN 1 min 100 January 17, 1906 - MARK TWAIN AT THE SHOW 2 min 101 January 18, 1906 - FOR A MONUMENT TO FULTON 2 min 102 January 21, 1906 - MARK TWAIN PAYS FOR FUN 2 min 103 January 23, 1906 - CHOATE AND TWAIN PLEAD FOR TUSKEGEE 31 min 104 January 30, 1906 - VIEWS OF MARK TWAIN ON BEING IN CONGRESS 6 min 105 February 8, 1906 - TWAIN ON ROCKEFELLER, JR 3 min 106 February 17, 1906 - ENDS OF THE EARTHERS FOREGATHER HERE AGAIN 11 min 107 February 18, 1906 - FOR A MONUMENT TO FULTON 4 min 108 February 20, 1906 - TWAIN'S LATEST MAXIM 1 min 109 February 21, 1906 - TWAIN THE GREATEST 1 min 110 March 5, 1906 - POLICE HUSTLE CROWD AWAITING MARK TWAIN 13 min 111 March 9, 1906 - TWAIN'S WANING CONSCIENCE 4 min 112 March 12, 1906 - CARNEGIE ASSAULTS THE SPELLING BOOK 6 min 113 March 23, 1906 - ROCKEFELLER, JR., THERE IN SPITE OF NEW HEIR 2 min 114 March 27, 1906 - NEVER TOO ILL FOR A STORY 3 min 115 March 30, 1906 - ARMS TO FREE RUSSIA, TCHAYKOFFSKY'S APPEAL & TWAIN AND CHOATE TALK AT MEETING FOR BLIND 13 min 116 April 3, 1906 - MARK TWAIN LETTER SOLD. Written to Thomas Nast 3 min 117 April 4, 1906 - MARK TWAIN TALKS TO COLLEGE WOMEN 4 min 118 April 6, 1906 - MARK TWAIN ON J. W. FOLEY 2 min 119 April 8, 1906 - TWAIN AND SIR PURDON LAUD SMITH GRADUATES 3 min 120 April 10, 1906 - MORNINGSTAR WINNER IN BILLIARD OPENING 3 min 121 April 12, 1906 - GORKY AND MARK TWAIN PLEAD FOR REVOLUTION & HOPPE DEFEATS CUTLER; SCHAEFER WINS EASILY 17 min 122 April 13, 1906 - MAXIM GORKY VISITS TOMB OF GRANT 2 min 123 April 15, 1906 - GORKY AND ACTRESS ASKED TO QUIT HOTELS & MARK TWAIN TELLS HOW TO MANAGE AUDIENCES 16 min 124 April 19, 1906 - SUTTON BEATS SLOSSON BY SUPERIOR BILLIARDS 3 min 125 April 20, 1906 - MARK TWAIN APPEALS FOR THE 'SMITTEN CITY' & MARK TWAIN [poem by James Ernest Caldwell] 14 min 126 April 22, 1906 - CALIFORNIA'S WOMEN HERE ARE GOING TO AID 10 min 127 May 7, 1906 - MARK TWAIN OUT AGAIN. Recovered from Bronchitis 2 min 128 May 21, 1906 - FOR A BOOTH MEMORIAL 1 min 129 September 18, 1906 - A PEOPLE'S LOBBY TO WATCH CONGRESS 2 min 130 September 20, 1906 - SPELLING AND PICTURES AND TWAIN AT DINNER 23 min 131 September 23, 1906 - MISS CLEMENS IN CONCERT 1 min 132 November 5, 1906 - ''MARK TWAIN'' INDORSES EXPOSURE OF MRS. EDDY 8 min 133 November 24, 1906 - BAR MARK TWAIN'S BOOK 2 min 134 December 8, 1906 - MARK TWAIN IN WHITE AMUSES CONGRESSMEN 23 min 135 December 9, 1906 - TWAIN PLEADS FOR THANKS 3 min 136 December 10, 1906 - [Editorial] A HUMORIST AT HIS BEST 3 min 137 December 11, 1906 - MARK TWAIN, LOBBYIST 2 min 138 December 12, 1906 - TWAIN'S PLAN TO BEAT THE COPYRIGHT LAW & WATTERSON SAYS FREELY THAT HE IS A JINGO 11 min 139 December 23, 1906 - TWAIN AND THE TELEPHONE 4 min
