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Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent

Name: Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field - Tales They Told to a Fellow Correspondent
Author: Henry William Fischer

Henry William Fischer

Read by John Greenman · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Editor’s Note (6:34)
Author’s Preface (12:23)
How Mark Would Safeguard England (13:29)
Mark Philosophized on Willie (1:47)
Mark - Regicide (3:32)
The Funniest Speech Mark Ever Gave (10:27)
Monarchical Atavism (1:44)
Democratic Mark and Austrian Aristocracy (3:05)
Phil Sheridan's Friend (3:41)
"Elizabeth was a He", said Mark (14:20)
Mark, the Sleight-of-hand Man (2:32)
Mark and the Imperial Mistress (2:46)
Mark on Lynch Law (5:15)
Recollections of King Charles and Grant (3:28)
Mark Missed Gallows-land (3:34)
Think of Her Sorrow (1:48)
Breaking the News Gently (2:46)
Dukes and Unborn Car Horses (0:56)
"Pa Used to Be a Terrible Man" (1:03)
Mark on the Berlin Cops (5:28)
The Sausage Room (5:04)
Mark's Glimpse of Schopenhauer (15:07)
"Murderer" Blücher in Oxford (3:05)
Mark's Human Side (2:38)
An Australian Surprise (2:38)
Mark in France and Italy (2:33)
Why Mark Wouldn't Like to Die Abroad (3:33)
The Left Hand Didn't Know (1:25)
American Humorists (1:19)
Telepathy or Suggestion (3:08)
Trying to Be Serious Didn't Work (1:37)
Assorted Beauties (2:09)
Mark's Children Knew Him (2:18)
Mark, Dogs, Dagoes, and Cats (2:22)
The Tragedy of Genius (2:23)
Kilties and the Lassie (3:02)
A Wise Provision of Providence (2:15)
The Awful German Language (2:07)
Artist or Photographer (2:28)
Mark Interviewed the Barber about Harry Thaw (5:05)
His Portrait—a Mirror (2:09)
Mark, Bismarck, Lincoln, and Darwin (7:15)
Mark at the Stock Exchange, Vienna (1:21)
Mark and the Prussian Lieutenant (3:22)
Mark Studies the Costermonger Language (2:25)
That Beautiful Funeral (2:06)
Ada's Beast of a Man (1:56)
Jealousy in Lowland (1:36)
The Troubles of Liz (2:17)
The French Madame (6:18)
The Great Disappointment (5:05)
Rheumatism and Prodding (1:32)
On Literary Friendships (2:05)
Bayard Taylor's German (2:11)
Genius in Extremis (4:20)
What May Happen to You after You Are Dead (4:56)
Kings in Their Birthday Suits (0:55)
Mark on Lincoln's Humanity (5:43)
An English Lover of Kings and a Hater (7:09)
Mark Got Arrested in Berlin (6:08)
Books that Weren't Written (5:29)
Mark Enjoyed Other Humorists (2:15)
Mark and the English Hack-writer (2:31)
Mark Thought Joan of Arc Was Slandered (3:31)
Running Amuck—Almost (0:39)
Mark's Idiomatic Gems (1:23)
Mark and the Girls that Love a Lord (7:35)
Mark's Martyrdom (2:48)
Slang Not in Mark's Dictionary (2:59)
Mark "No Gentleman" (2:03)
Mark, Poetry, and Art (1:49)
Mark Sheds Light on English History (6:52)
Mark Explains Dean Swift (4:15)
Mark in Tragedy and Comedy (7:38)
"Ambition Is a Jade that More Than One Man Can Ride" (3:32)
Mark as a Translator (3:39)
Mark in England (2:54)
Why Mark Was Uncomfortable in the King of Sweden's Presence (1:46)
Mark's Idea of High Art (4:28)
Mark Meets King Leopold—Almost (3:26)
Sizing Up of Aristocracy by Mark (5:01)
The Bald-headed Woman (1:37)
When a Publisher Dines and Wines You (6:14)
Mark in Politics (1:08)
Mark on "Royal Honors" (4:33)
American Women the Prettiest (1:50)
Where Tay Pay Isn't Tay Pay (1:24)
The Man Who Didn't Get Used to Hanging (8:45)
Stray Sayings of Mark (3:35)
Eugene Field and His Troubles in Chicago (6:06)
More of Eugene Field's Trials in London (4:59)
Gene, a "Success of Curiosity" (4:30)
Dire Consequences of American Horseplay (10:09)
Field's Library of Humor (1:03)
Those German Professors (1:57)
Eugene Field and Northern Lore (3:39)
Little Boy Blue (1:22)