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马克·吐温(1835～1910)，原名萨缪尔·克莱门斯(Samuel clemens)，美国著名的幽默大师、小说家。

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INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

EARLY FRAGMENTS 1870-1877

[Written about 1870 The Tennessee Land

[Written in 1877   Early Years in Florida, Missouri

THE GRANT DICTATIONS 1885

[Dictated in 1885 The Chicago G. A. R. Festival

[Dictated in 1885 Grant and the Chinese

[Dictated in 1885 A Call with W. D. Howells on General Grant

[Dictated in 1885 About General Grant's "Memoirs"

[Dictated in 1885 Gerhardt and the Grant Bust

[Dictated 1885  The Reverend Doctor N- Visits General Grant

[Written in the closing days of 1890 The Machine Episode

CHAPTERS BEGUN IN VIENNA 1897-8

[Written 1897-8

 Early Days

 Jane Lampton Clemens

[Written about 1898

 Playing "Bear" - Herrings - Jim Wolf and the Cats

 Jim Wolf and the Cats

[Written about 1898 Macfarlane

[Written in 1898   Old Lecture Days in Boston

[Written about 1898 Ralph Keeler

[Written in 1898. Vienna Beauties of the German Language

[Written Sunday, June 26, 1898. Kaltenleutgeben A Viennese Procession

[Written 1898. Vienna Comment on Tautology and Grammar

[Written in 1900 Private History of a Ms. That Came to Grief

CHAPTERS ADDED IN FLORENCE

 Author's Note

[Florence, January, 1904 Villa Quarto

[Florence, April, 1904 Notes on "Innocents Abroad".

[Florence, April, 1904

 Stevenson, Aldrich, etc

 Henry H. Rogers

[Added in 1909 Henry H. Rogers (continued)

INTERVAL OF TWO YEARS

[January 9, 1906

[New York, January 10, 1906

[New York, January 12, 1906

[New York, January 13, 1906

[New York, January 15, 1,906

[New York, January 15th, continued Dictated on January 16th.

[New York, January 16th, continued Dictated Wednesday,

 January 17th About General Sickles

[New York, Thursday, January 18, 1906

[New York, Friday, January 19, 1906 About Dueling

[New York, Tuesday, January 23, 1906

 The Character of Man

[New York, Wednesday, January 24, 1906

[New York, Thursday, February 1, 1906

[New York, February 1, 1906

[New York, Friday, February 2, 1906

[New York, Monday, February 5, 1906

[New York, Tuesday, February 6, 1906

[Wednesday, February 7, 1906

[New York, Thursday, February 8, 1906

[New York, Friday, February 9, 1906

[New York, Monday, February 12, 1906

[New York, Tuesday, February 13, 1906

[New York, Thursday, February 15, 1906

[Friday, February 16, 1906

[Tuesday, February 20, 1906

[New York, Wednesday, February 21, 1906

[New York, Thursday, February 22, 1906

[Friday, February 23, 1906

[Monday, February 26, 1906

[April 29, 1885

[Monday, March 5, 1906

[Tuesday, March 6, 1906

[Wednesday, March 7, 1906

[Thursday, March 8, 1906

[Friday, March 9, 1906

[Monday, March 12, 1906

[Wednesday, March 14, 1906

[Monday, March 5, 1906 (Dictated March 15th)

 Definition of a Gentleman

[Friday, March 16, 1906

[Wednesday, March 21, 1906.

[Friday, March 22, 1906

[Friday, March 23, 1906

[Monday, March 26, 1906

[Tuesday, March 27, 1906

[Wednesday, March 28, 1906

[Thursday, March 29, 1906

[Friday, March 30, 1906

[Monday, April 2, 1906

[Wednesday, April 4, 1906

[Thursday, April 5, 1906

[Friday, April 6, 1906

[Monday, April 9, 1906

[Tuesday, April 10, 1906

[Wednesday, April 11, 1906