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Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2 by Mark Twain. 128 sections, 20 hr 20 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

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Length
20 hr 20 min
Sections
128
Language
English
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
twainsspeechesv2_1704_librivox
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. 000 - Introduction 1:38
  2. 001 - Presentation Speech - Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco, June 12, 1864 5:31
  3. 002 - Sandwich Islands Lecture - First Given in San Francisco, October 2, 1866 42:40
  4. 003 - Concluding Remarks - Congress Hall, San Francisco, December 10, 1866 7:08
  5. 004 - Address to the Czar - Yalta, Russia, August 25, 1867 2:47
  6. 005 - Pilgrim Life - Platt's Hall, San Francisco, April 14-15, 1868 6:57
  7. 006 - Introductory Remarks - Mercantile Library, San Francisco, Juy 2, 1868 3:12
  8. 007 - The American Vandal Abroad - Lyceum Season, November 17, 1868 37:56
  9. 008 - Concluding Remarks - Protestant Orphan Asylum Benefit, Case Hall, Cleveland, January 22, 1869 3:54
  10. 009 - The Reliable Contraband - New York Press Club Dinner, Elmonico's, June 5, 1869 8:22
  11. 010 - Artemus Ward Lecture - Lecture Season 1871-72 21:38
  12. 011 - Roughing It Lecture - Lecture Season, 1871-72; England, 1873 1:00:36
  13. 012 - On Governor Nye - Steinway Hall, New York, January 24, 1872 1:14
  14. 013 - Dinner Speech - The Aldine Dinner, St. James Hotel, New York, Early February, 1872 11:50
  15. 014 - Dinner Speech - Whitefriars Club, London, ca. Ocotber 1872 5:32
  16. 015 - After-Dinner Speech - Meeting of Americans, London, July 4, 1873 8:17
  17. 016 - The Guests - St. Andrews Society Dinner, London, November 29, 1873 3:35
  18. 017 - Introducing The Reverend Charles Kingsley - Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. February 14, 1874 3:58
  19. 018 - Dinner Speech - Massachusetts Press Association, Boston, February 17, 1874 7:57
  20. 019 - Curtain Speech - Opening of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, September 16, 1874 5:17
  21. 020 - Curtain Speech - One Hundredth Performance of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, Deccember 23, 1874 4:13
  22. 021 - Introductory Remarks - Spelling Match, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, May 12, 1875 7:44
  23. 022 - Political Speech - Republican Mass Meeting, Allyn Hall, Hartford, Spet. 30, 1876 7:17
  24. 023 - Curtain Speech - Opening of Ah Sin, Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, July 31, 1877 7:07
  25. 024 - Dinner Speech - Putnam Phalanx Dinner for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, Allyn House, Hartford, Oct. 2, 1877 11:21
  26. 025 - Dinner Speech - Farewell Banquet for Bayard Taylor, Delmonico's, New York, April 4, 1878 10:45
  27. 026 - Dinner Speech - Anglo-American Club Banquet, Heidelberg, Germanay, Juy 4, 1878 6:28
  28. 027 - Dinner Speech - Stanley Club, Paris, ca. April 1879 7:43
  29. 028 - Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism - Stomach Club Dinner, Paris, Spring 1879 8:44
  30. 029 - Introducing General Hawley - Republican Meeting, Elmira, New York, October 16, 1879 6:31
  31. 030 - Impromptu Speech - Thirteenth Reunion, Army of the Tennessee, Haverly's Theater, Chicago. November 12, 1879 1:35
  32. 031 - Speech - Atantic Monthly Breakfast, Seventieth Birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, December 3, 1879 6:02
  33. 032 - Welcome to General Grant - Hartford, October 16, 1880 6:15
  34. 033 - Political Speech - Republican Rally, Hartford Opera House, October 26, 1880 25:38
  35. 034 - Funeral Oration Over the Grave of the Democratic Party - Republican Jollifiction, Opera House, Hartford, November 2, 1880 5:45
  36. 035 - The Benefit of Judicious Training - Twelfth Annual Reunion Banquet, Army of the Potomac, Allyn House, Hartford, June 8, 1881 12:13
  37. 036 - De Woman wid de Gold'n Arm - Reading Selection, First Used About 1881 and Often Thereafter 6:27
  38. 037 - Dinner Speech - Dinner for Mark Twain, Windsor Hotel, Montreal, December 8, 1881 14:45
  39. 038 - At a Dinner for Monsieur Fréchette of Quebec - Hotel Windsor, Holyoke, Massachusetts, January 31, 1882 6:03
  40. 039 - Advice to Youth - Saturday Morning Club, Boston, April 15, 1882 9:34
  41. 040 - Woman - God Bless Her - Seventy-seventh Annual Dinner, New England Society of New York, Delmonico's, December 22, 1882 10:22
  42. 041 - Introducing George W. Cable - Unity Hall, Hartford, April 4, 1883 3:13
  43. 042 - On Adam - Royal Literary and Scientific Society Dinner, Ottawa, May 23, 1883 10:58
  44. 043 - Dinner Speech - Banquet of Wheelmen, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 16 or 17, 1883 2:25
  45. 044 - Turncoats - Political Meeting, Hartford, Late October 1884 8:51
  46. 045 - Remarks as Chairman - Mugwump Rally, Allyn Hall, Hartford, October 20, 1884 3:45
  47. 046 - Mock Oration on the Dead Partisan - Early November 1884 5:36
  48. 047 - On Speech-Making Reform - Tile Club Dinner for Laurence Hutton, New York, March 31, 1885 15:06
  49. 048 - Huck Saves Jim - From Huckleberry Finn, a Reading Often Used from 1885 On 14:23
  50. 049 - The Compositor - Typothetae Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, January 18, 1886 - PLUS Rejected Version of Typothetae Speech 17:48
  51. 050 - Remarks on Copyright - Before the Committee on Patents, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., January 20-29, 1886 11:43
  52. 051 - Yankee Smith of Camelot - Military Service Institution, Governor's Island, New York, November 11, 1886 7:30
  53. 052 - Dinner Speech - Stationers Board of Trade Dinner, Hotel Brunswick, New York, February 10, 1887 7:57
  54. 053 - An Author's Soldiering - Twenty-Second Reunion Banquet, Union Veterans Association of Maryland, Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, April 8, 1887 10:37
  55. 054 - Dinner Speech - Ninth Annual Renunion Banquet, Army and Navy Club of Connecticut, Central Hall, Hartford, April 27, 1887 9:04
  56. 055 - Post-Prandial Oratory - Forefather's Day Dinner, Congregational Club, Music Hall, Boston, December 20, 1887 17:25
  57. 056 - Yale College Speech - Yale Alumni Association Banquet, Foot Guard Hall, Hartford, February 6, 1889 6:47
  58. 057 - Introducing Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye and James Whitcomb Riley - Tremont Temple, Boston, February 28, 1889 6:47
  59. 058 - The Long Clam - Supper for Edwin Booth, Delmonico's New York, March 30, 1889 8:30
  60. 059 - The Grand Tour--1. The Sandwich Islands - Baseball Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, April 8, 1889 11:40
  61. 060 - Dinner Speech - Fellowcroft Club Dinner, New Yrok, November 15, 1889 12:06
  62. 061 - Interview - Hartford, Early December, 1889 9:22
  63. 062 - The Christening Yarn - Often Used From About 1889-1890 5:15
  64. 063 - Curtain Speech - Opening of The Prince and the Pauper, Broadway Theatre, New York, January 20, 1890 2:17
  65. 064 - On Foreign Critics - Dinner for Max O'Rell, Everettt House, Boston, April 27, 1890 10:31
  66. 065 - Dinner Speech - National Wholesale Druggists Association Banquet, Washington, D.C., ca. September 1890 6:13
  67. 066 - Dinner Speech - Dinner for Judge Robert A. Pryor, Astor House, New York, October 9, 1890 4:23
  68. 067 - Two Dinner Speeches - Lotos Club Dinner for Mark Twain, New York, November 11, 1893 8:06
  69. 068 - Dinner Speech - Dinner for Brander Matthews, New York, ca. December 1893 3:47
  70. 069 - Advice - Dedication of Town Hall, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, February 22, 1894 10:00
  71. 070 - Curtain Speech - Performance of Pudd'nhead Wilson, Herald Square Theatre, New York, May 22, 1895 9:01
  72. 071 - Morals Lecture - Music Hall, Cleveland, July 15, 1895, Prototype of Subsequent Tour Performances 29:49
  73. 072 - Interview - Vancouver, B.C. August 19, 1895 4:59
  74. 073 - His Grandfather's Old Ram - Told on the World Tour, 1895-96, and on Other Occasions 10:56
  75. 074 - Dinner Speech - Dinner for Mark Twain, Yorick Club, Melbourne, Australia, October 3, 1895 21:00
  76. 075 - Four Speeches - Smoke Night, Australian Institute of Journalists, Cathedral Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, October 27, 1895 12:54
  77. 076 - Supper Speech - Savage Club Supper for Mark Twain, Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch, New Zealand, November 15, 1895 7:56
  78. 077 - Speech - Commemoration Luncheon, Glenelg, Australia, December 30, 1895 7:34
  79. 078 - Punch, Brothers, Punch - Read on World Tour Programs, 1895-96, and on Other Occasions 9:58
  80. 079 - Interview - Bombay, India, ca. January 22, 1896 5:33
  81. 080 - Dinner Speech - New Vagabonds Club Dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Clemens, London, June 29, 1899 11:11
  82. 081 - Remarks on Copyright - Select Committee Hearing, House of Lords, April 3, 1900 5:12
  83. 082 - Travelogue - Dockside, New York, October 15, 1900 5:32
  84. 083 - Remarks - Woman's Press Club Tea, Carnegie Hall, New York, October 27, 1900 6:01
  85. 084 - Three Speeches - New York Press Club Reception for Mark Twain, November 12,1900 9:47
  86. 085 - Introducing Winston S. Churchill - Grand Ballroom, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, December 12, 1900 6:56
  87. 086 - Speech - Annual Meeting, Hebrew Technical School for Girls, Temple Emanu-El, New York, January 20, 1901 7:52
  88. 087 - Speech - Annual Meeting, University Settlement Society, New York, February 2, 1901 10:55
  89. 088 - Remarks as Chairman - Lincoln Celebration, Benefit of Lincoln Memorial University, Carnegie Hall, New York, February 11, 1901 9:11
  90. 089 - Remarks on Osteopathy - Committee on Public Health, New York, General Assembly, Albany, February 27, 1901 14:07
  91. 090 - Training That Pays - Monthly Supper, Male Teachers Association, Hotel Albert, New York, March 16, 1901 5:01
  92. 091 - Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., New York, March 23, 1901 9:54
  93. 092 - Dinner Speech - First Banquet, Missouri Society of New York, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, May 28, 1901 3:20
  94. 093 - Speech-Making Experiment - Bar Harbor, Maine, August 14, 1901 2:56
  95. 094 - Two Political Speeches - Noonday Meeting, Order of Acorns, 350 Broadway, New York, October 29, 1901 3:10
  96. 095 - Mock Eulogy of Tammany - Acorns Election Jubilee, New York, November 6, 1901 3:49
  97. 096 - Speech - Good Citizenship Association, East Side Settlement House, New York, November 7, 1901 5:43
  98. 097 - Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Joseph H. Choate, New York, November 16, 1901 10:27
  99. 098 - Scotch Humor - One hundred forty-fifth Annual Dinner, St. Andrew's Society, Delmonico's, New York, November 30, 1901 7:02
  100. 099 - Dinner Speech - Yale Alumni Association Dinner, Allyn Hall, Hartford, January 31, 1902 5:00
  101. 100 - Dinner Speech - Twentieth Anniversary Dinner, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Hotel Savoy, New York, March 8, 1902 7:14
  102. 101 - Remarks - Hannibal High School Graduation Exercises, Park Theatre, May 30, 1902 12:45
  103. 102 - Speech - University of Missouri Commencement, Columbia, June 4, 1902 16:10
  104. 103 - Remarks - Christening of Harbor Boat Mark Twain, St. Louis, June 6, 1902 4:42
  105. 104 - Remarks - Unveiling of a Tablet Commemorating Eugene Field, St. Louis, June 6, 1902 1:02
  106. 105 - Speech on Art - Art Students Association Luncheon for Mark Twain, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Louis, June 7, 1902 14:55
  107. 106 - Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for General Horace Porter, New York, June 17, 1902 19:53
  108. 107 - Reminiscences - The Ends of the Earth Club, Hotel Savoy, New York, February 16, 1906 4:49
  109. 108 - Introducing Dr. Henry Van Dyke - Late February or Early March, 1906 15:59
  110. 109 - Speech - Robert Fulton Monument Association Benefit, Carnegie Hall, New York, April 19, 1906 11:34
  111. 110 - Remarks as Presiding Officer - San Francisco Relief Meeting, Casino, New York, April 21, 1906 3:12
  112. 111 - Dinner Speech - Associated Press Banquet, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, September 19, 1906 19:09
  113. 112 - Interview - Washington, D.C., December 7, 1906 10:12
  114. 113 - Burlesque Temperance Lecture - Dinner Party for Clara Clemens, 21 Fifth Avenue, New York, December 31, 1906 4:08
  115. 114 - Reminiscences of Longfellow and Others - Interview, February 23, 1907 6:27
  116. 115 - Dinner Speech - Government House, Annapolis, Maryland, May 10, 1907 16:29
  117. 116 - Interview - Aboard S.S. Minneapolis, New York, June 8, 1907 3:43
  118. 117 - Monologue on the Royal Garden Party - Windsor Castle, England, June 22, 1907 5:08
  119. 118 - Dinner Speech - Lord Mayor's Dinner for the Savage Club, Mansion House, London, June 29, 1907 9:27
  120. 119 - Our Guest - Lord Mayor's Banquet for Mark Twain, Town Hall, Liverpool, July 10, 1907 25:24
  121. 120 - Interview - Dockside, New York, July 22, 1907 5:27
  122. 121 - Bishop Speech - Between October 5 and 17, 1907 16:35
  123. 122 - Story - Told to Garrison Children, Hamilton, Bermuda, April 6, 1908 2:37
  124. 123 - Interview - New York, April 13, 1908 2:57
  125. 124 - Dinner Speech - New York Postgraduate Medical School and Hospital Dinner, Delmonicco's, New York, January 20, 1909 18:45
  126. 125 - Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Andrew Carnegie, March 17, 1909 9:30
  127. 126 - Remarks - The Misses Tewksbury's School Graduation, Baltimore, Maryland, June 9, 1909 3:09
  128. 127 - Last Known Comments - Concert, Stormfield, Redding, Connecticut, September 21st, 1909 0:52