Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2
Author(s): Mark Twain
Genre(s): Humor, Literary Collections, Writing & Linguistics
Narrators: John Greenman
Number of Chapters: 128
Length: 20 hours and 20 minutes
Language: English
This collection of the 195 known, publicly-printed speeches of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) was compiled by Paul Fatout and published by the University of Iowa Press. The speeches are in the Public Domain, and our thanks go to the University of Iowa for making them available for this Public Domain audio recording. They were compiled in the University of Iowa Press book entitled "Mark Twain Speaking" and are arranged, chronologically, from Twain's first authenticated public speech in 1864, to his last speech, exactly 7 months before he died. Extensive analysis (for instance how other publications interpreted identical interview sessions), notes, appendix and index are included in the printed work.
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Concluding Remarks - Protestant Orphan Asylum Benefit, Case Hall, Cleveland, January 22, 1869 (John Greenman)
Introducing The Reverend Charles Kingsley - Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. February 14, 1874 (John Greenman)
Curtain Speech - Opening of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, September 16, 1874 (John Greenman)
Curtain Speech - One Hundredth Performance of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, Deccember 23, 1874 (John Greenman)
Introductory Remarks - Spelling Match, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, May 12, 1875 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Putnam Phalanx Dinner for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, Allyn House, Hartford, Oct. 2, 1877 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Farewell Banquet for Bayard Taylor, Delmonico's, New York, April 4, 1878 (John Greenman)
Impromptu Speech - Thirteenth Reunion, Army of the Tennessee, Haverly's Theater, Chicago. November 12, 1879 (John Greenman)
Speech - Atantic Monthly Breakfast, Seventieth Birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, December 3, 1879 (John Greenman)
Funeral Oration Over the Grave of the Democratic Party - Republican Jollifiction, Opera House, Hartford, November 2, 1880 (John Greenman)
The Benefit of Judicious Training - Twelfth Annual Reunion Banquet, Army of the Potomac, Allyn House, Hartford, June 8, 1881 (John Greenman)
De Woman wid de Gold'n Arm - Reading Selection, First Used About 1881 and Often Thereafter (John Greenman)
At a Dinner for Monsieur Fréchette of Quebec - Hotel Windsor, Holyoke, Massachusetts, January 31, 1882 (John Greenman)
Woman - God Bless Her - Seventy-seventh Annual Dinner, New England Society of New York, Delmonico's, December 22, 1882 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Banquet of Wheelmen, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 16 or 17, 1883 (John Greenman)
On Speech-Making Reform - Tile Club Dinner for Laurence Hutton, New York, March 31, 1885 (John Greenman)
The Compositor - Typothetae Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, January 18, 1886 - PLUS Rejected Version of Typothetae Speech (John Greenman)
Remarks on Copyright - Before the Committee on Patents, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., January 20-29, 1886 (John Greenman)
Yankee Smith of Camelot - Military Service Institution, Governor's Island, New York, November 11, 1886 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Stationers Board of Trade Dinner, Hotel Brunswick, New York, February 10, 1887 (John Greenman)
An Author's Soldiering - Twenty-Second Reunion Banquet, Union Veterans Association of Maryland, Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, April 8, 1887 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Ninth Annual Renunion Banquet, Army and Navy Club of Connecticut, Central Hall, Hartford, April 27, 1887 (John Greenman)
Post-Prandial Oratory - Forefather's Day Dinner, Congregational Club, Music Hall, Boston, December 20, 1887 (John Greenman)
Yale College Speech - Yale Alumni Association Banquet, Foot Guard Hall, Hartford, February 6, 1889 (John Greenman)
Introducing Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye and James Whitcomb Riley - Tremont Temple, Boston, February 28, 1889 (John Greenman)
The Grand Tour--1. The Sandwich Islands - Baseball Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, April 8, 1889 (John Greenman)
Curtain Speech - Opening of The Prince and the Pauper, Broadway Theatre, New York, January 20, 1890 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - National Wholesale Druggists Association Banquet, Washington, D.C., ca. September 1890 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Dinner for Judge Robert A. Pryor, Astor House, New York, October 9, 1890 (John Greenman)
Curtain Speech - Performance of Pudd'nhead Wilson, Herald Square Theatre, New York, May 22, 1895 (John Greenman)
Morals Lecture - Music Hall, Cleveland, July 15, 1895, Prototype of Subsequent Tour Performances (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Dinner for Mark Twain, Yorick Club, Melbourne, Australia, October 3, 1895 (John Greenman)
Four Speeches - Smoke Night, Australian Institute of Journalists, Cathedral Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, October 27, 1895 (John Greenman)
Supper Speech - Savage Club Supper for Mark Twain, Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch, New Zealand, November 15, 1895 (John Greenman)
Punch, Brothers, Punch - Read on World Tour Programs, 1895-96, and on Other Occasions (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - New Vagabonds Club Dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Clemens, London, June 29, 1899 (John Greenman)
Introducing Winston S. Churchill - Grand Ballroom, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, December 12, 1900 (John Greenman)
Speech - Annual Meeting, Hebrew Technical School for Girls, Temple Emanu-El, New York, January 20, 1901 (John Greenman)
Remarks as Chairman - Lincoln Celebration, Benefit of Lincoln Memorial University, Carnegie Hall, New York, February 11, 1901 (John Greenman)
Remarks on Osteopathy - Committee on Public Health, New York, General Assembly, Albany, February 27, 1901 (John Greenman)
Training That Pays - Monthly Supper, Male Teachers Association, Hotel Albert, New York, March 16, 1901 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., New York, March 23, 1901 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - First Banquet, Missouri Society of New York, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, May 28, 1901 (John Greenman)
Two Political Speeches - Noonday Meeting, Order of Acorns, 350 Broadway, New York, October 29, 1901 (John Greenman)
Speech - Good Citizenship Association, East Side Settlement House, New York, November 7, 1901 (John Greenman)
Scotch Humor - One hundred forty-fifth Annual Dinner, St. Andrew's Society, Delmonico's, New York, November 30, 1901 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Yale Alumni Association Dinner, Allyn Hall, Hartford, January 31, 1902 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Twentieth Anniversary Dinner, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Hotel Savoy, New York, March 8, 1902 (John Greenman)
Speech on Art - Art Students Association Luncheon for Mark Twain, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Louis, June 7, 1902 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for General Horace Porter, New York, June 17, 1902 (John Greenman)
Reminiscences - The Ends of the Earth Club, Hotel Savoy, New York, February 16, 1906 (John Greenman)
Speech - Robert Fulton Monument Association Benefit, Carnegie Hall, New York, April 19, 1906 (John Greenman)
Remarks as Presiding Officer - San Francisco Relief Meeting, Casino, New York, April 21, 1906 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Associated Press Banquet, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, September 19, 1906 (John Greenman)
Burlesque Temperance Lecture - Dinner Party for Clara Clemens, 21 Fifth Avenue, New York, December 31, 1906 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - Lord Mayor's Dinner for the Savage Club, Mansion House, London, June 29, 1907 (John Greenman)
Our Guest - Lord Mayor's Banquet for Mark Twain, Town Hall, Liverpool, July 10, 1907 (John Greenman)
Dinner Speech - New York Postgraduate Medical School and Hospital Dinner, Delmonicco's, New York, January 20, 1909 (John Greenman)
The audiobook Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2 falls under the genres of Humor, Literary Collections, Writing & Linguistics. It is written by Mark Twain.