June 10, 1909 – Mr. Clemens met a young girl on the steamer Minnehaha in 1907; she called him “grandpa,” and he called her his granddaughter. She was attending St. Timothy’s School, at Catonsville, Maryland, and Mr. Clemens promised her to see her graduate. He accordingly made the journey from New York on June 10, 1909, and delivered a short address.
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The Ascot Gold Cup
June 1907 – The news of Mr. Clemens’s arrival in England was announced in the papers with big headlines. Immediately following the announcement was the news—also with big headlines—that the Ascot Gold Cup had been stolen the same day. The combination, MARK TWAIN ARRIVES-ASCOT CUP STOLEN, amused the public. The Lord Mayor of London gave a banquet at the Mansion House in honor of Mr. Clemens.
Remembering Mark Twain’s First Appearance
October 5, 1906 – Mr. Clemens, following a musical recital by his daughter in Norfolk, Connecticut, addressed her audience on the subject of stage-fright. He thanked the people for making things as easy as possible for his daughter’s American debut as a contralto, and then told of his first experience before the public.
When in Doubt, Tell the Truth
Mar 9, 1906 – Mark Twain’s speech at the dinner of the “Freundschaft Society” had as a basis the words of the introduction used by Toastmaster Frank, who, referring to Pudd’nhead Wilson, used the phrase, “When in doubt, tell the truth.”
Morals and Memory
March 7, 1906 – Mr. Clemens was the guest of honor at a reception held at Barnard College (Columbia University) by the Barnard Union.
Layman’s Sermon at the YMCA
March 4, 1906 – The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) asked Mr. Clemens to deliver a lay sermon at the Majestic Theatre, New York.
Taxes and Morals
January 22, 1906 – At the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Tuskeegee Institute by Booker Washington, Mr. Choate presided, and in introducing Mr. Clemens made fun of him because he made play his work, and that when he worked hardest he did so lying in bed.
Joan of Arc
December 22, 1905 – Address at the Dinner of the Society of Illustrators, Given at the Aldine Association Club.
Seventieth Birthday Speech
December 5, 1905 – Address at a dinner given by Colonel George Harvey at Delmonico’s to celebrate Mr. Clemen’s seventieth birthday.
Sixty-Seventh Birthday
Nov 28, 1902 – Address at a dinner given in honor of Mr. Clemens by Colonel Harvey, President of Harper & Brothers. At the Metropolitan Club.
Business Speech at Eastman College
March 30, 1901 – Source of the well-known quote “Honesty is the best policy—when there is money in it.”
Votes for Women
January 20, 1901 – At the Annual Meeting of the Hebrew Technical School for Girls, Held in the Temple Emmanuel, New York City.
Theoretical Morals
July 8, 1899 – The New Vagabonds’ Club of London, made up of the leading younger literary men of the day, gave a dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Clemens
Statistics
June 9, 1899 – Clemens consented to visit the Savage Club, London, on condition that there was to be no publicity and no speech was to be expected from him.
Die Schrecken Der Deutschen Sprache — The Horrors of the German Language
November 21, 1897 – A Humorous Address to the Vienna Press Club–Delivered in German (Here in Literal Translation). “It has me deeply touched, my gentlemen, here so hospitably received to be. From colleagues out of my own profession, in this from my own home…”
“On the Babies”
November 1879 – At the Banquet, In Chicago, Given by the Army of the Tennessee to Their First Commander, General U.S. Grant.
Speech on the Weather
December 22, 1876 – At the New England Society’s Seventy-First Annual Dinner, New York City
