Writer: Albert Bigelow Paine

This etext was produced by David Widger MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY By Albert Bigelow Paine VOLUME III, Part 2: 1907-1910 CCLVI HONORS FROM OXFORD Clemens made a brief trip to Bermuda during the winter, taking Twichell along; their first return to the island since the trip when they had promised to come back so soon-nearly

This etext was produced by David Widger MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY By Albert Bigelow Paine VOLUME III, Part 1: 1900-1907 CCXII THE RETURN OF THE CONQUEROR It would be hard to exaggerate the stir which the newspapers and the public generally made over the homecoming of Mark Twain. He had left America, staggering under heavy

This etext was produced by David Widger MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY By Albert Bigelow Paine VOLUME II, Part 2: 1886-1900 CLXII BROWNING, MEREDITH, AND MEISTERSCHAFT The Browning readings must have begun about this time. Just what kindled Mark Twain’s interest in the poetry of Robert Browning is not remembered, but very likely his earlier associations

This etext was produced by David Widger MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY By Albert Bigelow Paine VOLUME II, Part 1: 1875-1886 CV MARK TWAIN AT FORTY In conversation with John Hay, Hay said to Clemens: “A man reaches the zenith at forty, the top of the hill. From that time forward he begins to descend. If

This etext was produced by David Widger VOLUME I, Part 2: 1866-1875 LIV THE LECTURER It was not easy to take up the daily struggle again, but it was necessary.– –Out of the ruck of possibilities (his brain always thronged with plans) he constructed three or four resolves. The chief of these was the trip

This etext was produced by David Widger MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY By Albert Bigelow Paine VOLUME I, Part 1: 1835-1866 MARK TWAIN A BIOGRAPHY THE PERSONAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE TO CLARA CLEMENS GABRILOWITSCH WHO STEADILY UPHELD THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE TO WRITE HISTORY RATHER THAN EULOGY AS THE