Mark Twain's Speeches, Part 2


Read by John Greenman

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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.

- Summary by John Greenman

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Introduction 1:39 Read by John Greenman
Presentation Speech - Maguire's Opera House, San Francisco, June 12, 1864 5:31 Read by John Greenman
Sandwich Islands Lecture - First Given in San Francisco, October 2, 1866 42:40 Read by John Greenman
Concluding Remarks - Congress Hall, San Francisco, December 10, 1866 7:09 Read by John Greenman
Address to the Czar - Yalta, Russia, August 25, 1867 2:48 Read by John Greenman
Pilgrim Life - Platt's Hall, San Francisco, April 14-15, 1868 6:58 Read by John Greenman
Introductory Remarks - Mercantile Library, San Francisco, Juy 2, 1868 3:12 Read by John Greenman
The American Vandal Abroad - Lyceum Season, November 17, 1868 37:56 Read by John Greenman
Concluding Remarks - Protestant Orphan Asylum Benefit, Case Hall, Cleveland, January 22, 1869 3:54 Read by John Greenman
The Reliable Contraband - New York Press Club Dinner, Elmonico's, June 5, 1869 8:23 Read by John Greenman
Artemus Ward Lecture - Lecture Season 1871-72 21:39 Read by John Greenman
Roughing It Lecture - Lecture Season, 1871-72; England, 1873 1:00:37 Read by John Greenman
On Governor Nye - Steinway Hall, New York, January 24, 1872 1:14 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - The Aldine Dinner, St. James Hotel, New York, Early February, 1872 11:51 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Whitefriars Club, London, ca. Ocotber 1872 5:32 Read by John Greenman
After-Dinner Speech - Meeting of Americans, London, July 4, 1873 8:18 Read by John Greenman
The Guests - St. Andrews Society Dinner, London, November 29, 1873 3:36 Read by John Greenman
Introducing The Reverend Charles Kingsley - Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. February 14, 1874 3:58 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Massachusetts Press Association, Boston, February 17, 1874 7:57 Read by John Greenman
Curtain Speech - Opening of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, September 16, 1874 5:18 Read by John Greenman
Curtain Speech - One Hundredth Performance of The Gilded Age, Park Theatre, New York, Deccember 23, 1874 4:13 Read by John Greenman
Introductory Remarks - Spelling Match, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, May 12, 1875 7:44 Read by John Greenman
Political Speech - Republican Mass Meeting, Allyn Hall, Hartford, Spet. 30, 1876 7:17 Read by John Greenman
Curtain Speech - Opening of Ah Sin, Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York, July 31, 1877 7:07 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Putnam Phalanx Dinner for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, Allyn House, Hartford, Oct. 2, 1877 11:21 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Farewell Banquet for Bayard Taylor, Delmonico's, New York, April 4, 1878 10:46 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Anglo-American Club Banquet, Heidelberg, Germanay, Juy 4, 1878 6:28 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Stanley Club, Paris, ca. April 1879 7:44 Read by John Greenman
Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism - Stomach Club Dinner, Paris, Spring 1879 8:44 Read by John Greenman
Introducing General Hawley - Republican Meeting, Elmira, New York, October 16, 1879 6:31 Read by John Greenman
Impromptu Speech - Thirteenth Reunion, Army of the Tennessee, Haverly's Theater, Chicago. November 12, 1879 1:36 Read by John Greenman
Speech - Atantic Monthly Breakfast, Seventieth Birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, December 3, 1879 6:02 Read by John Greenman
Welcome to General Grant - Hartford, October 16, 1880 6:15 Read by John Greenman
Political Speech - Republican Rally, Hartford Opera House, October 26, 1880 25:39 Read by John Greenman
Funeral Oration Over the Grave of the Democratic Party - Republican Jollifiction, Opera House, Hartford, November 2, 1880 5:45 Read by John Greenman
The Benefit of Judicious Training - Twelfth Annual Reunion Banquet, Army of the Potomac, Allyn House, Hartford, June 8, 1881 12:13 Read by John Greenman
De Woman wid de Gold'n Arm - Reading Selection, First Used About 1881 and Often Thereafter 6:27 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Dinner for Mark Twain, Windsor Hotel, Montreal, December 8, 1881 14:45 Read by John Greenman
At a Dinner for Monsieur Fréchette of Quebec - Hotel Windsor, Holyoke, Massachusetts, January 31, 1882 6:03 Read by John Greenman
Advice to Youth - Saturday Morning Club, Boston, April 15, 1882 9:34 Read by John Greenman
Woman - God Bless Her - Seventy-seventh Annual Dinner, New England Society of New York, Delmonico's, December 22, 1882 10:23 Read by John Greenman
Introducing George W. Cable - Unity Hall, Hartford, April 4, 1883 3:13 Read by John Greenman
On Adam - Royal Literary and Scientific Society Dinner, Ottawa, May 23, 1883 10:58 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Banquet of Wheelmen, Springfield, Massachusetts, September 16 or 17, 1883 2:25 Read by John Greenman
Turncoats - Political Meeting, Hartford, Late October 1884 8:51 Read by John Greenman
Remarks as Chairman - Mugwump Rally, Allyn Hall, Hartford, October 20, 1884 3:45 Read by John Greenman
Mock Oration on the Dead Partisan - Early November 1884 5:37 Read by John Greenman
On Speech-Making Reform - Tile Club Dinner for Laurence Hutton, New York, March 31, 1885 15:07 Read by John Greenman
Huck Saves Jim - From Huckleberry Finn, a Reading Often Used from 1885 On 14:24 Read by John Greenman
The Compositor - Typothetae Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, January 18, 1886 - PLUS Rejected Version of Typothetae Speech 17:48 Read by John Greenman
Remarks on Copyright - Before the Committee on Patents, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., January 20-29, 1886 11:43 Read by John Greenman
Yankee Smith of Camelot - Military Service Institution, Governor's Island, New York, November 11, 1886 7:30 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Stationers Board of Trade Dinner, Hotel Brunswick, New York, February 10, 1887 7:57 Read by John Greenman
An Author's Soldiering - Twenty-Second Reunion Banquet, Union Veterans Association of Maryland, Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, April 8, 1887 10:38 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Ninth Annual Renunion Banquet, Army and Navy Club of Connecticut, Central Hall, Hartford, April 27, 1887 9:04 Read by John Greenman
Post-Prandial Oratory - Forefather's Day Dinner, Congregational Club, Music Hall, Boston, December 20, 1887 17:26 Read by John Greenman
Yale College Speech - Yale Alumni Association Banquet, Foot Guard Hall, Hartford, February 6, 1889 6:47 Read by John Greenman
Introducing Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye and James Whitcomb Riley - Tremont Temple, Boston, February 28, 1889 6:47 Read by John Greenman
The Long Clam - Supper for Edwin Booth, Delmonico's New York, March 30, 1889 8:30 Read by John Greenman
The Grand Tour--1. The Sandwich Islands - Baseball Dinner, Delmonico's, New York, April 8, 1889 11:41 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Fellowcroft Club Dinner, New Yrok, November 15, 1889 12:07 Read by John Greenman
Interview - Hartford, Early December, 1889 9:22 Read by John Greenman
The Christening Yarn - Often Used From About 1889-1890 5:15 Read by John Greenman
Curtain Speech - Opening of The Prince and the Pauper, Broadway Theatre, New York, January 20, 1890 2:17 Read by John Greenman
On Foreign Critics - Dinner for Max O'Rell, Everettt House, Boston, April 27, 1890 10:31 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - National Wholesale Druggists Association Banquet, Washington, D.C., ca. September 1890 6:14 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Dinner for Judge Robert A. Pryor, Astor House, New York, October 9, 1890 4:24 Read by John Greenman
Two Dinner Speeches - Lotos Club Dinner for Mark Twain, New York, November 11, 1893 8:06 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Dinner for Brander Matthews, New York, ca. December 1893 3:48 Read by John Greenman
Advice - Dedication of Town Hall, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, February 22, 1894 10:00 Read by John Greenman
Curtain Speech - Performance of Pudd'nhead Wilson, Herald Square Theatre, New York, May 22, 1895 9:02 Read by John Greenman
Morals Lecture - Music Hall, Cleveland, July 15, 1895, Prototype of Subsequent Tour Performances 29:50 Read by John Greenman
Interview - Vancouver, B.C. August 19, 1895 5:00 Read by John Greenman
His Grandfather's Old Ram - Told on the World Tour, 1895-96, and on Other Occasions 10:56 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Dinner for Mark Twain, Yorick Club, Melbourne, Australia, October 3, 1895 21:00 Read by John Greenman
Four Speeches - Smoke Night, Australian Institute of Journalists, Cathedral Hotel, Melbourne, Australia, October 27, 1895 12:54 Read by John Greenman
Supper Speech - Savage Club Supper for Mark Twain, Provincial Council Chamber, Christchurch, New Zealand, November 15, 1895 7:56 Read by John Greenman
Speech - Commemoration Luncheon, Glenelg, Australia, December 30, 1895 7:34 Read by John Greenman
Punch, Brothers, Punch - Read on World Tour Programs, 1895-96, and on Other Occasions 9:59 Read by John Greenman
Interview - Bombay, India, ca. January 22, 1896 5:33 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - New Vagabonds Club Dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Clemens, London, June 29, 1899 11:11 Read by John Greenman
Remarks on Copyright - Select Committee Hearing, House of Lords, April 3, 1900 5:12 Read by John Greenman
Travelogue - Dockside, New York, October 15, 1900 5:33 Read by John Greenman
Remarks - Woman's Press Club Tea, Carnegie Hall, New York, October 27, 1900 6:02 Read by John Greenman
Three Speeches - New York Press Club Reception for Mark Twain, November 12,1900 9:48 Read by John Greenman
Introducing Winston S. Churchill - Grand Ballroom, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, December 12, 1900 6:56 Read by John Greenman
Speech - Annual Meeting, Hebrew Technical School for Girls, Temple Emanu-El, New York, January 20, 1901 7:53 Read by John Greenman
Speech - Annual Meeting, University Settlement Society, New York, February 2, 1901 10:56 Read by John Greenman
Remarks as Chairman - Lincoln Celebration, Benefit of Lincoln Memorial University, Carnegie Hall, New York, February 11, 1901 9:11 Read by John Greenman
Remarks on Osteopathy - Committee on Public Health, New York, General Assembly, Albany, February 27, 1901 14:08 Read by John Greenman
Training That Pays - Monthly Supper, Male Teachers Association, Hotel Albert, New York, March 16, 1901 5:01 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Governor Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., New York, March 23, 1901 9:54 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - First Banquet, Missouri Society of New York, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, May 28, 1901 3:20 Read by John Greenman
Speech-Making Experiment - Bar Harbor, Maine, August 14, 1901 2:57 Read by John Greenman
Two Political Speeches - Noonday Meeting, Order of Acorns, 350 Broadway, New York, October 29, 1901 3:10 Read by John Greenman
Mock Eulogy of Tammany - Acorns Election Jubilee, New York, November 6, 1901 3:50 Read by John Greenman
Speech - Good Citizenship Association, East Side Settlement House, New York, November 7, 1901 5:43 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Joseph H. Choate, New York, November 16, 1901 10:28 Read by John Greenman
Scotch Humor - One hundred forty-fifth Annual Dinner, St. Andrew's Society, Delmonico's, New York, November 30, 1901 7:02 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Yale Alumni Association Dinner, Allyn Hall, Hartford, January 31, 1902 5:00 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Twentieth Anniversary Dinner, Society of Medical Jurisprudence, Hotel Savoy, New York, March 8, 1902 7:14 Read by John Greenman
Remarks - Hannibal High School Graduation Exercises, Park Theatre, May 30, 1902 12:46 Read by John Greenman
Speech - University of Missouri Commencement, Columbia, June 4, 1902 16:10 Read by John Greenman
Remarks - Christening of Harbor Boat Mark Twain, St. Louis, June 6, 1902 4:43 Read by John Greenman
Remarks - Unveiling of a Tablet Commemorating Eugene Field, St. Louis, June 6, 1902 1:02 Read by John Greenman
Speech on Art - Art Students Association Luncheon for Mark Twain, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Louis, June 7, 1902 14:55 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for General Horace Porter, New York, June 17, 1902 19:53 Read by John Greenman
Reminiscences - The Ends of the Earth Club, Hotel Savoy, New York, February 16, 1906 4:49 Read by John Greenman
Introducing Dr. Henry Van Dyke - Late February or Early March, 1906 15:59 Read by John Greenman
Speech - Robert Fulton Monument Association Benefit, Carnegie Hall, New York, April 19, 1906 11:34 Read by John Greenman
Remarks as Presiding Officer - San Francisco Relief Meeting, Casino, New York, April 21, 1906 3:12 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Associated Press Banquet, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, New York, September 19, 1906 19:09 Read by John Greenman
Interview - Washington, D.C., December 7, 1906 10:12 Read by John Greenman
Burlesque Temperance Lecture - Dinner Party for Clara Clemens, 21 Fifth Avenue, New York, December 31, 1906 4:09 Read by John Greenman
Reminiscences of Longfellow and Others - Interview, February 23, 1907 6:28 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Government House, Annapolis, Maryland, May 10, 1907 16:30 Read by John Greenman
Interview - Aboard S.S. Minneapolis, New York, June 8, 1907 3:43 Read by John Greenman
Monologue on the Royal Garden Party - Windsor Castle, England, June 22, 1907 5:08 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Lord Mayor's Dinner for the Savage Club, Mansion House, London, June 29, 1907 9:27 Read by John Greenman
Our Guest - Lord Mayor's Banquet for Mark Twain, Town Hall, Liverpool, July 10, 1907 25:24 Read by John Greenman
Interview - Dockside, New York, July 22, 1907 5:27 Read by John Greenman
Bishop Speech - Between October 5 and 17, 1907 16:35 Read by John Greenman
Story - Told to Garrison Children, Hamilton, Bermuda, April 6, 1908 2:38 Read by John Greenman
Interview - New York, April 13, 1908 2:58 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - New York Postgraduate Medical School and Hospital Dinner, Delmonicco's, New York, January 20, 1909 18:45 Read by John Greenman
Dinner Speech - Lotos Club Dinner for Andrew Carnegie, March 17, 1909 9:31 Read by John Greenman
Remarks - The Misses Tewksbury's School Graduation, Baltimore, Maryland, June 9, 1909 3:09 Read by John Greenman
Last Known Comments - Concert, Stormfield, Redding, Connecticut, September 21st, 1909 0:53 Read by John Greenman

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