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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 02, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqn2kef3s3e6ar1cc09d8td6/editions/2026-09-06-html-v1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260913%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260913T134425Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=fda769e9356e63d4f313b5b44d7023c47e7479f1fe5f3622e8011c839b5b1042) ## About this work In the letters of 1886–1900, Mark Twain appears in motion: at home in Hartford, among friends and fellow writers, on trains and ocean voyages, and abroad in Europe. He writes of family secrets and household theatricals, of literary work on The Yankee, Pudd’nhead Wilson, and Joan of Arc, and of the restless ambitions surrounding his type-setting machine. These pages also record financial strain, business failure, the death of Susy Clemens, travel through Berlin, Mentone, Florence, Vienna, London, and Sweden, and a return to America. His correspondence ranges from intimate notes to Livy and family to lively exchanges with W. D. Howells, Joseph T. Goodman, and others. Witty, candid, affectionate, and politically alert, these letters bring the voice of Mark Twain into close view at a consequential stage of his life. Arranged with comment by Albert Bigelow Paine. This Publica.now Classics edition includes a new typographic cover and publisher opening and closing pages. Sample ## Take a look inside MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS 1886-1900 VOLUME IV. By Mark Twain ARRANGED WITH COMMENT BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE Contents XXVI. LETTERS, 1886-87. JANE CLEMENS'S ROMANCE. UNMAILED LETTERS, ETC. XXVII. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS OF 1887. LITERARY ARTICLES. PEACEFUL DAYS AT THE FARM. FAVORITE READING. APOLOGY TO MRS. CLEVELAND, ETC. XXVIII. LETTERS,1888. A YALE DEGREE. WORK ON “THE YANKEE.” ON INTERVIEWING, ETC. XXIX. LETTERS, 1889. THE MACHINE. DEATH OF MR. CRANE. CONCLUSION OF THE YANKEE. XXX. LETTERS, 1890, CHIEFLY TO JOS. T. GOODMAN. THE GREAT MACHINE ENTERPRISE XXXI. LETTERS, 1891, TO HOWELLS, MRS. CLEMENS AND OTHERS. RETURN TO LITERATURE. AMERICAN CLAIMANT. LEAVING HARTFORD. EUROPE. DOWN THE RHINE. XXXII. LETTERS, 1892, CHIEFLY TO MR. HALL AND MRS. CRANE. IN BERLIN, MENTONE, BAD-NAUHEIM, FLORENCE. XXXIII. LETTERS, 1893, TO MR. HALL, MRS. CLEMENS, AND OTHERS. FLORENCE. BUSINESS TROUBLES. “PUDD'NHEAD WILSON.” “JOAN OF ARC.” AT THE PLAYERS, NEW XXXIV. LETTERS 1894. A WINTER IN NEW YORK. BUSINESS FAILURE. END OF THE MACHINE. XXXV. LETTERS, 1895-96, TO H. H. ROGERS AND OTHERS. FINISHING “JOAN OF ARC.” THE TRIP AROUND THE WORLD. DEATH OF SUSY CLEMENS. XXXVI. LETTERS 1897. LONDON, SWITZERLAND, VIENNA XXXVII. LETTERS, 1898, TO HOWELLS AND TWICHELL. LIFE IN VIENNA. PAYMENT OF THE DEBTS. ASSASSINATION OF THE EMPRESS. XXXVIII. LETTERS, 1899, TO HOWELLS AND OTHERS. VIENNA. LONDON. A SUMMER IN SWEDEN. XXXIX. LETTERS OF 1900, MAINLY TO TWICHELL. THE BOER WAR. BOXER TROUBLES. THE RETURN TO AMERICA. XXVI. LETTERS, 1886-87. JANE CLEMENS'S ROMANCE. UNMAILED LETTERS, ETC. When Clemens had been platforming with Cable and returned to Hartford for his Christmas vacation, the Warner and Clemens families had joined in preparing for him a surprise performance of The Prince and the Pauper. The Clemens household was always given to theatricals, and it was about this time that scenery and a stage were prepared—mainly by the sculptor Gerhardt—for these home performances,… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fmark-twains-letters-volume-4-1886-1900) The sample continues in the full work. 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