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Editor's Note vii
Author*s Preface xv
How Mark Would Safeguard England 25
Mark Philosophized on Willie ^3
Mark Regicide 34
The Funniest Speech Mark Ever Heard ^^
Monarchical Atavism 42
Democratic Mark and the Austrian Aristocracy . . 43
Phil Sheridan's Friend 45
" Elizabeth Was a He, " Said Mark 47
Mark, the Sleight-of-hand Man 55
Mark and the Imperial Mistress 57
Mark on Lynch Law 59
Recollections of King Charles and Grant 62
Mark Missed Gallows-land 64
Think of Her Sorrow 66
Breaking the News Gently 67
Dukes and Unborn Car Horses 69
"Pa Used to Be a Terrible Man'* 70
Mark on the Berlin Cops 71
The Sausage Room 74
Mark's Glimpse of Schopenhauer 77
" Murderer" Bliicher in Oxford 86
Mark's Human Side 88
An Australian Surprise 90
Mark in France and Italy 92
Why Mark Wouldn't Like to Die Abroad 93
The Left Hand Didn't Know 95
American Humorists 96
Telepathy or Suggestion 97
Trying to Be Serious Didn't Work 99
Assorted Beauties 100
Mark's Children Knew Him loi
Mark, Dogs, Dagoes, and Cats 102
The Tragedy of Genius 103
Kilties and the Lassie 105
A Wise Provision of Providence 107
The Awful German Language 108
Artist or Photographer no
Mark Interviewed the Barber about Harry Thaw . 112
His Portrait a Mirror 115
Mark, Bismarck, Lincoln, and Darwin 116
Mark at the Stock Exchange, Vienna 120
Mark and the Prussian Lieutenant 121
Mark Studies the Costermonger Language 123
That Beautiful Funeral 125
Ada's Beast of a Man 126
Jealousy in Lowland 127
The Troubles of Liz 128
The French Madame 130
The Great Disappointment 134
Rheumatism and Prodding 137
On Literary Friendships 138
Bayard Taylor's German 139
Genius in Extremis 140
What May Happen to You after You Are Dead. 143
Kings in Their Birthday Suits 146
Mark on Lincoln's Humanity 147
An English Lover of Kings and a Hater 150
Mark Got Arrested in Berlin 1 54
Books that Weren't Written 157
Mark Enjoyed Other Humorists 160
Mark and the English Hack-writer 162
Mark Thought Joan of Arc Was Slandered 164
Running Amuck Almost 166
Mark's Idiomatic Gems 167
Mark and the Girls that Love a Lord 168
Mark's Martyrdom 173
Slang Not in Mark's Dictionary 175
Mark "No Gentleman" 177
Mark, Poetry, and Art 178
Mark Sheds Light on English History 179
Mark Explains Dean Swift 183
Mark in Tragedy and Comedy 185
"Ambition Is a Jade that More Than One Man
Can Ride 190
Mark as a Translator 192
Mark in England 194
Why Mark Was Uncomfortable in the King of
Sweden's Presence 196
Mark's Idea of High Art 197
Mark Meets King Leopold Almost 199
Sizing Up of Aristocracy by Mark 201
The Bald-headed Woman 204
When a Publisher Dines and Wines You 205
Mark in Politics 208
Mark on " Royal Honors " 209
American Women the Prettiest 212
Where Tay Pay Isn't Tay Pay 213
The Man Who Didn't Get Used to Hanging. ... 214
Stray Sayings of Mark 218
Eugene Field and His Troubles in Chicago 223
More of Eugene Field's Trials in London 227
Gene, a "Success of Curiosity" 230
Dire Consequences of American Horseplay 233
Field's Library of Humor 240
Those German Professors 241
Eugene Field and Northern Lore 243
Little Boy Blue 246
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