VAN WYCK BROOKS
Reading edition
"Think it over, dear B—! A man's gifts are not a property: they are a duty."
—IBSEN'S Letters
1922
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
TO E.S.B.
CONTENTS
I.INTRODUCTORY: MARK TWAIN'S DESPAIR
II.THE CANDIDATE FOR LIFE
III.THE GILDED AGE
IV.IN THE CRUCIBLE
V.THE CANDIDATE FOR GENTILITY
VI.EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBOR
VII.THE PLAYBOY IN LETTERS
VIII.THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS
IX.MARK TWAIN'S HUMOR
X.LET SOMEBODY ELSE BEGIN
XI.MUSTERED OUT