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COMPREHENSIVE PUBLICATION LIST OF KNOWN INTERVIEWS WITH
SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS (SLC) aka MARK TWAIN


Twain being interviewed in bed in Vancouver
on August 18, 1895

This comprehensive publication list of Mark Twain interviews was first compiled using Louis Budd’s check lists of interviews that were published in AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM in the Winter 1977 issue and a later supplementary list published in the Spring 1996 issue. Budd published a small selection of Twain's interviews in these two journals. Since 1996, researchers have found additional interviews utilizing the new technology of text-searchable historical newspaper databases. These have been added to the lists first compiled by Budd. It is expected that many more interviews are yet to be found.

In the fall of 2006 MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst (University of Alabama Press) was released. It does not contain every version of every interview, disputed interviews -- those Twain denied making, fake interviews or foreign interviews. Nor does it include all photographs and illustrations that were often published alongside the interview. It is, however, the best reference source available to date and highly recommended.

The following list below combines all sources of known interviews (including spurious, disputed, and foreign) and indicates where they have been published. If you find an interview not included on this list, please email me and it will be added.

 MARK TWAIN:
THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS
"Letter from San Francisco"
Unionville (Nev.) HUMBOLT REGISTER, 10 March 1866, p. 1.
Text reprinted in "Introduction," p. 35, of MARK TWAIN, EARLY TALES AND SKETCHES, 1851-1864, ed. Edgar M. Branch and R. H. Hirst (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1979).
No direct quotes. Quotes from a reporter's summary of a conversation with SLC in March 1866 about his short-term plans.
"Mark Twain Takes Out a Patent -- Why He Did It"
WASHINGTON (D.C.) NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, 21 Sep 1871, p.2.
Reprinted in TITUSVILLE (PA) MORNING HERALD, 2 Oct. 1871, p. 1.
No direct quotes. Summary of a conversation related to patent for suspenders based on Twain's observation of Horace Greeley's pants.
"Brevities" [by William A. Crofutt]
CHICAGO EVENING POST, 21 Dec 1871, p. 4.
Comments about King Edward VII.
Not in Budd's listings.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 1. #1
"Mark Twain as a Pedestrian"
BOSTON EVENING JOURNAL, 14 Nov 1874, p. 2.
Details of an abortive walking tour with Joseph H. Twichell. No direct quotes.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 2. #2
"Mark Twain / His Recent Walking Feat"
BOSTON TIMES, 14 Nov 1874.
Scharnhorst sources this item as from the Hartford TIMES. Whether the newspaper was the BOSTON TIMES or HARTFORD TIMES is not yet determined.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 3-4. #3
"Political Views of a Humorist / Interview with Mark Twain in His Mountain Studio in Chemung--Remarkable Declarations"
NEW YORK HERALD, 28 Aug 1876, p. 3.
A planned interview in which SLC gives his reasons for supporting Rutherford B. Hayes for the presidency.
Reprinted in Charles Neider, MARK TWAIN / LIFE AS I FIND IT (NY: Hanover House, 1961), pp. 307-309.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 4-7. #4
"Mark Twain / An Extract from a Private Letter to a Gentleman of This City"
NEW YORK SUN, 22 Oct 1876, p. 4.
Reprinted in the NEW ORLEANS TIMES, 2 Nov 1876, p. 3.
A comic, spurious interview. 
"A Connecticut Carpet-bag"
NEW YORK WORLD, 24 Dec 1876, p. 2.
Excerpts reprinted in ELMIRA (N.Y.) DAILY ADVERTISER, 29 Dec 1876, p. 2.
SLC evades a reporter's questions in a comic manner.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 7-9. #5
"Mark Twain's Tenets"
BOSTON GLOBE, 19 Mar 1877, p. 3.
SLC comments on politics and religion.
Not in Budd's listings.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 9-11. #6
"Mark Twain's Opinion"
Original appearance in BALTIMORE GAZETTE, circa 27 April 1877.
Reprinted in NEW YORK WORLD, 28 April 1877, p. 5.
SLC comments on the Russian czar; California gold mining.
Not in Budd's listings.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 11-13. #7
"Mark Twain and His Chinaman." By "Gath."
NEW YORK DAILY GRAPHIC, 3 May 1877, p. 438.
SLC comments on Charles Parsloe.
Not in Budd's listings.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 13-14. #8
"Mark Twain's Enterprise / The Celebrated Humorist Takes Editorial Charge of the Hartford COURANT"
NEW YORK SUN, 7 Jan 1878, p. 2.
Twain refuted the story in a letter to Rollin Daggett, January 24, 1878. The letter was reprinted in the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise on February 3, 1878.
A spurious interview.
"Not Quite an Editor / The Story of Mark Twain's Connection with the HARTFORD COURANT"
NEW YORK SUN, 26 Jan 1878, p. 2.
Reprinted in BURLINGTON (Iowa) HAWKEYE, February 7, 1878, p. 1.
A comic, spurious interview.
"The Start for Germany"
NEW YORK TIMES, 12 Apr 1878, p. 8.
SLC insists that his new travel book will not echo INNOCENTS ABROAD.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 14-16. #9
"Mark Twain Interviewed / Some Valid Reasons Why He Doesn't Write a Funny Book about England" [by Richard Whiteing]
NEW YORK WORLD, 11 May 1879, p. 1.
SLC discusses copyright laws and British society.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 17-22. #10
"Mark Twain Back Again / Freely Expresses His Opinion about Various Things / His Views on the English Language, the Danger of the Elevated Railroads, Prunes as a Sea-Going Diet, and Lord Dunraven"
NEW YORK SUN, 3 Sep 1879, p. l.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 22-24. #11
"Mark Twain Home Again / What He Says about the New Book He Has Written"
NEW YORK TIMES, 3 Sep 1879, p. 8.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 25-27. #12
"Mark Twain's Return / The Great Humorist Delighted to Be Home--How He Passed His Time in Europe"
NEW YORK HERALD, 3 Sep 1879, p. 4.
SLC remarks about the British aristocracy .
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 28. #13
"Mr. Twain Again with Us / A Wonderful Book in His Luggage and Much Wonderful Sea-Lore in His Head"
NEW YORK WORLD, 3 Sep 1879, p. 1.
SLC discusses loaning a shirt to Murat Halsdtead and his own shirt size being fifteen inches; discusses his projected travel book.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 29-31. #14
"Mark Twain's Boom"
CHICAGO TIMES, 15 Nov 1879, p. 3.
Mainly on SLC's activities during the Grant reunion.
Quoted in Walter Blair, MARK TWAIN & HUCK FINN (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1960), p. 405, n. 4.
"'Mark Twain' / The Artistic Surroundings of a Sterling Humorist"
BOSTON HERALD, 20 Jun 1880, p. 10.
No direct quotations; but is based on overnight visit by the reporter (Sylvester Baxter); facts and opinions (as on copyright) come from SLC--see THE MARK TWAIN HOWELLS LETTERS, ed. H. N. Smith and W. M. Gibson (Cambridge: Harvard U Press, 1960), pp. 311-312, 314-316.
"A Few Epitaphs / Mark Twain Unfolds a Few Striking Specimens"
HARTFORD (Conn.) POST, 1880.
This item had a round of reprinting in 1895 as a fresh interview.
SLC reads and ridicules a "little nest of mortuary sentiment" in verse, held over from his San Francisco days.
According to Scharnhorst, note 2, p. 184, this was a "ghost" interview based on a revision of his essay "Post-Mortem Poetry."
"The Living Obelisk"
NEW YORK SUN, ? Dec 1880
Reprinted in NEW HAVEN EVENING REGISTER, 28 Dec 1880
A comic and spurious interview on the Alexandria, Egypt obelisk that was moved to New York.
Not in Budd's updates.
"The Lookout of the World / Mark Twain's Preparations for a Possible Encounter with a Comet"
NEW YORK SUN, 28 Jun 1881, p. [2].
Reprinted in WASHINGTON POST, 30 June 1881, p. 3
A comic, spurious interview.
"An 'Innocent Abroad' "
MONTREAL (Can,) GAZETTE, 28 Nov 1881, p. 3.
SLC comments on on lecturing and about the legislature in the Sandwich Islands.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 32-33. #15
"Mark Twain Interviews Himself"
NEW YORK MAIL AND EXPRESS, March ?, 1882.
Also in WHEELING (West Virginia) REGISTER, 29 March 1882.
SLC mentions Oscar Wilde, Roscoe Conkling, Blaine, the obelisk, and copyright.
Not in Budd's updates.
Reprinted in American Literary Realism, Vol. 40, No. 3, Spring 2008, p. 272-273.
"Mark Twain's New Book"
ST. LOUIS CHRONICLE, 12 May 1882, p. 1.
Brief item with paraphrased comments; SLC says he never chooses titles for his books before they are finished.
"An 'Innocent' Interviewed / Mark Twain Pays a Visit to St. Louis"
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 12 May 1882, p. 2.
SLC discusses a fantasy expedition to Hell.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN IN THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, edited by Jim McWilliams, (Whitston Publishing Co, 1997) p. 130-134.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 34-37. #16
"A Day with Mark Twain." By John Henton Carter.
12 May 1882
ROLLINGPIN'S HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL. (NY, 1883).
SLC explains the new suspender he is inventing, his books, complains about his image as a mere humorist, and his ability as a steamboat pilot.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 38-41. #17
"Mark Twain's Travels / A Round Trip on the Mississippi in Search of Book Material"
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, 13 May 1882, p. 8.
SLC recalls "Babies" speech; discusses his planned book about the river trip.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 42-43. #18
"Mark Twain / The Famous Humorist Pays a Flying Visit to St. Louis"
ST. LOUIS MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, 13 May 1882, p. 5.
Mostly descriptive with news details; SLC refuses to be interviewed.
Mark Twain Spends a Few Hours in Keokuk"
KEOKUK (Iowa) CONSTITUTION, 18 May 1882, p. 4.
SLC gives some details of his current trip.
"Mark Twain/ . . .  A Short Chat with the Gentleman"
KEOKUK (Iowa) GATE CITY, 18 May 1882, p. 3.
No direct quotations; mentions that SLC recently told anecdote about reciting the same Bible verses for five years.
"'Mark Twain' in Muscatine"
MUSCATINE (Iowa) JOURNAL, 19 May 1882, p. [2].
No quotations or summary of significant opinions. Account of SLC's brief layover.
"Mark Twain--Not Misrepresented"
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS PIONEER PRESS, 22 May 1882, p. 7.
No quotations. SLC's mistrust of interviewers and his reasons for current trip.
"Mark Twain Excited / On Seeing the Name of Captain C. C. Duncan in Print."
NEW YORK TIMES, 10 Jun 1883, p. 1.
Disavowed later by SLC, perhaps to avoid litigation.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 43-46. #19
"Mark Twain / He Disclaims the Article Libeling Captain Duncan"
BROOKLYN EAGLE, 7 March 1884, p. 4.
Verbatim trial testimony from SLC in libel suit.
Reprinted in AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring 2007.
"Notes"
BOSTON HERALD, 12 Nov 1884, p. [4].
Comic remarks to reporters as a way of generating free publicity. SLC jokes briefly about the length of the program of joint readings.
Untitled - referenced by Budd
BOSTON JOURNAL, 14 Nov 1884, p. 2.
Comic remarks to reporters as a way of generating free publicity.
"Mark Twain and the Police / The Humorist's Experience in a Boston Station House"
BOSTON HERALD, 16 Nov 1884, p. 16.
Statement from SLC about his treatment at police station after helping to prevent a suicide.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 47-48. #20
"Mark Twain as Lecturer / How He Feels When He Gets on the Stage before an Audience"
NEW YORK WORLD, 20 Nov 1884, p. 5.
Reprinted in ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 20 Nov 1884, p. 1.
SLC explains how he watches and adjusts to the reactions of audiences.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN IN THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, edited by Jim McWilliams, (Whitston Publishing Co, 1997) p. 167-169.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 49-51. #21
"Mark Twain and the President / The Humorist Reads before That Official and Thinks That He Impressed Him"
PHILADELPHIA PRESS, 27 Nov 1884, p. 3.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 52-53. #22
"Mark Twain's Ideas"
BALTIMORE AMERICAN, 29 Nov 1884, p. 4.
SLC complains about traveling; discusses the psychology of audiences and American speech.
Reprinted in Fatout's MARK TWAIN SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF, pp. 137-41.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 53-56. #23
"Mark Twain Encountered"
ROCHESTER (N Y) HERALD, 8 Dec 1884, p. 8.
SLC comments on the Cogswell Fountain in Rochester.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 57-59. #24
"The Genial Mark: An Interview"
TORONTO (Canada) GLOBE, 9 Dec 1884, p. 2.
SLC explains why he went back on his vow never to lecture again.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 59. #25
"Mark Twain Interviewers / He Considers Them the Literary Sullivans of the Age"
SALT LAKE CITY (Utah) WEEKLY TRIBUNE, 11 December 1884, p. 5. (Reprinting an earlier item not yet located from NEW YORK MAIL AND EXPRESS.)
Lengthy humorous comments on audiences and newspaper interviewers.
Not in Budd's listings.
"The Funny Men In Bed / A POST Reporter Disturbs Twain and Interviews Cable"
DETROIT POST, 17 Dec 1884, p. 4.
This is perhaps the interview imperfectly recalled (by J. C. Pitkin) in NEW ORLEANS TIMES-DEMOCRAT, 19 Oct 1900, p. 4 (and NEW YORK TRIBUNE, 28 Oct 1900, Sup., p. 16). and WASHINGTON POST, Nov. 4, 1900.
SLC complains briefly about defects of copyright law; applauds the growing popularity of American humor.
This interview is set in a larger context by Lynn Denney, "Next Stop Detroit: A City's View of Mark Twain's Evolution as a Literary Hero 1868-1895," MARK TWAIN JOURNAL, 31 (Spring 1993) 22-28.
Partial text reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 60. #26
Full text reprinted in AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring 2007.
"Mark Twain Gets Shaved / And Talks to a . . . Reporter at the Same Time"
PITTSBURGH PENNY PRESS, 29 Dec 1884, p. 4.
SLC signs an autograph book next to the name of Bob Ford who shot Jesse James; comments on magazine literature.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 60-61. #27
"Talk with Twain / . . . His Comments on Authors, Magazines and General Literature"
PITTSBURGH CHRONICLE TELEGRAPH, 29 Dec 1884, p. 1.
SLC comments on his taste in fiction.
Reprinted in part in CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL GAZETTE, 3 Jan 1885, p. 7.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 62-64. #28
"Mark Twain / . . . He Gives His Experiences with an Interviewer and Jokes at His Own Expense"
PITTSBURGH POST, 29 Dec 1884, p. 4.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 64-65. #29
"Twain and Cable / The Humorists Interviewed"
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 3 Jan 1885, p. 4.
SLC discusses interviews, his days on TERRITORIAL ENTERPRISE, Bret Harte, and the sketch (unnamed in the interview) "Typographical Howitzer."
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 65-68. #30
"A Great Humorist / . . . Mr. Twain Gives Some Information Concerning Himself and Partner--How He Met the Reporter and the Instructions He Gave"
LOUISVILLE POST, 5 Jan 1885, p. 1.
SLC discusses the fight for international copyright..
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 68-70. #31
"Cable and Twain / The Author and the Humorist Arrive in the City To-Day"
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 9 Jan 1885, p. 7.
SLC talks mostly about rough ride across the Mississippi River bridge.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN IN THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, edited by Jim McWilliams, (Whitston Publishing Co, 1997) p. 175-178.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 70-72. #32
"Two of a Kind / Samuel L. Clemens and George W. Cable"
ST. LOUIS CHRONICLE, 9 Jan 1885, p. 1.
SLC compares Canadian, Northern, Southern, and British audiences and sales of his books.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 72-74. #33
Title not available.
Mentioned in Budd's listings.
CHICAGO NEWS, 16 Jan 1885, p. 2.
Title not available.
FORT MADISON (Iowa) DEMOCRAT, 21 Jan 1885.
Reprinted by Fred Lorch, "Lecture Trips and Visits of Mark Twain In Iowa," IOWA JOURNAL OF HISTORY AND POLITICS, 27 (Oct 1929), 527-529.
Brief summary of what may have been a longer interview; SLC comments on local Indians.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 74-76. #34
"An Interesting Chat with Clemens and Cable upon Their Work"
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE, 25 Jan 1885, p. 3.
SLC on origin of the joint lecture tour and on the general sources of HUCKLEBERRY FINN; Cable does good share of the talking . The passage on the origins of the tour reappeared elsewhere, also in DAVENPORT (Iowa) DEMOCRAT, 2 Feb 1885, and LAFAYETTE (Ind.) COURIER, 6 Feb 1885.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 76-78. #35
"Talk with Mark Twain"
MILWAUKEE EVENING WISCONSIN, 29 Jan 1885, p. 2.
This may be the interview described in W. J. Anderson, "Tells of Interview He Once Had with Great Humorist," MADISON WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 22 Apr 1910, p. 1.
SLC discusses Canadian copyright, the faulty illustrations in HUCKLEBERRY FINN, and his pen name.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 79-81. #36
"Mark Twain Interviewed / His Views upon Subjects of Interest"
LAFAYETTE (Ind.) COURIER, 6 Feb 1885, p. 1.
SLC jokes about the local canal, the courthouse and Cable's effect on audiences.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 81-82. #37
"Dramatic Causerie"
FT. WAYNE (Ind.) SUNDAY GAZETTE, 8 Feb 1885, p. 4.
Reporter recounts the following conversation with SLC when he was in Ft. Wayne on 5 Feb 1885: Mark Twain, who was here last week is an old actor. He told me in the Aveline house lobby that his first, last and dreadful appearance was at Mobile, twenty years go. The histrionic flame burned in his bosom and "came d_____d near burning me up," as Mr. Clemens somewhat profanely remarked. He took the part of George Harris in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." In my humble way I suggested to Twain that he ought not only to have been burned but quartered and his ashes strewn in the direction of the afflicted towns which "Uncle Tom" has periodically and peripatetically visited for years past. But Mr. Clemens is a great man now and a playwright. His only effort in this line is "The Gilden Age." John T. Raymond's Colonel Sellers in this drama won him his fame and founded his fortune.
Not in Budd's listings.
"The Re-Mark-Able Twain." By Luke Sharp.
DETROIT FREE PRESS, 15 Feb 1885, p. 15.
Backstage remarks by SLC and Cable.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 82-85. #38
"Mark Twain's Wicked Moments"
BROCKVILLE (Can.) EVENING RECORDER, 18 Feb 1885, p. 1.    
A reporter sets down some of SLC's dinner-table conversation; summarized in Taylor Roberts, " 'Wicked Moments': Mark Twain in Brockville, Ontario, 1885," BROCKVILLE MUSEUM MONITOR, 8 (Apr 1993), 1-2.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 86. #39
"Movements of Clemens and Cable"
MONTREAL DAILY STAR, 20 Feb 1885, p. 3.    
Almost an interview; reporter stands nearby as SLC goes "toboganning" and chats.
"Grant's War Reminiscences"
HARTFORD DAILY COURANT, March 10, 1885, p. 1.
Clemens comments on the acquisition of the Grant memoir publishing contract.
Not in Budd's listings.
"A Model State Capital." By George Parsons Lathrop.
HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE, October 1885 (pp. 715-734)
Clemens provides comments on his Hartford mansion, p. 731-32.
Available from the Cornell Making of America website: http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABK4014-0071-91
Not in Budd's listings.
Reprinted in AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring 2007.
Original title not available.
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, February ?, 1886
Reprinted as "'Gath's' Chat with Mark Twain" in BISMARK (ND) DAILY TRIBUNE, 26 Feb 1886, p. 4.
SLC comments on Grant's book, Huckleberry Finn, John P. Jones, Grant's statue.
Not in Budd's listings.
"Table Talk"
BOSTON LITERARY WORLD, 15 May 1886, p. 172.
Not in Budd's listings.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 87. #40
"Mark Twain Abroad."
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS PIONEER PRESS, 30 Jun 1886, p. 7.
SLC comments on modern journalism.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 87-88. #41
"Mark Twain in St. Paul"
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE, 30 Jun 1886, p. 3.
Brief; Clemens family is on way to Keokuk; SLC notes his habit of working on several books intermittently.
"Amusing the Children / Thus Does Mark Twain Kill Time While In Chicago"
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 9 Jul 1886, p. 1.
Also in WASHINGTON POST, 13 July 1886, p.2
SLC discusses recent visit to Keokuk, scenery of upper Mississippi River, and neglect of area by travel writers and social commentators; praises steam boat travel.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 88-90. #42
"Twain in Court"
PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, 3 Aug 1886.
SLC comments after attending a session of his lawsuit against John Wanamaker.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 90-91. #43
"A Day with Mark Twain / The Genial Humorist at His Summer Home." By Edwin J. Park.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 19 Sep 1886, p. 12.
Details on Quarry Farm setting in Elmira, New York.
Also published in PITTSBURGH DISPATCH, 19 Sept. 1886.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 91-94. #44
"The Insolence of Office"
NEW YORK WORLD, 23 Mar 1888, p. 4.
Doorkeeper bars SLC's entrance to House of Representatives in the Capitol; he protests he was once a "mighty good" reporter; comments that he is working on a book he hopes to finish next summer.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 95. #45
Untitled news item
NEW HAVEN EVENING REGISTER, 26 Mar 1888, p. 2.
Printing comments that occurred during SLC's visit to Washington, DC several days earlier.
SLC comments on the Democratic party and prejudices against former southern leaders, prompted by a comment against Gov. Fitzhugh Lee, Governor of Virginia.
Not in Budd's listings.
"Was Hawley a Figure-Head?"
NEW HAVEN EVENING REGISTER, 17 April 1888, p. 1.
SLC explains his $10,000 investment in the American Exchange in Europe and comments on the failure of the company.
Not in Budd's listings.
"Sheridan's Memoirs"
HARTFORD DAILY COURANT, May 30, 1888, p. 8
Direct quotes on Webster Company plans to publish General Sheridan's memoirs.
Not in Budd's listings.
"Mark Twain / . . . His Life as a Reporter--Some Interesting Reminiscences of the Senate Press Gallery in the Old Days--How He Wrote His First Book--Doubles Who Have Got Him into Trouble"
NEW YORK HERALD, 19 May 1889, p. 19.
Also as "Mark Twain Chatty: He Tells of His Former Life as a Reporter," ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 19 May 1889, p. 20.
From Washington, D. C., SLC comments on the city and recalls his days living and working there.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN IN THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 1874-1891, edited by Jim McWilliams, (Whitston Publishing Co, 1997) p. 234-239.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 96-100. #46
"Literary Notes"
TOPEKA (Kansas) WEEKLY CAPITAL, 11 July 1889, p. 3.
Datelined NY, July 2. Reporter writes of visiting SLC at Hartford and seeing Harriet Beecher Stowe singing in the Clemens's observatory. SLC comments on Henry Ward Beecher.
This interview likely appeared in other newspapers. The interviewer may have been Edwark Bok.
Not in Budd's listings.
"Mark Twain and His Book / The Humorist on the Copyright Question / The Spread of Foreign Notions Not to His Liking--What His English Publisher Dared Not Print"
NEW YORK TIMES, 10 Dec 1889, p. 5.
"Mark Twain and His Book" By R[obert]. D[onald].
LONDON PALL MALL GAZETTE, 23 Dec 1889, pp. 1-2, a much longer and different version of the NEW YORK TIMES printing. Possibly due to the reporter revising his notes and expanding the text of his interview for the London publication.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 101-105. #47
"Bok's Literary Leaves." By Edward W. Bok.
INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, 23 Dec 1889, p.6.
Quotes SLC in one paragraph of a syndicated letter: "Let some of the other fellows have a chance now. I am through."
"'Mark Twain' at Home / An Interesting Visit to the Humorist's Workshop / . . .Talks of His Funny Books / How He Does His Work and Reminiscences of His Most Popular Books. . . Replying to the Accusations of Plagiarism"
NEW YORK WORLD, 12 Jan 1890, p. 14.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 105-112. #48
"Mark Twain's Law Suit / Dramatization of the PRINCE AND THE PAUPER"
HARTFORD COURANT, 18 Jan 1890, p. 1.
SLC gives his side of dispute with Edward H. House.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 113-116. #49
"Rudyard Kipling on Mark Twain / How the English Story Teller Met and Interviewed the American Humorist / Suggestions for Novel Writing / Chat about Fiction, Conscience, the Proposed Copyright Bill and Honesty--Mark Twain Unbosoms Himself--His Opinion of Autobiographies." By Rudyard Kipling.
NEW YORK HERALD, 17 Aug 1890, p. 5.
Reprinted in Charles Neider, MARK TWAIN / LIFE AS I FIND IT (NY: Hanover House, 1961), pp. 310-321.
Text basically the same as in Kipling's FROM SEA TO SEA (1899).
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 117-126. #50
"Mark Twain on Kipling"
NEW YORK WORLD, 24 Aug 1890, p. 18.
SLC discusses Kipling's visit and work, "Diary of Shem," and PRINCE AND PAUPER lawsuit.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 126-130. #51
"Literary Leaves -- 'Mark Twain' to Live Abroad for Two Years...." By Edward W. Bok.
BOSTON JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT, 16 May 1891, p. 1.    
A syndicated column that also appeared elsewhere, such as in OAKLAND (Cal.) TIMES, 12 May and
WASHINGTON POST, 21 May 1891, p. 14.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 130. #52
Scharnhorst deletes a final paragraph of commentary by Bok.
"Mark Twain on Humor... T.B. Aldrich the Wittiest Man." By Raymond Blathwait [Blathwayt].
NEW YORK WORLD, 31 May 1891, p. 26; also reprinted in
Semi-Weekly edition of NEW YORK WORLD, 2 June 1891, p. 6.  
A long item with much talk about humor and also about reverence vs. irreverence.
In "Mark Twain on Humour" (London) PLANET, 22 Jun 1907, Blathwayt reminisced about this interview and restated SLC's ideas.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 130-136. #53
"Mark Twain in Berlin." By Max Horwitz.
BERLIN NATIONAL-ZEITUNG, 15 Nov 1891, Sonntags - Beilage, No . 46.
SLC praises Berlin; doubts he will write a book about Germany; is relieved to find he is not subject to German taxes and grumbles about being taxed in England.
Untitled Berlin newspaper, story dated 24 Nov 1891.
Clipping in Brown Self Pasting Scrapbook (held at Mark Twain Project, Bancroft Library, Univ. of California), pp. 91-92,
SLC declines to be interviewed because he can publish his words himself if he wishes; reporter gathers some details about SLC's activities and opinions (e.g., his favorite poet is Heine).
"Mark Twain / A Conglomerate Interview." By Luke Sharp.
IDLER, 1 (Feb 1892), 79-92.
Pastiche of anecdotes, stories, remarks, with some SLC comments on interviewers.
"Colony of Mermaids / Mark Twain to Exhibit a Lot of Fish-tailed Girls"
CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN, 15 Apr 1893, p. 8.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 137-138. #54
"Mark Twain Gone Abroad"
ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC, 1 April 1894, p. 28.
Reprinted in "Mark Twain and the Reporter," BUFFALO EXPRESS, 1 Apr 1894, p. 9.
Reprinted in shorter version in "Mark Twain Interviewed," BOSTON GLOBE, 1 Apr 1894, p. 30.
Reprinted in ELMIRA (N.Y.) TELEGRAM, 8 Apr 1894, p. 3.
Reprinted in PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 1 April 1894, p. 17 (with copyright statement 1894 S. S. McClure, Ltd)
Text suggests this interview was an April Fool's joke. Authenticity of the author is in doubt; may have been written by SLC himself.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 138-143. #55
"Mark Twain." By Gabriel Randon.
PARIS FIGARO, 5 Apr 1894, p. 2.
Translated and reprinted in AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM 10 (Winter 1977), pp. 49-51.
SLC discusses his favorite authors.
Reprinted by Budd.
"Mark Twain In Town / Has Been Abroad to See His Wife, Who Was Ill In Paris"
NEW YORK SUN, 15 Apr 1894, p. 5.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 143. #56
"The Funny Man: An Attempt at an Interview with Mark Twain." By Edward Marshall.
GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, 17 June 1894, p. 14.
Not in Budd's updates.
A pastiche of older interviews plus some new perspectives from Marshall.
Reprinted in American Literary Realism, Vol. 40, No. 3, Spring 2008, pp. 273-277.
"Mark Twain Goes Abroad"
NEW YORK SUN, 16 Aug 1894, p. 3.
See also "Mark Twain and the Deckhand," NEW YORK TRIBUNE, 16 Aug, p. 2.
Similar although slightly different quotes in "Mayor Gilroy Sails for Europe," NEW YORK TIMES, p. 9.
SLC jokes about European doctors.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 144. #57
"Mark Twain in Paris"
NEW YORK SUN, 27 Jan 1895, III, p. 4.
SLC discusses French wit.
Reprinted in Louis J. Budd, "Mark Twain Talks Mostly about Humor and Humorists," STUDIES IN AMERICAN HUMOR, 1 (Apr 1974), 4-19.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 145-148. #58
"American Liner Follows in Two Hours and a Half / Prominent Passengers on Board, Including Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie"
CHICAGO DAILY INTER OCEAN, 28 Mar 1895, p. 4.
Datelined New York, March 27 - SLC comments on his ship racing across the Atlantic. "I did not know we are going to have a race until a moment ago," said Mark Twain, "but that knowledge will add interest to the trip for me. I am going back to Europe in order to bring my family back, and I think we will have a speedy trip."
Not in Budd's listings.
"Mark Twain Returns / While in Paris He Did Not Meet Paul Bourget"
CHICAGO DAILY INTER OCEAN, 19 May 1895, p. [1].
Datelined New York May 18 - SLC comments on Paul Bourget and authorship of his Joan of Arc.
Not in Budd's listings.
"It Pays to Kick"
BOSTON DAILY GLOBE, May 20, 1895, p. 5
Long rambling interview with Twain doing most of the talking on how people should complain when they are wronged.
Not in Budd's listings.
Reprinted in AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring 2007.
"The Henry Murder: Mark Twain Theorizes on the Bloody Handprints Found"
ELMIRA (N.Y.) ADVERTISER, 24 Jun 1895, p.5.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN SOCIETY BULLETIN 18 (Jul 1995), 4-5.
Reprinted in the PHILADELPHIA TIMES and later the DALLAS MORNING NEWS on July 2, 1895.
SLC comments at length on possible use of finger/hand prints in current murder investigation in Brooklyn.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 148-150. #59
"Mark Twain's Sore Straits."
CHICAGO DAILY INTER OCEAN, 12 July 1895 p. {1].
Datelined New York, July 11 - Report of SLC appearing before Justice Patterson in NY Supreme Court regarding judgment secured by Thomas Russell & Sons, printers for $5,046.83. SLC declares he is penniless and unable to meet his obligations.
Also reported in a longer version titled "Picture of Mark Twain," COLUMBUS (Georgia) DAILY ENQUIRER, 14 July 1895, p. 4
Another similar version in "Mark Twain in Court," KANSAS CITY STAR, 15 July 1895, p. 4.
Not in Budd's listings.
"Mark Twain 'Roughing It' "
KANSAS CITY STAR, 15 July 1895, p. 6.
Reprinting from the St. Louis Globe Democrat - A report of SLC being examined on a subsequent day in regard to lawsuit of Thomas Russell & Sons.
Not in Budd's listings.
Unidentified title
Cleveland (OH) newspaper (CLEVELAND LEADER ?), 16 July 1895.
Reprinted in "Very Much Abroad: Mr. Clemens on Tour," MELBOURNE AUSTRALIAN STAR, 14 Sep 1895, p. 7.
Similar interview in "Mark Twain / His Scheme for the Regeneration of the Human Race / He Makes a Startling Confession / He Says That in His Plan of Regeneration He Has Passed through Two-Thirds of the Crimes of Which the Human Race Is Capable," CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, 16 Jul 1895, p. 8. Combines interview and review of lecture. Portions of this interview which differ from those of the CLEVELAND LEADER (?) are reprinted in footnote form by Scharnhorst.
SLC explains why he had to leave Nevada for issuing challenge to a duel and why he was replaced on San Francisco CALL by "Smiggy McGlural."
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 151-154. #60
Unidentified title
DETROIT JOURNAL, 18 Jul 1895, p. 5.
Quoted, probably in full, in Lynn Denney, "Next Step Detroit. . ." MARK TWAIN JOURNAL, 31 (Spring 1993) 26-27.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 154. #61
"Mark Twain / Something Concerning the Great Humorist"
PETOSKY (Mich.) REPORTER, 21 Jul 1895, p. 4. See also "Mark Twain on Yachting," p. 8.
SLC discusses how he borrowed pen name, evades question of authorship of JOAN OF ARC, judges a local newspaper.
PETOSKY REPORTER, 31 Jul, p. 4, printed note from SLC repudiating last part of interview.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 155. #62
"Not 'Roughing It' Now / Mark Twain Reaches Minneapolis on His 'World Belting' Trip / He Tells of His Recent Life."
MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL, 23 Jul 1895, p. 6.
Quoted passages reproduced without credit in HELENA (Mont.) HERALD, 3 Aug 1895, p. 8.
SLC comments on his wife, daughters and W. D. Howells.
Reprinted in part by Fatout in MARK TWAIN SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF, pp. 148-150.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 155-57. #63
"Twain / . . . While Being Interviewed He Talks Almost Constantly of His Family"
MINNEAPOLIS PENNY PRESS, 23 Jul 1895, p. 1.
SLC comments on Bill Nye and Kipling..
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 157-159. #64
"In Private Life"
MINNEAPOLIS TIMES, 24 Jul 1895, p. 2.
No direct quotations; SLC praises Kipling, Bill Nye, and James Whitcomb Riley and names HUCKLEBERRY FINN as his favorite among own books.
"Talk with Mark Twain"
ST. PAUL DISPATCH, 24 Jul 1895, p. 3.
SLC outlines his travel itinerary.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 159-160. #65
"Mark Twain in Winnipeg." By W. E. Sterner (?)
WINNIPEG (Can,) TRIBUNE, 27 Jul 1895, p. 5.
A clipping in Cyril Clemens' scrapbooks (now held by the Mark Twain Memorial, Hartford, Ct.) identifies the author as probably W.E.Sterner. Someone dated the clipping as "Toronto / Nov. 15, 1930."
SLC comments on lecturing, the Mississippi and fools of the world."
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 160-161. #66
"A Chat with Clemens / 'Mark Twain' Talks . . . about Himself, His Books and His Aggravating Carbuncle"
WINNIPEG (Can.) EVENING FREE PRESS, 27 Jul 1895, p. 1.
SLC comments on controversy with Max O'Rell.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 161-162. #67
"An Interview"
WINNIPEG (Can.) NOR'WESTER, 27 Jul 1895, p. 1.
SLC reminisces about Artemus Ward; recalls some tributes in Germany; reporter confuses Hartford with Harvard.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 163-164. #68
"Mark Twain Talks"
GRAND FORKS (N.D.) HERALD, 30 Jul 1895, p. 4.
SLC comments on local fields of grain.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 164-165. #69
"Mark Twain / The Great Humorist Has Arrived in Spokane"
SPOKANE (Wash.) CHRONICLE, 7 Aug 1895, p, 1.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 165-166. #70
"Mark Twain Arrives in Spokane"
SPOKANE (Wash) SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, 7 Aug 1895, p. 1.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 166-167. #71
"He Lost His Trunk Keys / Mark Twain Is Seriously Embarrassed for Clean Clothes"
TACOMA (Wash.) UNION, 9 Aug 1895, p. 4.
Paraphrase of remarks about scenery.
"Mark Twain Interviewed." By Marie Joussaye.
TORONTO GLOBE, 10 Aug 1895, p. 11.
For background see Taylor Roberts, "Mark Twain and Sunday Streetcars: An Interview in Winnipeg," MARK TWAIN JOURNAL, 28 (Fall 1990),15-20.
Not major but shows SLC in an informal mood.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 168-171. #72
"Mark Twain Talks / The Famous Story-Teller Discusses Characters / Says That No Author Creates, but Merely Copies--How to Write a Guide Book." By Lute Pease.
PORTLAND OREGONIAN, 11 Aug 1895, p. 10.
SLC comments on how he chose the names Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
(SLC praised this interview, which was attributed to Lute Pease in a note by SLC and in the OREGONIAN, 8 Feb 1925, III, p. 7.)
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 172-175. #73
"Mark Twain and Major Pond / They Talk about Each Other and Discuss Everything save Humorists"
TACOMA (Wash.) UNION, 11 Aug 1895, p. 6.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 175-178. #74
"The Same Old Twain"
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, 11 Aug 1895, p. 7.
SLC discusses tricks played by visual perspective; how he chose his pen name and details on first publication of Jumping Frog story.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 178-181. #75
"Twain Brands a Fake / But It Does Not Irritate Him--Talk of Cable and Lecturing." By Lute Pease.
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, 14 Aug 1895, p. 8.
SLC repudiates a faked new interview about mortuary poetry (as in ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS PIONEER PRESS, 24 Jul 1895); denies that tour with G. W. Cable ended in a quarrel.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 182-184. #76
"Mark Twain to Pay All / On His Way around the World Now to Raise the Money / He Will Satisfy the Claims of His Creditors to the Very Last Cent / Will Take Four Years to Do It / After That at the Age of Sixty-Four, He Will Start Once More in Life"
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, 17 Aug 1895, p. 2.
A dictated statement. A similar version ran in THE NEW YORK TIMES and NEW YORK TRIBUNE of 17 Aug and in other newspapers.
Greg W. Zacharias in "Henry Rogers, Public Relations, and the Recovery of Mark Twain's Character," MARK TWAIN JOURNAL, 31 Spring 1993), 5-8, contends that for a national audience SLC revised his statement to stress an "imperious moral necessity," the phrase did appear in the original version in San Francisco Examiner, 17 Aug 1895, p. 2
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 185-186. #77
"Mark Twain Unsuited"
NEW WHATCOM (Wash.) BLADE, 17 Aug 1895, p. ?.
SLC complains of poor visibility in area because of smoke.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 186-187. #78
"Mark Twain Talks / About Lecturing and Lectures--Pleasant Half Hour In the Company of the Great Humorist"
VANCOUVER (B.C.) DAILY NEWS-ADVERTISER, 20 Aug 1895, p. 5.
SLC comments on psychology of audiences: Henry M. Stanley attending one of his lectures; and complains about hotel keepers who are stingy about lighting.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 187-189. #79
"The Great Humorist / Arrival of Samuel L. Clemens for His Lecture Tonight"
VICTORIA (B.C.) TIMES, 21 Aug 1895, p. 8.
Brief paraphrase of opinions.
VICTORIA (B.C.) DAILY COLONIST, 21 Aug 1895, p. 8.
Summary in Philip V. Allingham, "Mark Twain in Victoria, British Columbia: August 1895," MARK TWAIN JOURNAL , 26 (Fall 1988), 31.
"Twain's Programme"
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, 24 August 1895, p. 6.
Extended statement given to Samuel Moffett.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 190-192. #80
"Twain Very Ill"
NEW YORK WORLD, 4 Sept 1895, p. 8
Datelined Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 28. Similar in content to the 20 Aug 1895 interview in VANCOUVER (B.C.) DAILY NEWS-ADVERTISER.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 192-196. #81
"Arrival of Mark Twain / An Innocent Abroad"
SYDNEY (Aus.) MORNING HERALD, 16 Sep 1895, p. 4.
Reprinted in "Mark Twain at Sydney / Amusing Interview." MELBOURNE (Aus.) ARGUS, 16 Sep 1895, p. 5. 
SLC mentions his literary quarrel with Max O'Rell.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 197-198. #82
"The Humorist's Arrival / 'Our Harbor' / About Globe Trotters." By Herbert Low.
SYDNEY (Aus.) EVENING NEWS, 16 Sep 1895, p. 4.
Excerpts reprinted in:
SYDNEY AUSTRALIAN STAR circa 21 Sep 1894
"The Max O'Rell Duel," MELBOURNE (Aus.) HERALD, 23 Sep 1895
SLC at breakfast, still aboard ship, discusses the Max O'Rell fracas.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 198-201. #83
"Mark Twain in Sydney / A Further Interview." By Herbert Low (?)
MELBOURNE (Aus.) ARGUS, 17 Sep 1895, p. 5.
SLC comments on his laziness, Ulysses Grant, Bret Harte, Kipling, and Hawthorne.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 201-203. #84
"Visit of Mark Twain / Wit and Humor." By Herbert Low (?)
SYDNEY (Aus.) HERALD, 17 Sep 1895, pp. 5-6.
Long discussion on wit and humor; opinions of W. S. Gilbert, Dickens, Pope, Ulysses Grant, Kipling, Harte; need for a "third party" in politics.
Reprinted in Budd, "Mark Twain Talks Mostly about Humor and Humorists." STUDIES IN AMERICAN HUMOR, 1 (Apr 1974), 4-19.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 204-207. #85
"A Ramble with Mark Twain / His Views on Men and Things." By Herbert Low (?)
SYDNEY (Aus.)TELEGRAPH, 17 Sep 1895, p. 5.
SLC discusses Henry George's ideas on ownership of land; tells of plagiarizing from Oliver Wendell Holmes; comments on Scott and his style; describes himself as humorous rather than witty.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 208-213. #86
"Mark Twain / A Talk About His Books / Those of Other Writers / His War Experience." By Louis Becke (?)
SYDNEY (Aus.) EVENING NEWS, supplement, 21 Sep 1895, p. 3.
SLC discusses The Gilded Age, T. N. Page, G. W. Harris, Artemus Ward, and G. W. Cable.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 213-215. #87
"A Chat with Mark Twain / Impressions of Public Men / Australian and American Audiences / Criticism of Bret Harte--What He Thinks of Interviewing--Lecturing v Authorship--His Favorite Work"
SYDNEY (Aus.) SUNDAY TIMES, 22 Sep 1895, p. 4.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 216-219. #88
"Mark Twain on Prohibition"
NEW SOUTH WALES (Aus.) LICENSING GUARDIAN, between later Sep and early Nov 1895.
Portion reprinted in MARK TWAIN'S NOTEBOOK, ed. Albert Bigelow Paine (NY: Harper, 1935), pp. 257-259
SLC attacks prohibition, temperance, and local option laws on alcohol.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 219-222. #89
"Mark Twain." By "Asmodeus"
SYDNEY (Aus.) SUNDAY TRUTH, 22 Sep 1895, p. 1.    
Possible fabrication.
Shillingsburg, At Home Abroad, decides that this text "could easily have been patched up" from TELEGRAPH and HERALD items of Sep 17.
"Our American Cousin"
SYDNEY (Aus.) SUNDAY TRUTH, 22 Sep 1895, p. 5.
According to Louis Budd, "problematic authenticity"; SLC complains of having been hounded by reporters.
"Mark Twain / In the Sydney Express / . . . Mrs. Clemens Talks of Australia / Her Husband Will Write of It." By "Aubrey." (Herbert Low?)
MELBOURNE (Aus.) EVENING NEWS, 26 Sep 1895, p. 2.
"Aubrey" added a few more details in MELBOURNE (Aus.) EVENING NEWS, 27 Sep, p. 2.    
SLC praises the landscape and native writer Marcus Clarke; briefly comments on Dickens and on PRINCE AND PAUPER.
Shillingsburg, AT HOME ABROAD, decides that the author "may have been"  Herbert Low.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 223-226. #90
"The Tramp in Melbourne / A Morning with Mark Twain / Jokes and Jottings"
MELBOURNE (Aus.) HERALD, 26 Sep 1895, p. 1.
continued in:
"The Tramp in Melbourne / A Morning with Mark Twain / Jokes and Jottings / About Things in General."
MELBOURNE (Aus.) HERALD, 27 Sep 1895, p. 4.
SLC chats about Australia landscape and climate, praises Marcus Clarke, Tauchnizt, Louis Becke.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 226-231. #91
"Mark Twain / Arrival in Melbourne"
MELBOURNE (Aus.) AGE, 27 Sep 1895, p. 6.    
SLC praises both progress and preserving some relics; suggests that purely humorous books do not last; describes his writing habits; decries hasty judgments by travelers.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 232-234. #92
"Mark Twain Put to the Question"
ADELAIDE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER, 14 Oct 1895, p. 6.
Reprinted in Fatout's MARK TWAIN SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF, pp. 151-54.
Reprinted by Budd.
SLC discusses interviews, Kipling, false notions about Americans and Southern violence, racial minorities of Negroes and Chinese, and Jumping Frog story.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 235-238. #93
"Mark Twain /Arrival in Adelaide"
ADELAIDE (Aus.) ADVERTISER, 14 Oct 1895, p. 7.
Scharnhorst provides quotes from this interview in footnotes p. 239-240 for his interview #93.
"Interview with Mark Twain"
BALLARAT (Aus.) COURIER, 21 Oct 1895 p. 4.    
SLC comments on Australian wallpaper and New York's statute of Garibaldi.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 240-241. #94
"Mark Twain / Arrival in Hobart"
HOBART (Aus.) TASMANIAN NEWS, 2 Nov 1895, p. 2.
Appears to be a composite of earlier interviews, especially that in SYDNEY HERALD, 17 Sep 1895.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 241-243. #95
"Mark Twain in Hobart / Some Impressions and an Interview"
HOBART (Aus.) MERCURY, 4 Nov 1895, p. 4.
Reprinted in HOBART TASMANIAN MAIL, 9 Nov, p. 35.
SLC comments on false impressions given by maps.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 243-246. #96
"A Chat with Mark Twain." By Malcolm Ross.
DUNEDIN (N.Z.) OTAGO TIMES, 6 Nov 1895, p. 4;
Reprinted in DUNEDIN OTAGO WITNESS, 14 Nov, p. 37.
Most of the conversation paraphrased. Discusses New York newspapers; Paige typesetter.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 246-249. #97
"Mark Twain / A Talk with the Famous Humorist"
CHRISTCHURCH (N. Z. ) LYTTELTON TIMES, 13 Nov 1895, pp. 5-6;
Reprinted in CHRISTCHURCH CANTERBURY TIMES, 21 Nov, pp. 24-25.
Much paraphrasing. SLC comments on Knights of Labor, habit of laying manuscripts aside, and lecture audiences.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 249-251. #98
"Mark Twain at Home / A Chat with Mr. Clemens"
CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.) PRESS, 13 Nov 1895, p. 5.
SLC praises the scenery of New Zealand; compares American and "colonial" audiences; comments on New Zealand journalism.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 252-255. #99
No title available.
NELSON (N.Z.) EVENING MAIL, 18 Nov 1895.
Shillingsburg,  AT HOME ABROAD, p. 152, provides some quotes from this article.
According to Budd, this was more likely a news story than interview.
Mark Twain / Arrival in Auckland"
AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND HERALD, 21 Nov 1895, p. 5.
Discussion of American versus British humor and of Americanisms in speech.
Reprinted in Budd, "Mark Twain Talks Mostly about Humor and Humorists." STUDIES IN  AMERICAN HUMOR, 1 (Apr 1974), 4-19.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 255-257. #100
No title available
NEW PLYMOUTH (N.Z. ) BUDGET AND TARANAKI WEEKLY HERALD, 30 Nov 1895, p. 9.
Quotes NELSON (N.Z.) EVENING MAIL, 18 Nov 1895 on SLC's opinion of the French Pass for ships.
"Mark Twain"
WELLINGTON (N.Z.) EVENING POST, 10 Dec 1895, p. 3.
No direct quotes.
"A Chat with Mark Twain." By R.A. L.
WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND MAIL, 12 Dec 1895, p. 51.
SLC reminisces about Civil War, publication of Jumping Frog story, the Holy Land trip, PRINCE AND PAUPER, and writing his own obituary.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 258-263. #101
"Mark Twain / His Tour through New Zealand"
SYDNEY (Aus.) TELEGRAPH, 20 Dec 1895, p. 6.
SLC refuses to give impression of New Zealand because he hurried through it.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 263-264. #102
"With Mark Twain"
SYDNEY (Aus.) BULLETIN, 4 Jan 1896, p. 8.
SLC discusses his books, his reading, writing habits, dreams, and ghosts.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 264-267. #103
"Mark Twain in Colombo / Arrival by the OCEANA / The Plans for His Tour"
(Colombo) OVERLAND TIMES OF CEYLON, 14 Jan 1896, p. 56.
SLC comments on itinerary, native boats and dress.
Additional quote from "Mark Twain in Colombo," CEYLON OBSERVER, 14 Jan 1896, p. 3 reprinted in footnote Scharnhorst's footnote 4.
Also in OVERLAND CEYLON OBSERVER, 14 Jan 1896, p. 44.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 268-270. #104
"'Mark Twain' in Ceylon / He Will Return to Lecture"
CEYLON INDEPENDENT, 15 Jan 1896, Sup.
Summary of an extended, casual talk with SLC, who compares public buildings in Ceylon and the United States.
"Mark Twain on His Methods of Work"
BOMBAY (India) GAZETTE, 23 Jan 1896, p. 5.
Fatout's MARK TWAIN SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF pp. 154-56, reprints some of this text.
Reprinted by Budd.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 270-273. #105
"Interview with Mark Twain"
(Bombay) TIMES OF INDIA, 23 Jan 1896, p. 5; and TIMES OF INDIA / OVERLAND WEEKLY EDITION, 25 Jan, p. 4;
Reprinted in CALCUTTA HINDOO PATRIOT, 31 Jan, p. 3
Preprinted in JOHANNESBURG TIMES, 11 May 1896, p. 4.
SLC sums up his journalistic career from Virginia City to INNOCENTS ABROAD; discusses Kipling, his own working habits, and interviewing.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 273-277. #106
"Mark Twain on the Relations between England and America / Americans Not Unfriendly"
BOMBAY (India) GAZETTE, 24 Jan 1896, p. 5.
Reprinted by Budd.
SLC comments on France; praises English-speaking peoples; discusses Monroe Doctrine; denounces idea of war over Venezuela; insists that majority of Americans do not share the anti-British feelings of their newspapers; defends British copyright law.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 277-280. #107
[Under] "Sporting Notes &C"
CALCUTTA (India) ASIAN, 7 Feb 1896, p. 398.
SLC praises Indian scenery, relates anecdotes about his blunder at dinner party and clerk who failed to recognize his pen name.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 281-283. #108
"Mark Twain Interviewed / First Impressions of India"
CALCUTTA (India) ENGLISHMAN, 8 Feb 1896, p. 5;
Reprinted in CALCUTTA HINDOO PATRIOT, 10 Feb, p. 3, and WEEKLY ENGLISHMAN, 12 Feb, pp. 11-12.
SLC comments on his visit to a holy recluse; caste system; American and Canadian Indians, and negroes in the United States.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 283-288. #109
"Mark Twain In Calcutta"
CALCUTTA (India) STATESMAN, 8 Feb 1896, p. 3.
Reprinted CALCUTTA FRIEND OF INDIA STATESMAN, 12 Feb, p. 18.
SLC gives impressions of Indian scenery and railways.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 288-290. #110
"Mark Twain In Calcutta"
CALCUTTA INDIAN DAILY NEWS, 26 Mar 1896, p. ?.
Reprinted in MADRAS MAIL, 31 March 1896, p. 7.
Reprinted in INDIAN DAILY NEWS / OVERLAND SUMMARY, 1 Apr, p. 4.
No direct quotes. SLC comments on value of the copyright on his books.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 290-291. #111
"Mark Twain In Madras / An Interview In the Harbour--His Opinion on Mr. Skrine's Book AN INDIAN JOURNALIST"
MADRAS STANDARD, 1 Apr 1896, p. ?
Reprinted in CALCUTTA (India) REIS AND RAYYET, 11 Apr, pp. 176-177.
Reprinted by Budd.
Detailed comments on publishing contracts, poverty In India, and England and the United States as sources of inventions.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 291-295. #112
"Mark Twain In Durban / A Bedside Chat with the Humorist"
DURBAN (South Africa) NATAL MERCURY, 8 May 1896, p. 3.
Reprinted in NATAL MERCURY WEEKLY EDITION, 8 May, p. 5989.
Reprinted in PIETERMARITZBURG NATAL WITNESS, 9 May 1896, p. 6.
Reprinted in PRETORIA PRESS, 15 May, p. 3.
Reprinted by Budd.
Much on Venezuela crisis, copyright, current fiction, and Portugal as imperial power.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 296-300. #113
"A Chat with Mark Twain / English and Americans / Some Authors He Knows /The Sense of Humour"
JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) STAR, 18 May 1896, p. 4.
Reprinted by Budd.
SLC on Anglo-American relations; U.S. President McKinley; HUCKLEBERRY FINN; W. D. Howells, and Edward Bellamy.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 300-303. #114
"Mark Twain / Mr. Clemens on the Rand / The Humorist at Home"
JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) STANDARD AND DIGGERS' NEWS, 18 May 1896, p. 4.
See Douglas Story, "A Mark Twain Yarn / How He Tackled a New York Irishman," LONDON TRIBUNE, 19 Jun 1907, p. 9, for reminiscence about this item.
Described by Budd as "table talk rather than interview; most space given to how SLC got past A. Daly's doorkeeper; he jokingly mentions criticism of Standard Oil, praises sunsets in Florence, Italy, and comments on locust plague."
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 303-306. #115
"Mark Twain on the Rand / He Gives a Few Opinions / A Chat with the Humourist"
JOHANNESBURG (South Africa) TIMES, 18 May 1896, p. 5.
SLC comments on Cecil Rhodes; discusses Olive Schreiner's STORY OF AN AFRICAN FARM.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 307-308. #116
"A Chat at the Hotel"
PRETORIA (South Africa) PRESS, 25 May 1896, p. 3.
Reprinted in PRETORIA WEEKLY PRESS, 30 May, p. 10.
Few quotations; summary of SLC's impressions of Jameson Raiders and Johannesburg.
"Mark Twain at Queenstown"
KIMBERLEY (South Africa) DIAMOND FIELDS ADVERTISER, 10 Jun 1896, p. 6.
Reprinted in DIAMOND FIELDS ADVERTISER WEEKLY MAIL SUMMARY, 13 Jun, p. 4.
Brief, but SLC comments on problems of having reputation as humorous writer.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 309. #117
"Mark Twain in Port Elizabeth: An Interview"
PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa) EASTERN PROVINCE HERALD AND PORT ELIZABETH COMMERCIAL NEWS, 19 Jun 1896, p. 3.
SLC comments on Jameson Raiders'; imprisonment with negroes; railway travel; and Venezuela crisis, with stress on Anglo-American rapprochement.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 309-312. #118
[Under] "Midland and Local Gleanings"
CRADOCK (South Africa) MIDLAND NEWS AND KARROO FARMER, 30 Jun 1896, p. 4.
Reporter had a "long and enjoyable" chat with SLC, who "evinced great interest" in local history and race relations.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 313. #119
"Mark Twain on Tour / Arrival in Cape Town / Observations and Comparisons"
CAPE TOWN (South Africa) CAPE TIMES, 7 Jul 1896, p. 7.
Reprinted in CAPE TIMES WEEKLY EDITION, 8 Jul, p. 3.
SLC compares the South African situation to the American Revolution; discusses diamond mines.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 313-316. #120
"Twain Likes the Vaal"
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 1, 1896, p. 3
From Southampton, SLC comments on the Transvaal, the Jameson raid, and the Boers.
Not in Budd's listings.
Reprinted in AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, Vol. 39, No. 3, Spring 2007.
"Mark Twain Amused / Humorist Says He Even Heard on Good Authority That He Was Dead / Cousin, Not He, Sick / New Book Just Finished, and It Will be Called ANOTHER INNOCENT ABROAD." By Frank Marshall White.
NEW YORK JOURNAL, 2 Jun 1897, p. 1.
Reprinted by Budd.
One long quotation which includes the famous "The report of my death is an exaggeration."
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 317-318. #121
"Mark Twain Smiling through His Tears, but in Sore Straits / Celebrated American Humorist Tells of His Affairs, and the HERALD Starts Subscription for Him"
NEW YORK HERALD, 13 Jun 1897, IV, p. 1.
Shortened version is reprinted in Merle Johnson, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF MARK TWAIN, rev. ed. (NY: Harper, 1935), pp. 146-150.
Reprinted in Neider, LIFE AS I FIND IT, pp. 322-324.
 SLC discusses his forthcoming travel book, discusses impulses to kill and venting rage in letters..
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 318-320. #122
"A Recent Interview with Mark Twain"
SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, 25 Jul 1897, p. 12.
Two long paragraphs reprinted as the "account" of a London correspondent of a New York newspaper, differs in details from NEW YORK HERALD.
"Character Sketch / Mark Twain." By William T. Stead.
REVIEW OF REVIEWS (London), 16 (Aug 1897), 123-133.
Much of this article is from notes that Stead made during ocean crossing with SLC in 1894; SLC comments on humor, Mississippi River water, his letters to his wife, and Paige typesetter in great detail.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 320-329. #123
"Ein Besuch bei Mark Twain"
VIENNA (Austria) NEUE FREIE PRESSE, 1 Oct 1897, Abendblatt, p. 1.
Reprinted by Budd.
This interview or a highly similar one was excerpted in (St. Petersburg) VIESTNIK INOSTRANNOI LITERATURY, No. 11 (Nov 1897), 316-317.
Max Lederer, "Mark Twain in Vienna," MARK TWAIN QUARTERLY, 7 (Summer-Fall 1945), 1-12, quotes scraps from other interviews in Vienna newspapers in 1897-1899.
SLC declares he will be slow to make judgments about Austria and discusses naming his latest travel book.
"Eine Viertelstunde bei Mark Twain." By Sigmund Schlesinger.
VIENNA (Austria) NEUES WIENER TAGBLATT, 2 Oct 1897
NOTE: Carl Dolmetsch, OUR FAMOUS GUEST: MARK TWAIN IN VIENNA (Athens: Univ. of Georgia Press, 1992), pp. 34-35, states many interviews appeared in Vienna newspapers, (especially Jewish-owned papers).
A combination of two Vienna interviews was pieced together and reprinted in:
Title unavailable. By P. Z_____ich.
ODESSKI (Russia) NOVOSTI (ODESSA NEWS), 8 Oct 1897.
Translated and reprinted in "Ten Minutes with Mark Twain: An Interview," By M. Thomas Inge. AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, Autumn 1982 p. 258-264.
"Mark Twain in Vienna"
NEW YORK WORLD, 13 Dec 1897, p. 6.
Quotes a comment by SLC on the uproar in Reichsrath.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 329-331. #124
"Mark Twain Proud and Happy / That's the Way It Feels, He Says, to Be Out of Debt--Longing for Home"
NEW YORK WORLD, 13 Mar 1898, p. 7.
SLC insists he is not a "bad businessman."
Reprinted in HARTFORD DAILY COURANT, 14, March 1898, p. 8.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 331-332. #125
"Mark Twainnel Galantatol Budapestig / With Mark Twain from Galantha to Budapest."
BUDAPEST PESTI NAPLO, 24 Mar 1899, p. 4-5.
SLC spoke in German about the language, the origin of his pen-name, his working routine, his knowledge of Hungary, and American economics.
Translated and reprinted by Anna B. Katona, "An Interview with Mark Twain, HUNGARIAN STUDIES REVIEW, 9 (Spring 1982), 73-81.
"S. L. Clemens in Budapest."
MAGYAR HIRLAP, 24 Mar 1899.
SLC comments on his bankruptcy, interviewers, and the German language.
"My Encounter with Mark Twain." By "Agbik"
MAGYAR HIRLAP, 24 Mar 1899.
A spurious interview in which a reporter engages in a duel of wits with SLC but loses.
"Mark Twain's Bequest"
LONDON TIMES, 23 May 1899, p. 4.
Reprinted by Budd.
Datelined Vienna. SLC discusses his work on book of portraits of persons he has known that is not be published for a hundred years.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 332-334. #126
Title not available
VIENNA (Austria) FREMDEN-BLATT, 26 May 1899.
Comments about SLC's audience with Emperor Franz Josef.
Mentioned by Dolmetsch, OUR FAMOUS GUEST, pp. 306-10.
Title not available
VIENNA (Austria) NEUES WIENER TAGBLATT, 26 May 1899.
Comments about SLC's audience with Emperor Franz Josef.
Mentioned by Dolmetsch, OUR FAMOUS GUEST, pp. 306-10.
Title not available
VIENNA (Austria) NEUES WIENER TAGBLATT, 27 May 1899.
Comments about SLC's audience with Emperor Franz Josef.
Mentioned by Dolmetsch, OUR FAMOUS GUEST, pp. 306-10..
"Mark Twain Saw the Emperor"
NEW YORK SUN, 26 May, p. 1, cites NEUES WIENER TAGBLATT as its source.
"Emperor Sees 'Mark Twain'"
NEW YORK HERALD, 26 May, p. 9.
"Twain to Franz Josef 'Gesprochen'"
NEW YORK JOURNAL AND ADVERTISER, 28 May 1899, p. 30.
"Mark Twain in London / He Talks of His Visit and His Doomsday Book / Vienna and the Emperor"
LONDON CHRONICLE, 3 Jun 1899, p. 3;
Reprinted in NEW YORK TRIBUNE, 10 Jun, p. 8.
SLC discusses the forthcoming edition deluxe of his writings.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 334-338. #127
"Mark Twain Tells How He and Adam Get Ideas"
NEW YORK JOURNAL AND ADVERTISER, 4 Jun 1899, p. 42.
Though copyrighted, text is highly derivative of latter part of text in LONDON CHRONICLE.
"Mark Twain's Farewell to Vienna." By Dr. Johannes Horowitz.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, 11 Jun 1899, p. 19.
Datelined Vienna 30 May 1899.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 339-340. #128
"Ett Besok hos Mark Twain." By Hugo Valentin.
STOCKHOLM (Sweden) AFTON BLADET, 13 Jul 1899, p. 3.
For witness's account see Hasse Z[etterstrom], "Mark Twain," pp. 71-80, in 25 AR MED SVENSKA FOLKET / EN SKAMTTIDNINGS MEMOARER (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, 1931) .
SLC chats about D. Kellgren; Nordic winter; Thomas Cook & Sons losing his baggage; annoying flies; and Anglo-American friendship as the bulwark against Russian expansion.
Translated by Carl L. Anderson and reprinted in "Mark Twain in Sweden: An Interview and a Commentary," AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM, Spring 1978, p. 80-91.
"Mark Twain Talks / . . . That Book for Year 1999." By Curtis Brown.
BUFFALO (New York) EXPRESS, 30 Jul 1899, p. 1;
Reprinted in ELMIRA (New York) GAZETTE AND FREE PRESS, 2 Aug 1899.
Also reprinted in SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, 30 Jul, p. 12, and in NEW YORK PRESS, 30 Jul.
Dateline London July 20. SLC talks about his book to be with held from publication in his lifetime; writing biography and autobiography; Canon Wilberforce's hat.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 340-345. #129
"Mark Twain Says He's Discouraged / Every Sort of Crank except Himself Has a Presidential Following"
NEW YORK WORLD, 17 Jun 1900, E, p. 1.
Reprinted in Neider, LIFE AS I FIND IT, p. 325.
Datelined London. SLC jokes about running for president of U. S. and his plans to return to the U.S.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 345. #130
"Mark Twain Returns after Nine Years"
NEW YORK HERALD, 4 Oct 1900, p. 3.
Datelined London. SLC jokes about "private hotel lumbago"; discusses Anglo-American unity.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 345-346. #131
"Twain on the Sea, Glad to Start Home / . . . Imperialism Stumps Him"
NEW YORK WORLD, 7 Oct 1900, E, p. 1.
A longer version of this interview appeared in NEW YORK WORLD on 14 Oct 1900.
"Mark Twain Coming / More Contented and Happier in Hartford - No Literary Plans"
HARTFORD DAILY COURANT, October 8, 1900, p. 7.
Identified as a London Special to the NEW YORK WORLD from 6 Oct 1900. Quotes are different from articles appearing in the NEW YORK WORLD of 7 Oct and 14 Oct. 1900.
"Mark Twain, the Greatest American Humorist, Returning Home / We've No Business In China / Nor Can He Understand on Just What Principles We Are Proceeding in the Philippines"
NEW YORK WORLD, 14 Oct 1900, p. 3.
Reprinted in Neider, LIFE AS I FIND IT, pp. 326-332.
Datelined London, 6 Oct 1900. SLC also comments on Holy Land trip and working for San Francisco CALL; imperialism in China and the Philippines. Within a day or two, selective reprintings appeared in numerous newspapers.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 346-351. #132
"Mark Twain Home, an Anti-Imperialist / Views of the Author Changed during His Long Travels in Foreign Lands, but He Will Not Support Bryan / Notes of the Author's Trip around the Globe"
NEW YORK HERALD, 16 Oct 1900, p. 4.
Reprinted in Neider, LIFE AS I FIND IT, pp. 333-339.
SLC comments on his reputation for truth, world and domestic politics, experiences during world tour, and plans for writing.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 352-357. #133
"Mark Twain Home / Arrives on the MINNEHAHA with Wife and Daughters."
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, 16 Oct 1900, pp. 1-2.
Scharnhorst provides quotes from this interview in footnotes p. 357-364 for his interview #133.
"Mark Twain Talks / Says His Chief Desire Is Not to Be Told to Move On"
NEW YORK MAIL AND EXPRESS, 16 Oct 1900, p. 3.
SLC says most about being a mugwump.
Scharnhorst provides quotes from this interview in footnotes p. 357-364 for his interview #133.
"Mark Twain Home Again, Hale and Happy at 65 / After Nine Years Abroad, He Declares That He Will Break Both Legs, So That He Cannot Leave America Again--To Winter in New York"
NEW YORK WORLD, 16 Oct 1900, p. 1.
Less political than other interviews.
Scharnhorst provides quotes from this interview in footnotes p. 357-364 for his interview #133.
"Mark Twain Wants to Be President / . . . Says As He Cannot Vote He Will Become a Candidate for Chief Executive"
NEW YORK PRESS, 16 Oct 1900, p. 3.
Reprinted by Budd.
Stress on SLC's political opinions.
Scharnhorst provides quotes from this interview in footnotes p. 357-364 for his interview #133.
"Mark Twain Home Again / . . . Talks Freely of His Travels, His Experiences, and His Triumphs--In the Best of Health"
NEW YORK TIMES, 16 Oct 1900, p. 3.
SLC has much to say on politics and gives details of his visit to the Jameson Raiders.
Scharnhorst provides quotes from this interview in footnotes p. 357-364 for his interview #133.
"Mark Twain Home Again / . . . He Went Away with a Load of Debt Which He Voluntarily Assumed, and Has Paid It All Off--He Will Not Lecture Again, He Says, Unless He Is Compelled To"
NEW YORK SUN, 16 Oct 1900, p. 2.
SLC announces his anti-imperialism, discusses paying off creditors.
Scharnhorst provides quotes from this interview in footnotes p. 357-364 for his interview #133.
"Mark Twain In America Again / Humorist Home after His Nine Years of Wandering In Distant Lands / Talks of the Future / Although an Anti-Imperialist He Says He Prefers McKinley to W. J. Bryan / Important Work Ahead"
CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 16 Oct 1900, p. 5.
Scharnhorst provides quotes from this interview in footnotes p. 357-364 for his interview #133.
"Mark Twain, Anti-Imperialist / After His Long Absence Abroad He Returns with New Views--He Does Not Favor Bryan"
BOSTON TRANSCRIPT, 16 Oct 1900, p. 14.
"Mark Twain Back Again"
NEW YORK EVENING POST, 16 Oct 1900, p. 5.
More a news story than interview; brief, with one quotation on current presidential campaign.
"Mark Twain Home Again / Hale and Happy at 65--His Book of 100 Years After."
NEW YORK EVENING SUN, 16 Oct 1900, p. 6.
No more detail than in other interviews of same date.
"Mark Twain to Spend Winter Here / Author Returns an Anti-Imperialist, but Wouldn't Vote for Bryan--Will Probably Write Story with Scenes Laid In America"
NEW YORK TELEGRAM, 16 Oct 1900, p. ?.
""Mark Twain Says He Can't Support Bryan"
SAN FRANCISCO CALL, 16 Oct 1900, p. 2.

"My Impressions of America' / and Kate Carew's Impressions of the Great Humorist / An Interview in Which He Refuses to Be Interviewed / Eluding the Subject Proposed, He Talks about Almost Everything Else, Including Truth, Waiters, Early Breakfasts, Wisdom and Noise." Kate Carew.
NEW YORK WORLD, 21 Oct 1900, E, p. 5.
Reprinted in Neider, LIFE AS I FIND IT, pp. 340-345.
A shortened version reprinted in "Mark Twain on Lying"--that kept all the quotations appeared in CHICAGO TRIBUNE 22 Oct, p. 4.
Reprinted in NEW ORLEANS STATES, 24 Oct, and SAN FRANCISCO BULLETIN, 26 Oct.
SLC was being sketched rather than interviewed.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 364-367. #134

"Wouldn't Work 30 Minutes for $500 / . . . Declares That He Only Does Work When It Is an Absolute Necessity"
NEW YORK WORLD, 21 Oct 1900, Sup., p. 5.
SLC declines to cover a William Jennings Bryan meeting for the WORLD.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 367-368. #135
"What Mr. Clemens Said / His Grief at News of Mr. Warner's Death / Old Days Recalled / Humorist's Plans"
HARTFORD DAILY COURANT, October 26, 1900, p. 10.
Long interview in Hartford upon the death of Charles D. Warner and other topics including Plasmon.
Reprinted in MARK TWAIN: THE COMPLETE INTERVIEWS, edited by Gary Scharnhorst, (Univ. of Alabama Press, 2006) p. 368-370. #136
"A Day with Mark Twain / Funniest Man in the World / Pictorially Told by Vivid Snap Shots at America's Famous Humorist"
NEW JOURNAL AND ADVERTISER, 11 Nov 1900, American Magazine Supplement, p. 18.    
SLC explains why he has decided to shun "serious" interviews; discusses visit to jail in Pretoria. According to Budd, possibly a pastiche of other interviews.
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