New-York tribune., 1910-04-22


work. .srhe Jumping Frog of Calaveras
County" which sold so we'll both I'm this
country and abroad that his reputation was
made. After this success he took trip in
the Quaker City 10 the Orient, and In 1869
published "Tnnocents Abroad" which is a
faithful narrative OF the scenes, expert
ences and emotions of his journey. With
his literary career now fairly started, Mr..
Clemens published in succession "Autobi-
ography and First Romance" ds1D,
"Roughng IT, ds72). THE Gilded Age" in
collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner
GS75). Sketches New and Old" 0sIS), Nd
ventures OF Tom Sawyer Qs70, Punch
Brothers, Punch" QS9, "A Tramp
Abroad QSsO, THE Prince and the
Pauper'' dsso), The Stolen White Ele-
plant" Oss2. Life on the Mississippi"
Qss0, THE Adventures Of Huckleberry
Finn Qss5), "A Connecticut Yankee at the
Court OF King Arthur Gss9), ''The Ameri-
can Claimant Qss2). The 100000 Bank
Note 0sss). "Pudd nhead Wilson ussD,
Tom Sawyer Abroad US9I, Joan Of
Arc" GseS, Following the Equator" 1s9s).
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg"
Qscp, "A Double-Barrelled Detective
Story nsJ2) and Christian Science" with
notes containing corrections TO date. 1907.
Many of his works have been translated
into French. German. Russian. italian.
Swedish, Norwegian and Magyar. THE
Gllded Age Tom Sawyer" The Prince
and the Pauper'' and 'Pudd'nhead Wilson"
have been successfully presented on the
stage.
Met EeVerses in Business.
In ys-n bS ,,,orrfa5 Nf;cS o1;,,;, 7 ra,o
don, whose father and brother had been
with him on his trip TO the Orient Mr.
Langdon was a man OF wealth. and bought
for HIS son-in-law one-third interest in
The Buffalo Express" for which Mr..
Clemens had already been a contributor.
He remained in Buffalo only short time
however. and then moved 10 Hartford,
Conn. where he devoted himself to literary
work and lecturing
Mrs. Clemens died suddenly in Florence,
Italy, on June 6. 1904. from heart disease.
Her death occurred while she and Mr..
Clemens were travelling through Europe.
in 1884 he established I'm this city the
publishing firm OF c. /. Webster & Co.
which successfully published General
Grants memoirs. In 1894 the house was
forced 20 make an assignment, and Mr.
Cl.mens's savings. which had already been
materially decreased by HIS investments in
q typesetting machine, were entirely wiped
out. His unfortunate position aroused
worldwide sympathy, and movement was
started by James Gordon Bennett, Of The
New York Herald" to gather a public sub
scription. The sum solicited had reached
thousands, when Mr.. Clemens. who was
abroad at the time. heard OF it, and sent
a cable message putting a stop to the
movement. He had already decided TO fol-
low the example of Sir Walter Scott and
settle the debt through his own efforts.
This he succeeded in doing after much
sacrifice
In 1909 he again became involved I'm finan-
cial troubles through the gift he had made
to his social secretary, Miss Lyon. upon
her marriage to his financial secretary,
Ralph w. Ashcroft. The gift was a cottage
near the humorists summer home. az Red
ding, Conn. 1t appears that his daughter
then Miss Clara Clemens, raised some OBJ
jections to her fathers action. on July
% OF that year Mrs. Ashcroft reconveyed
the property TO Mr. Clemens. who had
started SUIT to recover $500, which he al
legged she owed him. Later the writer
started another suit for s. ap. which he
maintained represented a shortage in Mrs.
Ashcroft's accounts. The action OF Mr..
Clemens IN these instances aroused con-
siderable comment at the time. The whole
matter was amicably settled in September,
however, when Mr.. Clemens withdrew his
quits
Failed After Daughters Death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clemens had four children.
The eldest Langdon, died at the age Of
two years, and the second, Susan Olivia,
who was born I'm 1872, the Same year as her
brothers death, lived only twenty-fOur
years. The death of Jean, Mr.. Clemens's
youngest daughter, who was found drowned
in bathtub in December, 1899, was a
severe shock to the writer, and from that
time his health, which had been almost in
variably coed, began 20 fail One daughter
Clara, who married Ossip Gabrilowitsch in
1909, Is the only one OF the family left
Mr. Clemens. besides the degree con-
ferred by oxford. received the degree of
l.. II. y. from Yale in 1901 and the degree
Of LII D. from the University of Missouri
in 1907 He was member OF the Lotos
Club.