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WHAT MARK TWAIN WROTE
Some Points for First Edition Collectors Variations in
Issues of His Works

Compared with some Of his contem-
porar.es, the late Samuel L. Clemens
was not voluminous writer. SAYS the
Boston Transcript He started writing
as early as 1867. but there were years
I'm which no books with his name as
author appeared. some Of the short
stories which he wrote and which an
peared in book formed appeared I'm sep
arate form aftorward, and some Of his
shorter publications were afterward in
corporated I'm collection works The in
ternational copyright law was not in
effect when he began writing. nor for
many years afterward. and many of his
books were printed 10y publishers on this
continent and abroad The list given
herewith makes not the slightest pre-
tense 10 being a photography Il IS
merely a checklist Of first editions. the
rarcst Of which are discoveries by that
Columbus of first editions. p x. Foley.
OF this city. author of First Editions
Of American Authors a book now out
of print The list may serve some DUR
pose 10 collectors of first editions Of
Mark Twain, a humorist whose writings
are likely TO he more and more appre-
ciated as the years go by.
There are some particular points OF
difference I'm the first editions Of Mark
Twain's writings which are not gener-
ally known TO book collectors. In The
Gilded Age" which was written in, col
Elaboration with Charles Dudley Warner.
the features which Indicate the first
issue Of the first edition are pointed
out by the author I'm Life on the Mis-
sissippi" The suppositon that the ear
lier issue was dated 1873 is Incorrect.
An advance copy sent by the publishers
10 the Transcript for review. before the
book had been bound, is dated 1874 and
Il contains passages which the author
refers 20 as having been Cancelled later
In the first issue Of Life on the Mis-
sissippi." the tail-picce on page All rep
resents the author undergoing crema-
ton. When the book was issued Mrs.
Clemens saw this cut. and her feelings
were kurt. Mr.. Clemens az once stoned
the circulation OF the book and called
in all the copies he could. Only a few
had been circulated. and the first issue
only Of the first edition bears the OBJ
jectionable cut which was cancelled in
the second issue
Mark Twains Autobiography and
First Romance" was published by Shell
don e Co.. in New York. and OF this
there were two issues. The first can be
identified by the verse of the title page,
which bears the copyright notice 70 the
publishers. The work was an immediate
success, and after the book had been
issued. Bell. Black & Co. Of New York.
had a large edition printed which bore
along with the copyright notice their
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seal entirely different from any other ever
used by the government The key. which
/ IS one Of the most important symbols OF
the seal, shows a handle az tile LEFT hand
side instead Of at the right, as on all
others
/ The shield IS Of different shape. and the
stars are larger. The two ends Of the
! band surrounding the symbols are fastened
with a buckle. which iu no other instance
plays a part iu the design of a Treasury
| seal This IS the only issue Of notes on
which the peculiar seal was used. and
collectors OF paper money include them
! among the errors or freaks.
/ The 81, s.. and s. silver certificates. and
the SO legal tender bills OF the present
issue occur with what are known as IN
verrcd backs. AS matter Of fact. this is
an erroneous deviation. lnasmuch as they
are really inverted fronts. These bills
are sought by collectors, who pay
premium for them when in fine condition.
Another curiosity IS 81 note Of the
Second National Bank Of Raveuua. Ohio.
This lacks the signature Of both the pres
ident and the cashier although it was
circulated and never challenged.
A 81 national bank note Of the First
National Bank of Fail River. Mass. also
lacks both signatures, which seems not
70 have lnterfered wiki it's being offered
and accepted as money. Still another 81
note Of the First National Bank OF Indi-
annapolis, Ind. lacks the signature Of the
president only.
Slight as are these errors or omissions.
they give additional value 70 such bills
IN the eyes Of collectors Of paper money.
who are glad 20 pay a premium for them
1t is not known how many Of the bills
Of the present issue are in circulation
with inverted design. but It is not thought
that there are many.
A legal tender note Of 1850 shows an
oddity. on the face OF the note is por-
trait Of Webster while to the right is a
representation Of Rolfe presenting Poca-.
hontas TO queen Elizabeth. At the bottom
Of the center IS small eagle. Upon In
verting this bill the eagle presents a faith
full resemblance 10 the head of donkey.
Whether this was intended by the en-
graver as a joke IS not known. but tho
resemblance Is so close as TO indicate pre-
meditation. on his part
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land soicty. sya Philadelphia. Address bl
CemeusA
I,s2-"The Prince and the Psurcr." sro Boston.
The stolen White Elephant" Emo. Bcs
ton
lsS-'Iife on the Mississippi" syo Boston.
The New Guide o.; the Conversation iu P11tu
gal and England. I2mo Boston
lssi-''The Adventures Of HUckeueuy Finn sVO
New York dated 1851
lsss-"NIark TFans Library Of Humor" svo
New York
ls'o-'A Connecticut Yankee AZ King Arthur,
Court" Square syo New York
lS2-'Meuy Tales ifmo. New York.
The American Claimant sv0. New York
Iso-"The eIC0O10 Bank Note ard Other Nev
Sketches.' l2nc Buffalo
ls9t-"Tcm Sawyer Abroad" Svo New York
The Tragedy Of Pudd uhcad Wilson and the
Comedy Of Those Extraordinary Twins" syo Hart
ford.
ls26-"Tho Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg limo.
New York
Is97-"FoIIo7ring the Equator" svo. New York.
The House Of the Tldors" limo New
How 70 Tel a Story. ard Other Essays"
$50 Personal Recolections o, Joan Of Arc"
syo Hartford
Iso-"A Double Ba-eled Detective story" svo.
New York
English as She Is Taught" l2no New
York. Introduction by ClcmCnsl
l3]l-"To the Person Sitting in Darkness" l6no.
New York
Speeches at tho Lotus Club" addresses by
CeucusJ svo. New York.
Ewes Diary l2mo New York.
looi-"An Unexpected Acquaintance" i2mo.
NCr York
York.
"A Dogs Tale" svo. New York.
1875" Editorial Wild Oats" l2ro New York.
King Leop0ld's Soliloquy" limo. Boston.
lgG-'Thc Primrose Way" lano. New York.
The $4,000 Bequest and Other Stories" l2no.
New York.
Io07-Caristian Science" I2no. New York.
l9o'-'E Edmund Burke on Tammauy" l1no New
le'o-"Is Shakespeare Dead?" svo. New York.
The "Pirntes" Got Him.
American humorists have always SUI
fered at the hands Of the piraticaI Eng
fish publishers. and Clemens was an es-
pecial victim. The number Of piracies
is so large that It would be hopeless
TO attempt to collect them all. Some
of Mark Twain's earlier writings from
the Galaxy New York; were published
in London under the titles Of Scream
ers" and "Eye-Openers,' and a piratical
reprint called Mark Twalns Memoran-
da" from the Galaxy" was issued IN
octave in Toronto in 1871 George Rout-
ledge & Sons we're Mark Twain's au-
thorized London publishers before the
days of international copyright. and they
issued Mark Twain's Sketches" 1872
and Information Wanted and Other
Sketches" which contain matter not in
cluded in other editions
Hoods Comic Almanac for 1873 con-
tains selections from Clemens writings
as does a Birthday Book" issued by \
London publisher. John Camden Hotten
published "Innoceuts Abroad" in 1869
Mark Twain's Nightmare" was pub
iish b. Ward, Lock & Co. in London in
1873 and with other sketches in another
edition.
Unlike many other authors, Mr.. Glenn
ems did not care for larger copies and
special issues of his books. He made
one exception, however. in the case Of
The Prince and the Pauper." of which
he had fourteen copies printed on China
paper, on account OF the illustrations
which he considered the best of any
in his works. Mark Twain's writings
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fuIl-page advertisement on the back Of
the titlerpage. This is the second issue.
An Enrmar<.
'Innocents Abroad" in common with
other Of Mark Twain's works bearing
the Hartford imprint. contained numer-
Gus errors and omissions. The collector
of Mark Twains works who wishes 70
90 secure the genuine first issue of the
first edition will turn TO the table Of
contents. If he finds the chapter Con
ciusions." he viii wait until he finds a
copy in which this word is missing
"Huckleberry Finn" was issued In Lon
don with date of 1883 The New York
edition is dated 1851 The collector Of
first editions, however, will seek for the
New York issue. as the London date
is fictitious, the work being printed I'm
New York and the sheets being sent
a new tite-page
Probably the scarcest Of Mark Twain s.
writings is a little pamphlet Of three
pages, issued in 1875, containing his ad-
dress Cand a mighty good one. too be-
fore the Ancient and Honorable Artil-
lery Company OF Boston Only two
copies are known 20 the writer. and one
OF these is In "A library. Some Of the
other works, which contains addresses
by Mark Twain before societies are also
exceedingly scarce. and rarely appear in
the auction market.
List of First Editions.
The following list. which does not pre-
tend to give full titles. is a list Of the
first editions OF Mark Twain.
ls67-''The Celebrated Jumping Frog q Caayeras
County, and Other Sketches l6no New York
ls69-''The lunoceuts Abroad or the New Pill
Tims Progress" Svo Hartford
lsil-"M2rk Twain's Burlcslue Autobiography
and First Romance l2no New York.
ls12-" Roughing t." syo Hartford.
Nast's Almanac" l2no. Now York.
ISIS" Nast's Almanac Emo. New York
l'7i-"The Gildcd Age" with Charles Dudley
Warner. svo. Hartford
Mark Twain's Sketches" No. l. svo. New
'Nast's Almanac" I2no. New York.
Mark Twain's Sketches. New and Old"
square svo. Hartford.
Address Before the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company" svo. Boston.
Lotus Leaves" svc Boston
SI6--Ihe Adventures Of Tom Sawyer" Square
syo. Hartford
se'enty-hrst Auni-ersary Of New England So
cety.' Syo. New York
address by Clemensl
odd Times on tho Mississippi" limo. To
r0nto.
Rambling Notes" I2mo Toronto
B1-"A THE Story and the Recent Carnival Of
Crime" 32no. Boston
1873" Punch Brothers Punch and Other
Sketches Square l6mo. New York.
las-' Report Of the Proceedings Of the Society
Of The Army Of the Tennessee" Address By
Ccmens.l syo. Cincinnati
lsso-"A Tramp Abroad" $40. Hartford.
ISL Reunion Of the Army Of the Potomac" svo.
New York Address By Clemens)
SEVENTY seventh Anniversary Of New Eng
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Zeal of Old Superintendent Sometimes
Overdone Control of Crimi-
mails by Forcing Them to
Work for Him.

Thomas Byrnes. once superintendent Of
the New York police department was
born in New York City sixty-eight years
ago.
Sufficient time has elapsed since TON"
Byrnes retired from the police depart
ment for his reputation TO thrive upon
tradition and the reteling Of old stories
CT LiS explolts-with a little added al
each recital All Of his successors have
suffered IN the comparison made by thost
who tell Of the big things Byrnes did.
He did do some big things. but his
chief purpose was 10 get results. with q
not too nice regard as 10 the methods
says the New York Tost. The only loci
cal sequel 70 a crime. IN Byrne's opinion.
was an arrest AMI q conviction There
are stories told now TO the effect that IN
his zeal 20 bring about that sequel he
sometimes made mistakes as to the man
who should be convicted.
One of the cases cited bv those who
held this hostile view was that In which
the Algerian known as "Frenchy'' plead
ed guilty 10 a charge OF having murdered
an old woman. Ann Shakespeare After
he was sent 20 prison there were rumors
that ..Frencnv', had oltbor bao,, forced
or caioled into aduitting the c-lr,e while
no definite statements as 70 tbis vraro o,,sr
obtained. belief as - his Innocence Gained
ground and was eventuaIl,. accented b,,
those h, close touch ,.i,b nolico r,,,ters
II was this opinior which Is5 o,.ort,,a1r,.
10 his pardon
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He Established Dead Line" and Thereby
Won Good VIII of Wall Street for
Kidding 1t of Thieves-TIis Am
bition Unfulflled.

Sunday morning. October q. 1873. and the
plan had been well laid Jimmy Hope. a
famous safe robber, was the leader Of
the gang that did the job. lie had kept
watch on the bank for a number OF DAYS,
and had seen that the janif0r OF the
building possessed the combination Of the
outer vault which had a troublesome,
four-tumbler lock. lie therefore sent
Billy" Kelly. more thug than a thief
and Ed Gearing, better known as
"Goodle, to intimidate this janitor They
frightened him into giving them the com
binatiOn. which made an the rest plain
sailing. FOR an Hope and bis crew had %
do IN the way Of cracksmans work was
20 open the inner vaults which gave on
both sides Of a corridor within the main
vault.
This was done successfully while ABE"
Cokely. now an old loafer on the West
Side played lookout" with a set OF false
whiskers on, and busted the desks in the
Office. About Nl.o00 IN cash. $4,000 IN
registered bonds and the balance of the
100000 in unregistered bonds were
taken. and the plumber was removed tenn
porarily across the street 20 the place Of
John D. Grady. a diamond dealer and no.
torious fence" by a policeman in fun
uniform named John Nugent.
stePpinE-stone to Promotion.
Ordinarily so bold a robbery in the day
light would have cost a police captain his
place. but Byrnes made IT a steppiug-stone
90 promotion by the arrests and convlc-
lions he obtained. The watchman OF the
bank. a man named shevlin. was sus-
pccted from the first, and Bynes forced
a confession from him. BY this time.
however. the thieves had scattered
Byrnes captured Kelly first. and ne was
sentenced FOR ten years. He then ar
rested Johnny Hope. the son of Jimmy,
On the charge of being implicated I'm tho
crime. There were two witnesses against
him; one was a mikman. who swOre that
Hope had told him the night before the
robbery that the jauitor had gone 90 the
country, and would not want any milk
the next day. and the other was z ques-
tionable character. who swore that ne had
seen Johnny Hope iu SLiub0ue alley.
which ran behind the bank, on the morn
ing Of the robbery on this evidence
Hope was sentenced for twenty years.
but many felt that he had been a sca1e-
goat. and De was 7ard0ned after he had
served half his time.
Byrues saw at once the desirabIity Of
establishing a branch bureau in the fnan-
cial district. and on the very day that DE
was placed IN charge OF the detective bu-
reau he went down 20 Wall street and
hired a room at his own expense Il was
not long before the president OF The stock
exchange offered the police department
a room IN the stock exchange building.
Byrnes accepted the offer and placed ten
OF his best men on duty in The down
town district with headquarters ir the
exchange. Since that time Wall street
may he said 10 have been immune from
crime o. a serious nature The Fulton
street dead line" was serious mat
ter 20 the outlaws
How He Became Wealthy.
BY ms work downtown. he u15- many
friends among the rich men OF ;sat day
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to make Mulberry street famous as n
place OF local color" He gave the
newspaper reading public a liberal educa-
ton in crime and what it meant. and he
was the originator of several crisp
phrases that have never been forgotten.
and probably never will be.
Third Degree" n Science.
It has often been charged that Byrnes
was neediessly brutal. Perhaps he was.
He reduced the third degree" TO a
science that McCaderty never could at
tain to. No method was too harsh for
Byrnes, II It might be expected to result
in the conviction Of suspect. on the
other hand. IT would be foolish 10 at
tempt to press home the charge that
Byrncs lacked fnesse. lie displayed it
in everything he undertook, but II was
not the fnesse that the generality OF
mankind are used to. 1t was hnesse
with a sledge hammer behind Il. ready
20 pound in his point at no matter whit
cost of human tears and agony.
The conviction Of the crlmnal-that
was Eyrnes' fetch. Nothing mattered
20 him so long as DE could convict some
man of committing every crime brought
20 his attention This was probably the
most potent of his weapons for terroriz-
! ing the forces that prey. Early in his
career the whisper stole through the un-
derworld that Tom Byrnes didn't care
anything about getting the right man. q"
Any man would do. any man who had
ever had a record. Imagine the appalling
nature Of this knowledge 10 the men who
play a lifelong gamble with the police
At first, they growled and whined. It
wasn't fair; it wasn't playing the game,
they said.
People went 10 Byrncs and told him Of
/ this. and he drew his thick eyebrows to-
gether and frowncd ~ them. Then he
| barked an impatient question or two
do YOU want 20 be robbed?' he would
ask. do YOU consider that the criminal
has the rights OF am honest man2 Why.
DE isn't even n citizen That was the
keynote of Byrnes policy. The thief
had no rights in his eyes. Byrues treated
him with the utmost contempt, and spoke
20 him as II he was the dirt of the streets
In fact. a favorite phrase Of his was that
criminals were "the contagious diseases
on the highways"
Always Aided Thieves.
Yet the thieves were often his pension
ers, and he kept a corps Of stool pig
cons" constantly IN the employment Of
his department There never was a
thief broke" said Byrues. and came TO
ma Irr+ ,t.f.4r Z ,ra..-a t{r- v-1-.,- NJ. d,
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were translated into French, German,
and Morse. and the "usEewaehlte ski
zen Won Mark Twain" forms five volumes
of the Universal Bibliothek.' issued at
Leipzig in 1883. 1885, 1892, and 1895. His
complete writings. edited by Brander
Mathews. were issued in what was
called the Royal edition. in twenty five
volumes, Hartford 1S99-19O0
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InCnnNinprntn

From the Argmaut
II was o'clock in the morning as Mr..
Younghusband crept softly up the stairs.
Everything was peaceful in the house.
Opening the door TO his room noiseIesslv
he stepped upon the tail OF the family
cat. Naturally a penetrating yowl re-
sounded through the night. John said
his wife, awakening, don't you think
it's rather late TO be singing? The neigh
bors might complain"
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Reassuring Her.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
1t would please me nightly, Miss
Stout said Mr. Mugley, Ito have you
go TO the theater with, me this evening. >"
Have you secured the seats?" asked
Miss Vera Stout.
"Oh, come, now" he protested, you're
not so heavy as all that"
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NINE. MARGUERITE DURAND.

wel-kno"n French society femn
she has doptcdas pet
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nw Do Rccnmc WcnIthr.

BY ms work downtown. he u15- many
friends among the rich men OF ;sat day
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-19
WARSHIPS FOR
China TO BE BUILT
in This COUNTRY

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18. -
That the dozen or more battleships
for the Chinese navy which the
United States Steel company expects
to build will not be constructed at
the Union Iron works, the com
pany's plant here, was the state
ment made today by Charles M.
Schwab, president of the company,
who arrived from the east to
meet Prince Tsai Hisun, Chinese
minister of naval affairs, who will
reach here tomorrow from the Orient.
Mr.. Schwab declared that San Fran
cisco was "obsessed with unionism, .
and for that reason the local plant
would not be considered in the
event of securing the contract to
construct the war vessels
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-19
WESTERN PACIFIC MAY
REACH SOUTHERN POINTS

Although the Santa Fe has had
a traffic arrangement with the
Western Pacific, as reflected in the
transcontinental tariffs, since the
completion of the Western Pacific
last year. the traffic agreement as
set forth in the above dispatch is
much more comprehensive. 1t gives
the Santa Fe a chance to get into
the territory north of Stockton,
which formerly has been the evclu-
sive territory of the Southern Pa
cific. Likewise II gives the West
ern Pacific chance at new bust
ness in southern California, and
both roads are. mmeasurably bene-
fited by the agreement.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-19
FOOL KILLER
IS DERILICT
IN HIS DUTY

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Sept.
1S.-Captain Klaus Larsen, in his
little motor boat, the Ferro, late
this afternoon made a successful
trip from the foot of the cataract
through the whirlpool rapids to
within a mile of Lewiston, dis
tance of four and one-half miles
He started from the Maid of the
Mist dock at 4:45 and ran on q
rock near the American shore al
$50. Despite the battering of the
whirlpool rapids, Larsen wert
through safely, but his boat was
leaking badly at the finish an.
through the trip. Larsen had in
tended to start at $3.50 o'c!oCf, bn
he was delayed by some rolble be
sides the authorities threatened tt
interfere on the grounds OF at
tempted suicide.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-19
NINA TAKES UP
TdSker L. Oddie'S Fight
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Residents of Northern Town Make a
Campaign Contribution of Six Cases
of Gasoline.

power for his 'sawed-off" auto
mobile. The gasoline was raised
without the knowledge of Mr.. Oddie
by subscriptions contributed by
both Democrats and Republicans,
the main trouble being to hold the
subscriptions to this fund down to
the basis of popular fund, a num-
Der of cases necessarily having to
be refused by the committee. The
cry of the Republicans to make II
unanimous for Oddie" assumes the
proportions of fact and especially
since the decisive turn-down OF
Mina's candidates by the Goldfield
Democracy.
No candidate who has ever visit
ed this town has ever received such
a spontaneous and enthusiastic
ovation as did TTasker L. Oddit
tonight. He leaves here tomorrow
morning for Hawthorne and Luck.
BOy
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AUTO DRIVERS
FATALLY HURT IN
A TEST RUN

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Sept. 18.
William H. Lempke and B. Mil
Ter were probably fatally hurt this
afternoon when 40-horse power
automobile they were driving went
through fence at the race track
and was wrecked. The men were
testing out the car in preparation
for the automobile races at the
fair here tomorrow. Lempke, who
was driving, attempted to pass an
oher car on the turn of the
track, but was blinded by the dust
and lost control of his machine
The car crashed into the fence,
went over small embankment and
turned completely over three times
Lempke was pinned beneath the
car. Both of his legs were broken
and he was injured seriously. Mil.
ler was throkn out of the car and
suffered a fracture of the sffull and
severe internal injuries.