Mark Twain on the damned human race
By: edited and with an introduction by Janet Smith ; preface by Maxwell Geismar
Series: American century series
Publisher: Noonday Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780374521516
Copyright date: 1962
Other titles: On the damned human race
Description: This volume reveals Mark Twain's deep concern for the human race, whether persecuted, persecuting, corrupt, corrupting, or damned. It presents a side of his genius that has been largely neglected by present-day critics and editors. In these angry and hilarious selections (mostly written in the early years of the twentieth century), many of them long out of print and some appearing in book form for the first time, we find Mark Twain in the role of satirist and bitter critic of social injustice, rather than the better known one of gentle humorist and storyteller. -- From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: On the damned race. To the person sitting in darkness ; Corn-pone opinions ; My first lie and how I got out of it ; About smells ; As regards patriotism ; Bible teaching and religious practice ; Dr. Loeb's incredible discovery ; The dervish and the offensive stranger ; Does the race of man love a Lord? ; The war prayer ; Reflections on being the delight of God.; title: On the United States. The caravan ; At Galilee ; Disgraceful persecution of a boy ; A defence of General Funston ; A humane word from Satan ; The United States of Lyncherdom ; Banquet for a senator ; Comments on the killing of 600 Moros.; title: On Spain. A word of encouragement for our blushing exiles.; title: On France. What Paul Bourget thinks of us.; title: On Italy. They may be good people ; The true religion ; The internal machine ; Why don't they rob their churches? ; If I were a Roman.; title: On the Jews. Concerning the Jews ; Stormfield and Goldstein.; title: On the Belgian Congo. King Leopold's soliloquy.; title: On Russia. The czar's soliloquy.; title: On England. The aristocracy ; The examination ; Archdeacon Wilberforce discovers the Holy Grail.; title: On the white race. The white man's notion ; Slave catching from the slave's point of view ; Clothes ; War monuments ; Skin deep ; Woman's place ; Insult, humiliation, and forced labor ; From Bombay to Missouri.