General Grant
By: by Matthew Arnold ; with a rejoinder by Mark Twain ; edited with an introduction by John Y. Simon.
Contributors: Simon, John Y.
Edition: [2nd ed.].
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.; Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Political and social views.; United States. Army -- Biography.; Presidents -- United States -- Biography.; Generals -- United States -- Biography.
Description: General Grant by Matthew Arnold with a Rejoinder by Mark Twain presents conflicting essays and cultures. Matthew Arnold's 1886 essay on Grant praised the general and his posthumously published Memoirs, but to many Americans its tone seemed patronizing of their hero and country. Grant's friend and personal benefactor, Mark Twain, delivered a caustic rejoinder to the Army and Navy Club of Connecticut in April 1887.

Thus Arnold became a pet prejudice of Twain's and may have served as an inspiration for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. In this volume, Twain's rejoinder is published in a correct text for the first time since the Hartford Courant printed his speech.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.