CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. "FUSSING WITH BUSINESS" (December 1893-February 1895) -- II. "As LONG AS THE PROMISE MUST BE MADE" (March 1895-August 1896) -- III. "OUR UNSPEAKABLE DISASTER" (August 1896-July 1897) -- IV. "YOU AND I ARE A TEAM" (July 1897-May 1899) -- V. "THIS EVERLASTING EXILE" (June 1899-August 1900) -- VI. "THIS ODIOUS SWINDLE" (October 1900-June 1904) -- VII. "NOTHING AGREES WITH ME" (July 1904-March 1908) -- VIII. "I WISH HENRY ROGERS WOULD COME HERE" (June 1908-May 1909) -- AFTERWORD -- APPENDIXES -- A. Agreement of 23 May 1895 between Mrs. Olivia L. Clemens and Harper & Brothers -- B. Agreement of 31 December 1896 between Harper & Brothers, the American Publishing Company, and Mrs. Olivia L. Clemens -- C. Agreement of 31 December 1896 between Olivia L. Clemens and Samuel L. Clemens, the American Publishing Company, Samuel L. Clemens, and Charles Dudley Warner -- D. Supplement of 11 November 1898 to Agreement of 31 December 1896 between Harper & Brothers, the American Publishing Company, and Mrs. Olivia L. Clemens -- E. Agreement of 22 October 1903 between Harper & Brothers, and Samuel L. Clemens and Olivia L. Clemens -- F. Agreement of 23 October 1903 between the American Publishing Company, Harper & Brothers, and Samuel L. Clemens and Olivia L. Clemens -- G. A Tribute to Henry H. Rogers -- A CALENDAR OF LETTERS -- BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY -- GENEALOGICAL CHARTS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.