Mark Twain on Christian Science...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 27, 1902 Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Robert H. McCurdy; The Fate of Trust Legislation; fullpage illustration The Keystone of the Venezuelan Situation; First American Cable Across the Pacific; fullpage illustration "Dr. Lorenze in the New York Hopitals" by Ranson; New York's Museum of Art with photos; fullpage illustration "... See More  

Christmas Issue...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 6, 1902  Frontpage color illustration "Here We Are Again" by Rogers; "The Belated Russian Passport" by Mark Twain; color fullpage "The Christmas Mail In The Far North" by Post; color fullpage "The Toy-Shop Window" by McLane; color fullpage "Christmas-Eve" by Green; fullpage "A Contrast"; fullpa... See More  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 22, 1902  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, John L. Bates; The New White House with photos; full page illustration The President's Arbirtration Commission in Session; fullpage illustration "Sure of the Blue Ribbon - The Last Private View Before the Horse Show" by Klepper; The New York Water-Color Club Exhibition with photos; The Ope... See More  

Mark Twain Content....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 25, 1902  Frontpage photo Americans of To-Morrow, Edmund Janes James; The President's Coal-Strike Arbitrators; fullpage illustration "The Break in the Coal Strike. - A Historic Moment" by Ranson; fullpage illustration "The Largest Electrical Power-House in the World" by Meeker; Princeton's New President and the Men of ... See More  

Mark Twain...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 5, 1902 "Santiago - July 3, 1898" by Janvier; doublepage of photos The Automobile and The Horse; fullpage photo Anthony Hope;  The Struggle for Western Free Range; Mark Twain Unveils a Tablet to Eugene Field; fullpage photo Mrs. E. R. Thomas; doublepage colored illustration "Finish of a Fourth-of-July Handicap Race"; and other news ... See More  

Winter Golfing...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 8, 1902 Frontpage photo Mr. John Burroughs; photos from the Invalid Trees of Boston Commons; The Kaiser as a Sportsman; a fullpage colored illustration of Mrs. Leslie Carter, as Madame du Barry;  fullpage photo Recruits For The German Army; Winter Golf in Tropical Climes with photos; fullpage Madrazo's Portrait of Mrs. Swift; fullpage illustrat... See More  

Emancipation Remembered...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 4, 1902 Frontpage photo "A Memory of Emancipation Day"; Ice Hocky and Its Players; a colored print "Jan Kubelik - The Bohemian Violinist Now Touring The United States"; a page of photos of Marconi's Latest Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy; a page of photos Winners at the First annual Sow of the Ladies' Kennel Association of Ame... See More  

The Evolution of the Racing Yacht...

Mark Twain as Inventor... Victoria Day parade...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 7, 1901 A nice print showing Canadian Mounted Police in a Victoria Day Parade; Fullpage "Half Speed! An Ocean Liner Feeling Her Way Through the Fishing Fleet on the 'Banks'" by Beckel; fullpage "A Chinese Farm on Long Island" by Toaspern; A New Architectura Era in Chicago; The Opening of the New Bridge Across the Harlem at Willis... See More  

Uncle Sam cartoon by Rogers...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 16, 1901 Frontpage cartoon Uncle Sam  "A Steel Cinch On The World" by Rogers; The Sportsmen's Show At The Madison Square Garden; doublepage photos of the Inauguration of President McKinley;  Gruson Coast-Defence Turrets; doublepage centerfold "After The Theatre, - Stopping At The Waldorf-Astoria For Supper" by  Hutt; ... See More  

Ellis Island...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 19, 1901  Fullpage illustration Cavalrymen Rounding Up Poachers in Yellowstone Park; Frontpage illustration of the Subway Construction in New York at Union Square; The Nicaragua Canal Treaty; American Troops in China; fullpage illustration "The Goose Cow - A Nebraska Method of Stalking Wild Geese" by Clarke; fullpage illustration "The New ... See More  

Mark Twain gains his "first national headline"....

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 29, 1866  The most notable content would be the full page print: "Burning of the California Clipper 'Hornet', One Thousand Miles from Land" not so much for the print but for the accompanying article titled: "Burning of the Clipper 'Hornet' ".

Another source notes that Mark Twain was in Hawaii at the time the boat of sur... See More  

Mark Twain on the cover...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 26, 1891  The full front page is a nice print captioned: "Samuel L.Clemens (Mark Twain)" with a corncob pipe in his mouth. Very displayable as such. 

Inside pages have prints including: "The Manhattan A.C. Grounds" showing several views of the baseball field. Also a halfpg. photos of: "The Philadelphia Champion Team of 1889&q... See More  

Scenes of Labrador...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 27, 1895 Dramatic & displayable full ftpg: 'A Winter March' shows the cavalry stuck in a snowstorm. Fullpg. with 6 photos of 'The Cuban Uprising--Scene at the Seat of the Insurrection'. Fullpg. with 6 illustrations: 'Along the Northern Coast of Labrador'.

Complete issue.... See More  

Cincinnati...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 12, 1884  Full front pg. illus. of "The Cincinnati Riots-Breaking in the Gates of the Jail." Two 1/2 pg. illus. pertaining to "The Cincinnati Riots" including "Barricade on Court and Canal Streets" and "Firing the Jail with Petroleum." 2/3 pg. illus. of "An Alligator Trap." Full pg. illus. of "The Cinc... See More  

Cleaning New York's streets...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 22, 1895  Full front page illus. of "The Dead Horse Party." Inside is a 2/3 pg. portrait of "Hon. Richard Olney, Secretary of State." 1/2 pg. illus. of "'Valkyrie III' on the ways in Glasgow, Scotland." Full pg. of illus. of "The Chickamauga and Chattanooga Military Park."

Doublepage centerfold  containi... See More  

The Cuban insurrection...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 9, 1896  Full front page illus. of "A Few Pointers from an Expert." Inside are two full pgs. of illus. of "Unveiling of the Bronze Equestrian Statue of General U.S. Grant, at Grant Square, Brooklyn, April 25, 1896" and "The Cuban Insurrection - Insurgent Leaders and Their Battles." 1/2 pg. of illus. of "The Trial of the Uni... See More  

Cripple Creek, Colorado...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 13, 1897  Inside has a fullpg. with 5 photos of 'The New Cripple Creek, Showing the Town's Rapid Recovery from the Disastrous Fires'.

Doublepage centerfold is a nice view of: 'The Development of Morningside Hgts.', New York City'. Fullpg. with 7 photos: 'Cuban Insurrection--After the Attack on Bayamo & Ft. El Guamo'&... See More  

Black troops...

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 9, 1898  The full front page illustration shows 'Major-General Nelson Miles, U.S.A. Commanding the Army'. "Diary of the War" is in an inclusive feature. Inside is a full page 'Bird's-Eye-View of Santiago, Cuba'. Dramatic and nice full page: 'The Battle of La Guasima, June 24 --The Heroic Stand of the Rough Riders'. Nice... See More  

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, May 4, 1867 "Lectures and Amusements" on pg. 7 includes a notice for Mark Twain at the Cooper Institute where he was to deliver a "serio-humerous lecture" about the Sandwich Islands. Early for Mark Twain! A few traces of foxing, otherwise in very good condition.