Mark Twain
Mark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was his last completed book—and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper & Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910.
Read more from Mark Twain
A Vintage Christmas: A Collection of Classic Stories and Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMark Twain's Civil War Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/520 Classic Children Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Innocents Abroad Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Classic Children's Stories (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Prince and the Pauper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Journeys Through Time & Space: 5 Classic Novels of Science Fiction and Fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Christmas Library: 250+ Essential Christmas Novels, Poems, Carols, Short Stories...by 100+ Authors Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/550 Great Love Letters You Have To Read (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Short Stories of Mark Twain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Classic American Short Story MEGAPACK ® (Volume 1): 34 of the Greatest Stories Ever Written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America?s Most-Revered Humorist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Roughing It Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time: Timeless Classics That Celebrate the Season Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBig Book of Christmas Tales: 250+ Short Stories, Fairytales and Holiday Myths & Legends Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings50 Feminist Masterpieces you have to read before you die (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/520 Eternal Masterpieces Of Children Stories (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Humorous Tales (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Life on the Mississippi, Part 10.
Related ebooks
Catherine: a Story Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Annotated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Evacuation of England: The Twist in the Gulf Stream Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCatherine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsColonel Thomas Blood, Crown-stealer, 1618-1680 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Colonial Cavalier or Southern Life before the Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities (Annotated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKophetua the Thirteenth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHereward, the Last of the English Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Repairer of Reputations: Magical Antiquarian, A Weiser Books Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistoric Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities | The Pink Classics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tale of Two Cities: Illustrated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTales Of The Trains Being Some Chapters of Railroad Romance by Tilbury Tramp, Queen's Messenger Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHomeward Bound, Or, the Chase (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities: with original Illustrations by Phiz Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Catherine: “Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.” Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrench Revolution Classics (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharles Dickens: Great Expectations & A Tale of Two Cities Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tale of Two Cities (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRise, Canadians! Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThomas Otway: The Best Plays of the Old Dramatists Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Heart of Midlothian (Unabridged): Historical Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Reviews for Life on the Mississippi, Part 10.
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Life on the Mississippi, Part 10. - Mark Twain
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Part 10., By Mark Twain
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Life On The Mississippi, Part 10.
by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: Life On The Mississippi, Part 10.
Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Release Date: July 10, 2004 [EBook #8480]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, PART 10. ***
Produced by David Widger
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, Part 10.
BY MARK TWAIN
Click on the Image to Enlarge
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 46
Enchantments and Enchanters
THE largest annual event in New Orleans is a something which we arrived too late to sample—the Mardi-Gras festivities. I saw the procession of the Mystic Crew of Comus there, twenty-four years ago—with knights and nobles and so on, clothed in silken and golden Paris-made gorgeousnesses, planned and bought for that single night's use; and in their train all manner of giants, dwarfs, monstrosities, and other diverting grotesquerie—a startling and wonderful sort of show, as it filed solemnly and silently down the street in the light of its smoking and flickering torches; but it is said that in these latter days the spectacle is mightily augmented, as to cost, splendor, and variety. There is a chief personage—'Rex;' and if I remember rightly, neither this king nor any of his great following of subordinates is known to any outsider. All these people are gentlemen of position and consequence; and it is a proud thing to belong to the organization; so the mystery in which they hide their personality is merely for romance's sake, and not on account of the police.
Mardi-Gras is of course a relic of the French and Spanish occupation; but I judge that the religious feature has been pretty well knocked out of it now. Sir Walter has got the advantage of the gentlemen of the cowl and rosary, and he will stay. His medieval business, supplemented by the monsters and the oddities, and the pleasant creatures from fairy-land, is finer to look at than the poor fantastic inventions and performances of the reveling rabble of the priest's day, and serves quite as well,