Mark Twain - 1601

"SAVE ME ONE."

The story of the first issue of 1601 is one of finesse, state diplomacy, and surreptitious printing.

The Rev. "Joe" Twichell, for whose delectation the piece had been written, apparently had pocketed the document for four long years. Then, in 1880, it came into the hands of John Hay, later Secretary of State, presumably sent to him by Mark Twain. Hay pronounced the sketch a masterpiece, and wrote immediately to his old Cleveland friend, Alexander Gunn, prince of connoisseurs in art and literature. The following correspondence reveals the fine diplomacy which made the name of John Hay known throughout the world.

Content:

• INTRODUCTION
• WHO WROTE 1601?
• TWITTING THE REV. JOSEPH TWICHELL
• "SAVE ME ONE."
• DEPARTMENT OF STATE
• HUMOR AT WEST POINT
• FROM THE DEPTHS
• FIGS FOR FIG LEAVES!
• PROFESSOR SCENTS PORNOGRAPHY
• DROLL STORY
• THE FIRST PRINTING
• YESTERNIGHT
• FOOTNOTES
• THE CHARACTERS
• THE ELIZABETHAN WRITERS
• GOOD OLD ENGLISH CUSTOM
• AEOLIAN CREPITATIONS
• "YE BOKE OF YE SIEUR MICHAEL DE MONTAINE"
• "THEN SPAKE YE DAMNED WINDMILL, SIR WALTER"
• YE VIRGIN QUEENE
• "'BOCCACCIO HATH A STORY"
• OLD SR. NICHOLAS THROGMORTON
• "TO SAVE HIS DOTER'S MAIDENHEDDE"
• PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY