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Mark Twain in German-Language Newspapers and Periodicals

The German Chicago | Illustration from the Pittsburgh Dispatch

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Writing | The German Chicago In 1891, Clemens agreed with the New York Sun to write six travel letters during his stay in Europe (Rasmussen, 813). His report on Berlin, the last in the series, was published in the New York Sun on April 2, 1892, titled "The German Chicago." On the same day, the Chicago Daily Tribune release a version of the text as "The Chicago of Europe", illustrated by Dan Beard and Harold R. Heaton. For a transcribed version, including reproductions of the illustrations, see Barbara Schmidt's website. Under the title "Giants of Germany," the article, along with two of the illustrations from the Tribune, was printed in the Pittsburgh Dispatch on April 3, 1892, where it was featured next to the first installment of Henry James's story "The Real Thing."
On September 4, October 1, and October 22, Mark Twain's report on Berlin appeared in three installments in The Illustrated London News. This time, it was accompanied by ten original illustrations created by Amédée Forestier (1854-1930), an artist who enjoyed great popularity with readers of English books and magazines and who also garnered respect for his artistic technique (Sketchley, 93).

"The German Chicago" was later included in several collections of Mark Twain's works, for example in The £1,000,000 Bank-Note, and Other New Stories (New York: Charles Webster & Company, 1893, 210-232), The American Claimant and Other Stories and Sketches (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899, 502-517), and In Defense of Harriet Shelley, and Other Essays (New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1918, 244-262).