Mark Twain in German-Language Newspapers and PeriodicalsMain MenuIntroduction: Mark Twain in German-Language Newspapers and PeriodicalsIntroductory Remarks on the ProjectMark Twain in German-Language Newspapers (Catalog)survey pageReference MaterialVarious reference resources relating to this projectMark Twain in Der Deutsche Correspondent (Baltimore)survey page -- test catalog (19.04.2023)Sample PathsPaths selected for illustration purpose"Ein amerikanischer Humorist." Grenzboten 33 (1874), 306-314 | Entry pagePathWork in Progress . . . List of the most recently edited pagesproject organisationEditorial pages (for internal use)project organisationHolger Kerstenbe319ed8bdb5a4fd7c387ac70fb9bb1beb4a2843Klara Blanke2e76e4a8b5d98452e5fdd97c12e60f016a573238
The German Chicago--Illustration from the Pittsburgh Dispatch
1media/1892-04-03_Giants of Germany (German Chicago)_Pittsburgh Dispatch--MT raising glass_thumb.png2024-06-12T11:26:27-07:00Holger Kerstenbe319ed8bdb5a4fd7c387ac70fb9bb1beb4a2843397264Illustration from the Pittsburg Dispatch, Apr. 3, 1892plain2024-06-12T11:31:58-07:0003-04-1892HKHolger Kerstenbe319ed8bdb5a4fd7c387ac70fb9bb1beb4a2843
12024-06-12T09:56:46-07:00The German Chicago10annotation mainplain2024-06-12T11:48:37-07:00HK 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).
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