The book that compiled Mark Twain's notes about his travels through Europe is called "The Innocents Abroad," published in 1869. It details his experiences and observations while on a tour of Europe and the Holy Land.
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Yeah he did
Mark Twain traveled to Europe several times, Hawaii, New York, and up and down with the Mississippi River.
Twain met Olivia while on a trip through the Mediterranean.
Mark Twain traveled from Missouri to Mississippi, Nevada, California, Hawaii, New York, Connecticut and parts of Europe.
Mark Twain claimed to speak French (he translated the "Jumping Frog" in and out of French) but disparaged German . Read his "A Tramp Abroad" or the link. It is summed up in quotes like "Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other side of his Atlantic with his verb in his mouth."
Through Twain the mesmerizer was able to attract people to his show. However, Twain benefited shortly by feeling "famous" and adored. Twain later despised what he did and regretted it, but it was too late. Thus, I believe that the mesmerizer benefited more from Twain's trickery.
The quote attributed to Mark Twain regarding his premature death is "The report of my death was an exaggeration." This was in response to a journalist mistakenly reporting that Twain had died while he was traveling in Europe in 1897.
No, in his lifetime, Mark Twain was never sued. Since his death, his surviving family did sue an author who claimed to have written a story dictated by Mark Twain through an Ouija board.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens as Mark Twain (his pen name for many publications)
Mark Twain named the steamboat in his book Life on the Mississippi "Walter Scott" after the novelist Sir Walter Scott. Twain admired Scott's writings and wanted to pay homage to him through the name of the steamboat in his story.
Mark Twain often portrayed kings as being foolish, selfish, and out of touch with the common people in his works. Through humor and satire, Twain criticized the entitlement and arrogance that he believed many rulers embodied. Twain's writing often highlighted the absurdity of monarchies and the flawed nature of those in power.