To all who responded to the query from AULA, Dr. Erdynast sends along his
grateful thanks.

Howard Harrelson

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Howard Harrelson <
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John Bird <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 4:18 PM
> Subject: Re: a request from Antioch University Los Angeles
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> I think the question might be about somebody else's speech, the one that
> preceded Twain's on the subject of adultery, if I am reading the question
> right.  I wrote the entry on the Onanism speech in the Mark Twain
> Encyclopedia, so I did all the research on the topic that I could, and I
> don't recall reading about the other speeches.
>
> John Bird
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rick Talbot
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: a request from Antioch University Los Angeles
>
> Hello,
> Chronologically speaking, "Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism" was
> delivered to the Stomach Club in Paris in the spring of 1879. The speech
> given before this one was earlier in the spring of 1879 also in Paris at
> the
> Stanley Club Dinner. It was recorded as "Dinner Speech."
> See Mark Twain Speaking by Paul Fatout, University of Iowa Press 1976 ISBN
> 0-87745-056-0.
>
> Another resource might be MARK TWAIN'S SPEECHES. New York and London:
> Harper
> & Brothers, 1910. BAL 3513.
>
> The 1910 edition was the first collection of Twain's speeches, followed by
> an edition in 1923 that added twenty-one more. Both are superseded by MARK
> TWAIN SPEAKING (1976) which is harder to find in the first printing than
> either the 1910 or 1923 collections.
>
> Start with Fatout. I'm thinking he's your best bet.
>
> Richard Talbot
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Howard
> Harrelson
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:28 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: a request from Antioch University Los Angeles
>
> Hello Twain List-ers
>
> Professor Al Erdynast at AULA is trying to find the speech that proceeded
> Twain's "The Science of Onanism" which Twain delivered at the Stomach Club
> in Paris, 1879. The subject of that preceding speech was "adultery" and
> Twain makes reference to it as he begins. If you could help us, we would be
> deeply indebted.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Howard Harrelson
> Student, MA in Psychology
> Antioch University Los Angeles
>
>