THE COMPLETE ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN and THE COMPLETE HUMEROUS SKETCHES AND TALES OF MARK TWAIN (both edited by Charles Neider) give the following dates: The First Writing Machines (1905) Italian With Grammer (1904) A Monument to Adam (1906) Introduction to 'The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English (1883) Portrait of King William III (1871) Bruce McElderry, Jr., CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GALAXY: 1868-1871 indicates that "An Entertaining Article" was first published in the December 1870 issue of THE GALAXY. I haven't been able to pin down "A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury" but the piece itself contains a date of 1902.