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In 1891, Clemens agreed with the New York ''Sun'' to write six travel letters during his stay in Europe ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/FIZ6WARP/ Rasmussen et al. 2:813]). His report on Berlin, the last in the series, was published in the New York [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1892-04-03/ed-1/seq-24/ ''Sun'', April 3, 1892]. [[File:Virchow_birthday_pittsburgh_dispatch_03_04_1892.png|frameless|right|{{File:Virchow_birthday_pittsburgh_dispatch_03_04_1892.png}}]]On the same day, the Chicago ''Daily Tribune'' released a version of the text as “The Chicago of Europe”, illustrated by Dan Beard and Harold R. Heaton. A [http://www.twainquotes.com/Travel1891/April1892.html transcribed version], including reproductions of the illustrations, is available on Barbara Schmidt’s ''Twainquotes''. Under the title “Giants of Germany,” the article, along with two of the illustrations from the ''Tribune'', was printed in the [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1892-04-03/ed-1/seq-19/ ''Pittsburgh Dispatch'', April 3, 1892], where it was featured next to the first instalment of Henry James’s story “The Real Thing.”
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''The Illustrated London News'' published the text in three instalments, [https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1892-09-24_101_2788/page/396/mode/2up September 4, 1892], [https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1892-10-01_101_2789/page/429/mode/2up October 1, 1892], and [https://archive.org/details/sim_illustrated-london-news_1892-10-22_101_2792/page/516/mode/2up October 22, 1892]. This time, it was accompanied by ten original illustrations created by Amédée Forestier (1854-1930), an artist who, at the time, enjoyed great popularity with readers of English books and magazines and who also garnered respect for his artistic technique ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/A22ZAITQ/ Sketchley 93]).<br />
“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'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/HFE6WTAM 1893, 210-232]), ''The American Claimant and Other Stories and Sketches'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/WBZXC9FF/ 1898, 502-517]), and ''In Defense of Harriet Shelley, and Other Essays'' ([https://www.zotero.org/groups/4437667/mtxdigital/items/VS6TMW4K 1918, 244-262]).


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