The ordeal of Mark Twain / Van Wyck Brooks -- Mark Twain and Native American humor / Walter Blair -- Mark Twain at work / Bernard De Voto -- The greatness of Huckleberry Finn / Lionel Trilling -- Mr. Eliot, Mr. Trilling, and Huckleberry Finn / Leo Marx -- Remarks on the sad initiation of Huckleberry Finn -- The structure of Huckleberry Finn / Frank Baldanza -- The unity and coherence of Huckleberry Finn / Richard P. Adams -- Why Huckleberry Finn Is a great world novel / Lauriat Lane, Jr. -- Why Huckleberry Finn Is not the great American novel / William Van O'Connor.