Author Mark Twain was a seasoned international traveler, and found great success writing about his adventures in his books The Innocents Abroad, The Tramp Abroad, and Following the Equator.

Here is the beginning of his stylebook.

STYLE

* Twain began wearing white suits later in life.

* He smoked over 40 cigars a day.

* He was a fan of pocket watches.

TRAVEL

* Twain visited many countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Hawaii, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Nicaragua, South Africa, Switzerland and Ukraine.

* While in London, Twain stayed at Brown's Hotel and drank at the American Bar at The Savoy.

* During one of his European trips, Twain pined for the comforts of American food and in Chapter 49 of The Tramp Abroad detailed the "modest" meal that should be prepared for him upon his return.

The "few dishes" included:

"Radishes.

Baked apples, with cream.

Fried oysters; stewed oysters.

Frogs.

American coffee, with real cream.

American butter.

Fried chicken, Southern style.

Porter-house steak.

Saratoga potatoes.

Broiled chicken, American style.

Hot biscuits, Southern style.

Hot wheat-bread, Southern style.

Hot buckwheat cakes.

American toast. Clear maple syrup.

Virginia bacon, broiled.

Blue points, on the half shell.

Cherry-stone clams.

San Francisco mussels, steamed.

Oyster soup. Clam Soup.

Philadelphia Terapin soup.

Oysters roasted in shell-Northern style.

Soft-shell crabs. Connecticut shad.

Baltimore perch.

Brook trout, from Sierra Nevadas.

Lake trout, from Tahoe.

Sheep-head and croakers, from New Orleans.

Black bass from the Mississippi.

American roast beef.

Roast turkey, Thanksgiving style.

Cranberry sauce. Celery.

Roast wild turkey. Woodcock.

Canvas-back-duck, from Baltimore.

Prairie liens, from Illinois.

Missouri partridges, broiled.

'Possum. Coon.

Boston bacon and beans.

Bacon and greens, Southern style.

Hominy. Boiled onions. Turnips.

Pumpkin. Squash. Asparagus.

Butter beans. Sweet potatoes.

Lettuce. Succotash. String beans.

Mashed potatoes. Catsup.

Boiled potatoes, in their skins.

New potatoes, minus the skins.

Early rose potatoes, roasted in the ashes, Southern style, served hot.

Sliced tomatoes, with sugar or vinegar. Stewed tomatoes.

Green corn, cut from the ear and served with butter and pepper.

Green corn, on the ear.

Hot corn-pone, with chitlings, Southern style.

Hot hoe-cake, Southern style.

Hot egg-bread, Southern style.

Hot light-bread, Southern style.

Buttermilk. Iced sweet milk.

Apple dumplings, with real cream.

Apple pie. Apple fritters.

Apple puffs, Southern style.

Peach cobbler, Southern style

Peach pie. American mince pie.

Pumpkin pie. Squash pie.

All sorts of American pastry.

"Fresh American fruits of all sorts, including strawberries which are not to be doled out as if they were jewelry, but in a more liberal way.

Ice-water—not prepared in the ineffectual goblet, but in the sincere and capable refrigerator.”

Great menu, but no way we could eat any of that in a white suit.

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