Twain, Mark 1835-1910 creator De Voto, Bernard Augustine 1897-1955 Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) text bibliography nyu New York Harper & Row 1962 1st ed. monographic eng

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ix, 303 p. : 21 cm. Letters from the earth -- Papers of the Adam family. Extract from Methuselah's diary ; A later extract from Methuselah's diary ; Extract from Eve's autobiography ; Passage from Eve's autobiography : year of the world, 920 ; The world in the year 920 after creation ; Two fragments from a suppressed book called "Glances at history" or "Outlines of history" ; Extract from Shem's diary of 920 A.C. -- Letter to the earth -- A cat-tale -- Cooper's prose style -- Official report to the I.I.A.S. (1909) -- The Gorky incident (1906) -- Simplified spelling -- Something about repentance (1908) -- From an English notebook. The Albert Memorial ; Old Saint Paul's ; The British Museum -- From the manuscript of "A tramp abroad" (1879) : the French and the Comanches -- From unfinished burlesque of books on etiquette. At the funeral ; At a fire ; Visiting cards -- The damned human race. Was the world made for man? ; In the animals' court ; Zola's La terre ; The intelligence of God ; The lowest animal -- The great dark. [by] Mark Twain [pseud.] ; edited by Bernard DeVoto ; with a preface by Henry Nash Smith. "Bibliographical note": p. 303. American literature Authors, American 20th century Biography 817 CLE 62014550 LC 730515 20170423172202.0 4839325 eng