Congratulations, Matt -- the new website is handsome indeed, and the drone
shot of Quarry Farm on its sumptuous verdant hilltop is literally
enchanting! All the best, and THANKS!
*_________________________________*

*Peter Salwen /* salwen.com
*114 W 86, NYC 10024 | 917-620-5371*



On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:34 AM Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> If you come by MarkTwainStudies.org today, you’ll notice we have a fresh
> new design.
>
> When we launched two years ago, we relied on a webmaster with limited
> coding skill who was literally colorblind (aka, me).
>
> As the site grew, existing materials got buried and new opportunities
> eclipsed our technical capabilities.
>
> No longer.
>
> Paul Stonier Design has created a better looking and more functional site,
> and will continue to consult for CMTS going forward.
>
> Even more exciting than the new look, however, is that you now have access
> to a fully-searchable digital edition of David Fears’s MARK TWAIN DAY BY
> DAY.
>
> As many of you know, David’s immense chronology of Samuel Clemens’s life,
> published between 2008 and 2014, is a unique reference. We are incredibly
> grateful to Mr. Fears for entrusting us with the fruit of his exhaustive
> labors, as well as to Leslie Myrick, who converted the print volumes to
> HTML (another Herculean task).
>
> Until now, there has been relatively limited access to the print volumes
> of DAY BY DAY. We are thrilled to be able to make them available to
> students, teachers, independent scholars, and all varieties of Twainiac. We
> can’t wait to see what they do with this resource.
>
> There will, of course, be some trouble-shooting with the new site over the
> coming weeks. Please let us know if you run into any technical
> difficulties.
>
> Happy browsing!
>
> - MS
>
> ***************
> Matt Seybold
> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies
> Elmira College
> Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org
> MattSeybold.com
>