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The Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies presents a new publication:
 
Quarry Farm Papers #6
 
Mark Twain: The Ecstasy of Humor
by Louis J. Budd
 
The series, Quarry Farm Papers, is a publication of the Elmira College Center
for Mark Twain Studies.  The series makes available works of primary
importance to Mark Twain Studies by scholars who have participated in
programs at the Center.
 
Mark Twain:  The Ecstasy of Humor was delivered as the keynore address at the
conference "The State of Mark Twain Studies," at Elmira College Center for
Mark Twain Studies at Quarry Farm, 12-14 August 1993.  This conference
honored the life-time achievements of Dr. Budd, the "Dean" of Mark Twain
Studies.  This publication also contains a forward written by Alan Gribben
that details the many achievements of Dr. Budd, including his extensive
publications and lectures, as well as Dr. Budd's continual support and
encouragement for scholars entering the field of Mark Twain Studies.
Paperbound, 28 pp., $5 per copy plus $1 shipping and handling
 
Also Available from the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies:
 
Quarry Farm Papers #1
How True are Dreams?  The Theme of Fantasy in Mark Twain's Later Work,  by
Henry Nash Smith.  Forward by Alan Gribben.  1989.  Paperbd,  25 pp.
$5 plus $1 shipping and handling.
 
Quarry Farm Papers #2
Mark Twain:  The Youth Who Lived on in the Sage, by John S. Tuckey.  Forward
by Howard Baetzhold.  1990.  Paperbd, 16 pp.
$5 plus $1 shipping and handling.
 
Quarry Farm Papers #3
Quarry Farm:  A Study of the "Picturesque," by Lorraine Welling Lanmon.
 1991.  Paperbd,  30 pp.
$5 plus $1 shipping and handling.
 
Quarry Farm Papers #4
The American Vandal Goes A-Courting; or, Mark Twain's First Elmira Lecture
and Its Romantic Aftermath and  Morgan vs. Merlin:  The Case for Magic and
Miracle in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mary Boewe,  1994.
 Paperbd, 39 pp.
$5 plus $1 shipping and handling.
 
Quarry Farm Papers #5
Ethical Records of Twain and His Circle of Sagebrush Journalists,   by
Lawrence I. Berkove, 1995.  Paperbd, 25 pp.
$5 plus $1 shipping and handling.
 
Mark Twain and the Starchy Boys, by Edgar M. Branch.  1993.  Paperbd, 97 pp.
 $10 plus $1.50 shipping and handling.  ISBN 1-880817-04-7
 
Overland With Mark Twain:  James B. Pond's Photographs and Journal of the
North American Lecture Tour of 1895,  eds. Alan Gribben and Nick Karanovich.
 1992.  Hardbd, 112 pp.
$29 plus $2 shipping and handling.  ISBN 1-880817-00-4
 
There are now three ways to place an order:  snail mail via Elmira College
Center for Mark Twain Studies, Box 7035, Elmira College, Elmira, NY 14901;
e-mail via [log in to unmask]; or FAX at 607/735-1756.  Please include where we
should mail your purchase, and whether you are a Friend of the Center - you
get a discount.  We offer bookstores and other retail/resale operations a 20%
discount.