I knew MT was a Darwin fan; I didn't know Darwin liked Twain -- and at
that, the young, absurdist, smart-ass Twain of the "Jumping Frog"
collection, which was essentially the first draft of "Sketches New & Old."

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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Kent Rasmussen's CRITICAL COMPANION TO MARK TWAIN features an entry on the
> Twain-Darwin connection and also discusses the uses Mark Twain made of
> Darwin's theories in several of his works.
>
> Barb
>