I've been meaning to post a notice here to announce the fact that I am currently preparing a revised second edition of my MARK TWAIN A TO Z for Facts On File. When I find some time, I'm going to put information on that project on my personal web page and will post a notice to that effect here. Meanwhile, I invite anyone who has suggestions for corrections or additions to write directly to me. (Please don't reply on the Forum itself.)

When Oxford University Press issued a paperback edition of the book in 1996, they permitted me to make a limited number of changes in the text, and many Forum members submitted useful suggestions. Publishing constraints prevented me from using all the suggestions, but the the revision I'm working on now is wide open to change. I'm adding about 80,000 words of entirely new material, including several new appendices, and I'll make every improvement in the existing text that I can.

Kent Rasmussen
Thousand Oaks, California