Today I read on the internet a piece of 'Mark Twain, A Biography', by Albert
Paine. In chapter XIII it reads: "He [Samuel Clemens] had indeed a genuine
passion for cats; summers when he went to the farm he never failed to take
his cat in a basket. When he ate, it sat in a chair beside him at the
table."

I was very surprised to read this, since I understood that Samuel didn't
care for cats at all. I am not sure, but I think it was in P. Fanning's
'Mark Twain and Orion Clemens. Brothers, partners, strangers' that I read
that Samuel wouldn't mind to drown young kittens, when there were too many.

I believe both Paine and Fanning have been critized for their works on
Clemens, but what should I think of Samuels love for animals?

Niek