>I think the letter Bob refers to is the one Mark Twain wrote Mary
>Fairbanks, 25 Feb 1874, in which he says the reason she doesn't like The
>Gilded Age enough is because she's been reading the wrong chapters. Here's
>what he says:
>"I think you don’t like the Gilded Age,—but that’s because you’ve been
>reading Warner’schapters. I wrote chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
>11, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 42, 43, 45, first three or four
>pages of 49,—also chapters 51, 52, 53, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, & portions of 35
>& 56. You read those!"
Yes, that's definitely one of them. I thought I recalled that one went to
Mary Fairbanks, and in particular I remember "you've been reading Warner's
chapters." Thanks!
-- Bob G.
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