I am revising the paper I presented at Elmira last year on Twain and Robert
Ingersoll. In _The Mark Twain Encyclopedia_, the entry for Ingersoll was
written by Mary Minor Austin, affiliation University of Southwestern
Louisiana.  She states that there is evidence that Clara concealed the fact
that Twain owned a copy of Ingersoll's Complete Works (1900).  I am trying
to track down that evidence, but I can't find Mary Minor Austin.  Does
anyone know of her whereabouts?

In _Mark Twain's Library_, Alan Gribben quotes the letter from a Connecticut
man who offered Twain a complete set, as well as Twain's reply that he would
like to have it.  I talked to Alan last August, and that is as much as he
knows. Does anyone know more--or can help me track down Mary Minor Austin?
Thanks for any help!

John Bird
Winthrop University

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