The index of Carl Dolmetsch’s “Our Famous Guest” shows no references to Bratislava, Pressburg, nor Sopron. 

I have not re-read the book recently. 

Dennis Kelly



> On Feb 27, 2019, at 6:33 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Wolfgang: yes precisely!  I should have mentioned that, but forgot to do it. Talk about a place with a variety of history: and also of course the city was capital of the empire for like two centuries though not at the time MT might have visited!  I guess he would call it Pressburg being in Vienna?  Thanks for reminding me...
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> From: Wolfgang Hochbruck <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: Was Twain in Pakistan? Slovakia/ Bratislava??
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> ...note that Bratislawa would then have been called Pressburg (Austrian
> German) or Sopron (Hungarian) ...
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> On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 01:32:39 +0000
> Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Italy & Palestine (not Israel) -- which also brings up the question of
>> what country a place was when MT visited it, vs. what it is called
>> today.
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>> ps & additional question: did Twain ever venture over to Slovakia/
>> Bratislava during his time in Vienna (it's not far, like 40 miles)??
>> 
>> 
>> It's been a while since I read it, but Carl Dolmetsch wrote a very
>> good book about MT's Vienna years, called Our Famous Guest, and if I
>> had it handy I could just check the index....
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>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 7:33:02 AM
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>> Subject: Was Twain in Pakistan?
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>> When Twain visited India in 1896, was he ever in the region which is
>> now Pakistan?
>> 
>> AFAIK, these are the countries Twain visited:
>> Canada
>> Australia
>> Tasmania
>> New Zealand
>> Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
>> India
>> South Africa
>> England
>> Scotland
>> Germany
>> Austria
>> Switzerland
>> France
>> Sweden
>> Turkey
>> Greece
>> Israel
>> Egypt
>> Syria
>> Lebanon
>> 
>> Which am I missing?
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