On Feb. 28. 1878 the Atlanta _Constitution_ newspaper published without
introduction or explanation a short first person narrative titled "The
Fascinating Duchess, Mark Twain's Adventure in the Jardin Mabille." The
narrative is not included in _Innocents Abroad_ and I have not found it in
Daniel McKeithan's collection of original letters in _Traveling with the
Innocents Abroad_. It seems likely the _Constitution_ copied the piece from
another paper. Several questions about the piece:

Is it actually Twain's work? Has the piece been published elsewhere?

I have placed the article online at:

http://users.htcomp.net/bschmidt/FascinatingDuchess.html

Barb