Harold - The ms is held by MT Papers. If I remember correctly, it was written as a response to an attempt to ban "Leaves of Grass" specifically. It exposes the absurdity of banning ribald modern work against a background of respected, yet more ribald, classic works. The relative dates are not in my head at the moment, but I wonder if WW's Controversy inspired Twain's "1601." 
 
On Jan 7, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Harold Bush wrote:

> Really?  That's an intriguing tidbit, never heard about that one... Alan;
> or anyone -- have you read that essay?  and if so: what's the context of
> MT's coverage of WW?
> 
> -hb
> 
> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Alan Gribben <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Twain showed familiarity with the controversy about his verse in a n=
>> ever-completed essay written around 1880.
>> 
> 
> 
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