Nope. Much much shorter than that.

Kevin
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Click, Benjamin A" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: contest!


> The best I can do is
>
>
> "A Salutation to the Twentieth Century," December 30, 1900, published by 
> Ne=
> w York Herald.
>
> Ben
>
>
> On 4/30/10 3:56 AM, "Edgar DeJean" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> In 1993 in a used bookstore near the UC Berkeley Campus I held in my
> hand a tiny little book not much bigger than your thumb which the
> dealer claimed to be one of a very small printing - a work of Mark
> Twain.    i believe the dealer and the book were authentic.
> Unfortunately I forget the name of the work.
>
> Ed DeJean
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell wrote:
>
>> Here's a simple contest open to all members of the Forum with the
>> exception of anyone who was present on a certain wine-tasting
>> excursion in upstate NY last week, where I first posed this question.
>>
>> The prize is a pristine first edition copy of WHO IS MARK TWAIN?
>> edited by Bob Hirst.
>>
>> How to win? Be the first to post the correct answer (in my sole
>> opinion) to this question:
>>
>> What is Mark Twain's shortest published work?
>>
>> Clue: It was first published in a magazine and so far as I know has
>> never been collected in his works.
>>
>> More clues will follow if needed...
>>
>> Kevin
>> @
>> Mac Donnell Rare Books
>> 9307 Glenlake Drive
>> Austin TX 78730
>> 512-345-4139
>> Member: ABAA, ILAB
>> *************************
>> You may browse our books at
>> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Ben Click
> Professor/Dept. Chair, English
> Director, Mark Twain Lecture Series on
> American Humor and Culture
> St. Mary's College of Maryland
> 240-895-4253
>


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