BRIEFLY NOTED:

_"We Shall Have Them With Us Always": The Ghosts of the Mark Twain
House_. By Steve Courtney. Pp. 84. Hartford, CT: Paige Compositor
Press (October 2013). Softcover. $14.95.

Steve Courtney, publications editor at the Mark Twain House and Museum
and author of _The Loveliest Home That Ever Was_ (2011), has turned
his attention to the history of ghost hunting in Mark Twain's Hartford
home. Courtney's short book features testimonials from the staff
regarding unexplained occurrences and possible ghost sightings.
Courtney explains the decisions made to allow paranormal researchers
to investigate and film inside the house. Television broadcasts of
these efforts have featured researchers from the series _Ghost
Hunters_ which airs on the Syfy Channel. Is the Mark Twain house
haunted? Courtney relates his own experience sleeping overnight in the
house in a sleeping bag. The official museum stance on the issue
remains neutral. Courtney wraps up the book with a short discussion on
Mark Twain's interest in spiritualism. This is an entertaining book,
but one that does not shy away from addressing the scholarly
controversy over "ghost hunting" in Mark Twain's former home. The book
is currently available only from the Mark Twain House Museum store.
The phone number is 860-280-3136. The website for the book is:

http://shop.marktwainhouse.org