Scott,

A typescript of the original manuscript THE INNOCENTS ADRIFT is available
from MTP.

Barb

On Sunday, September 27, 2020, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I came across this note in Fear's Day By Day:
>
> Note: Arthur L. Scott’s article, “The Innocents Adrift Edited by Mark
> Twain’s Official Biographer,” PMLA, Vol. 78, No.3, (June, 1963), p.230-7
> covers in depth how Paine butchered this piece, which was initially to be a
> full-length book. Paine changed the title to “Down the Rhone” and the
> castrated version was published in Europe and Elsewhere, 1923.
>
> and read through the article.  Now I'm wondering if transcripts of Twain's
> original manuscripts are available.
>