Today I received an advance copy of _Mark Twain: Historical Romances_,
another in the Library of America series in which the two-volume edition
of sketches, stories, etc. (ed. Louis J. Budd) recently appeared.  A
reviewer for this book is needed, which is described thus:

"The Library of America has collected for the first time in one volume,
authoritative editions of all of Mark Twain's novels of medieval and
Renaissance Europe.  In addition to two classics, _The Prince and the
Pauper_ and _A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_, _Mark Twain:
Historical Romances_ (to be published 1 August 1994) also makes available
the humorist's previously hard-to-find fictional biography of Joan of Arc.

"'Taking into account . . . her origin, youth, sex, illiteracy, early
environment, and the obstructing conditions . . . she is easily and by far
the most extraordinary person the human race has ever produced.' So wrote
Twain of the heroine of _Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc_ (1896),
his most elaborately researched book.  A respectful and richly detailed
fictional biography, by turns admiring and indignant, the now hard-to-find
_Joan of Arc_ opens a fascinating window into the moral imagination of
America's greatest comic writer.

"Edited by Susan K. Harris (Professor of English at Pennsylvania State
University and the author of _Mark Twain's Escape From Time_), _Historical
Romances_ includes a newly researched chronology of Mark Twain's life, an
essay on the texts, explanatory notes, and maps."

If you would like to review this book for the MT Forum, please send me
your snail-mail address where the book should be sent.  Book reviews on
the Forum should be of publishable quality, and the deadline for posting
your review would be two months after your receipt of the book.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Taylor Roberts
University of British Columbia