Here are some links to new Twain materials available on the web. Most URLs wrap to two lines and these will have to be put together as one line for your web browser. Articles in the _San Francisco Examiner_: And Here the Twain Fans Shall Meet (July 12) http://www.sfgate.com:80/cgi-bin/examiner/article.cgi?year=1997&month= 07&day=12&article=NEWS2035.dtl This and the next article are on an auction of 120 books from Twain's personal library. Twain Relics Return to Connecticut Home (July 17) http://www.sfgate.com:80/cgi-bin/examiner/article.cgi?year=1997&month= 07&day=17&article=NEWS1525.dtl Go Electronic to Speed Scholarship on Mark Twain Papers (July 20) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/examiner/article.cgi?year=1997&month=07 & day=20&article=EDITORIAL2279.dtl Letter to the Editor that suggests putting the Mark Twain Papers online in digital form instead of raising $400,000 a year to keep the Mark Twain Project's traditional publications program going. At the Mark Twain site at The Mining Company: Mark Twain on Book Banning (July 15) http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa071597.htm A short article with links to online texts with Twain's comments on the banning of _Huckleberry Finn_ and _Eve's Diary_. Mark Twain Biography on the Web (July 22) http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa072297.htm Some suggestions for finding biographical materials in diverse sites that do not have a primarily biographical focus. Chapters from _Mark Twain: A Biography_ http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/biography/bl_paine_bio_chapters. htm This is a contents page that currently links to the first 18 chapters and a much later chapter on the Gorky scandal of 1906. Additional chapters will be added over time. Internet Campaign for the Mark Twain Project (July 29) http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa072997.htm An article on the financial crisis at the Project that follows up on the math in Vic Doyno's article in the Mark Twain Circular -- if visitors to this web site in one week (about 3,500 of them) donate $40 each the $135,000 needed immediately will be covered; over 12 weeks they can cover an entire year's budget with less than $10 each (I have no idea how many will make donations but figured it was worth a try). Also includes links to the Forum's TwainWeb Bookstore (http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/forum/bookstore/amazon1.html) and Mark Twain T-Shirts (http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/forum/gifs/mtpshirt.html) pages (proceeds from both go to MTP) and Barbara Schmidt's page which links to the _San Francisco Examiner_ editorial asking for donations. Some additional texts have also been added to this site: Christian Citizenship http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/texts/bl_christiancitizenship.ht m Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/texts/bl_disgracefulpersecution. htm My First Lie and How I Got Out of It http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/texts/bl_myfirstlie.htm A Presidential Candidate http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/texts/bl_presidentialcandidate.h tm An illustrated print version of the June 24-July 8 series on "Mark Twain and the Single Tax Movement" (http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa062497.htm) is now available in the quarterly journal of the Henry George Institute. Single copy for $2.50, a year's subscription is $10. The address is: Henry George Institute RR 1, Box 1137 Brooks, ME 04921 Jim Zwick
