Am I mistaken in thinking that there was a recording made of Twain's voice? I know there was a short movie. He would certainly have been intrigued by recording, right? Did he know the work of Cal Stewart's "Uncle Josh"? I do know he was familiar with the "coon songs" of Polk Miller, whom he once introduced on stage in Ohio. As for _Mysterious Stranger_, does anybody teach that anymore in a Twain class? What does one teach for the later mood? Cameron Nickels James Madison University