I've just added a new resource to my Twain site that I think members of the Forum will find interesting: The Real "United States of Lyncherdom": An Interview with Terry Oggel http://www.boondocksnet.com/twainwww/essays/oggel_lyncherdom020114.html Terry discusses the historical context of the essay, the revisions Paine made before publishing it in 1923, Paine's role as literary executor, how the critical text was created, and other topics. Also, Joseph McCullough's June 21, 2001, review of Terry Oggel's critical text of the essay is now online in the Mark Twain Forum Reviews: Speaking Out About Race http://www.yorku.ca/twainweb/reviews/lyncherdom.html Jim Jim Zwick [log in to unmask] http://www.boondocksnet.com/