Sue, The two-volume Modern Library edition of Twain's work, MARK TWAIN: TALES, SKETCHES, SPEECHES, AND ESSAYS, edited by Louis Budd, is a goldmine. See "Miss Clapp's School," "Advice for Good Little Boys" and "Advice to Good Little Girls" in the same volume; or "Colloquy Between a Slum Child and a Moral Mentor." There are too many to list. The two volumes cover 1852- 1910. Mark Twain's autobiography is another great source--there are several editions. Charles Neider's may be the most widely available. Oh, before I forget: his essay on Harriet Shelley reveals a side of Samuel Clemens (I think he signed it "Samuel Clemens") that we don't often see. It was published around 1890, I believe, in one of the high-brow journals. A few scholarly treatments have been published in the past decade or so, too; see Gregg Camfield's SENTIMENTAL TWAIN. Didn't he also write something about the mores or the manners of the Elizabethans? I can't recall the title at the moment. Barbara Ladd