I am posting this announcement for those who are sponsoring this event: The Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, MO, sponsors a lecture series called "Friday Nights @ the Institute." Hal Bush, will be speaking this coming Friday, Dec. 1st at 7:30 pm, about his new book, _Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age_ (University of Alabama Press, 2007). The event will be at Kaldi's Coffee House, 120 South Kirkwood Rd., in Kirkwood, MO (suburb of St. Louis). If you happen to be in the area, you are invited to attend and meet the author. Admission if free. Today's Elmira's (New York) newspaper features comments on Bush's book. The URL for the article is: http://www.stargazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID 06611280308 The book will be reviewed on the Mark Twain Forum in the near future. Barb