Even though I did an edition for Bedford/St Martins, I always assign the Mark Twain Library edition, for the same reasons Larry lists.

Gregg Camfield

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Howe <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 2:36 pm
Subject: Re: which edition of AHF?
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> I use the Mark Twain Library edition.  Its affordable, reliable,  
>  includes the original illustrations, and it supports the Mark Twain  
> 
>  Papers project.
>  
>  --Larry Howe
>  On Sep 2, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Harold Bush wrote:
>  
>  > just out of curiosity -- which edition of Huck Finn do teachers on  
> 
>  > here
>  > prefer to use in the classroom?
>  > I used to use the old Bedford critical edition edited by G. Graff  
> 
>  > but I see
>  > it is now evidently out of print.  It may be that the Penguin classics
>  > edition (Seelye) is also either out of print or about to be replaced.
>  >
>  > -- 
>  > Harold K. Bush, Ph.D
>  > Professor of English
>  > Saint Louis University
>  > St. Louis, MO  63108
>  > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h)
>  > <www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/faculty/hbush.html>
>