Excellent guess, but nope. The correct answer is much much shorter. I'll provide a clue tomorrow AM if it does not come to anyone in their dreams (or nightmares) overnight. Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at www.macdonnellrarebooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Klauza" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:26 PM Subject: Re: contest! > Might it be his "Lantern for Sale," a burlesque advertisement in which = > Diogenes is selling his lantern, published in a 1905 Harper's? > The full text reads:=20 > "Lantern for Sale. Cheap. Apply to: Diogenes, 35 Cinder Square, Hell." > > Just a guess. > > > Matthew D. Klauza > ABD PhD Candidate & GTA > Assistant Coordinator, Miller Writing Center > Department of English > Auburn University > Auburn, Alabama >>>> Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]> 04/29/10 3:57 PM >>> > Here's a simple contest open to all members of the Forum with the =3D > exception of anyone who was present on a certain wine-tasting excursion = > =3D > in upstate NY last week, where I first posed this question. > > The prize is a pristine first edition copy of WHO IS MARK TWAIN? edited = > =3D > by Bob Hirst. > > How to win? Be the first to post the correct answer (in my sole opinion) = > =3D > to this question: > > What is Mark Twain's shortest published work? > > Clue: It was first published in a magazine and so far as I know has =3D > never been collected in his works. > > More clues will follow if needed... > =3D20 > Kevin > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > Member: ABAA, ILAB > ************************* > You may browse our books at=3D20 > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2843 - Release Date: 04/29/10 13:27:00