Nope. Much much shorter than that. 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: "Click, Benjamin A" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:34 AM Subject: Re: contest! > The best I can do is > > > "A Salutation to the Twentieth Century," December 30, 1900, published by > Ne= > w York Herald. > > Ben > > > On 4/30/10 3:56 AM, "Edgar DeJean" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > In 1993 in a used bookstore near the UC Berkeley Campus I held in my > hand a tiny little book not much bigger than your thumb which the > dealer claimed to be one of a very small printing - a work of Mark > Twain. i believe the dealer and the book were authentic. > Unfortunately I forget the name of the work. > > Ed DeJean > > > On Apr 29, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell wrote: > >> Here's a simple contest open to all members of the Forum with the >> exception of anyone who was present on a certain wine-tasting >> excursion 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 by Bob Hirst. >> >> How to win? Be the first to post the correct answer (in my sole >> opinion) 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 >> never been collected in his works. >> >> More clues will follow if needed... >> >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Ben Click > Professor/Dept. Chair, English > Director, Mark Twain Lecture Series on > American Humor and Culture > St. Mary's College of Maryland > 240-895-4253 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2844 - Release Date: 04/30/10 01:27:00