Nope-- nothing to do with that pasaage from Horace, but you have the right Horace. Here's clue #3: This is pretty much a yes or no question. NB: To claim the prize, you must be able to explain your answer in the context of clues 1 (Horace) and 2 (crying). I expect Google's servers will crash some time this evening as a direct result of my silly little contest. 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: "Gregg Camfield" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 4:45 PM Subject: Re: contest! > And since it's the roman Horace and the clue is about making someone cry, > w= > hich suggests the dissembling tears Tiresias tells Ulysses to shed over > the= > death of an old woman in Satires II:5. But I can't guess what. > > Gregg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Mac > Don= > nell > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:33 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: contest! > > We've had two very good guesses. and one was only eleven words long. Mark > Twain's shortest published work is much shorter than that. As short as can > be. > > Not Bixby. Not Greeley. Not Walpole. And while we're at it, not Mann, > although a man. I'm thinking of a fifth one, which would make him a > quint.= > > I'll get some flak for these bad puns... > > 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: <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:01 AM > Subject: Re: contest! > > >> I'm way off. "The Canvasser's Tale" is far too long. >> >> But the third Horace could be Walpole (and his house). >> Second clue is a mystery. Someone will know. Fun >> contest, Kevin. >> >> Roger Durrett >> >> >> In a message dated 4/30/2010 9:31:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> [log in to unmask] writes: >> >> Another excellent guess, but wrong again! >> >> Here are two clues: >> >> 1. Not Bixby. Not Greeley. The other one... >> >> 2. I hope this contest has not made anybody cry. >> >> Another clue will appear this evening if needed. But if I have to >> provid= > e >> my >> third and easiest clue, the winner will need to provide the context for >> his >> answer with regard to clues 1 and 2. >> >> 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: "ANGELO CIFALDI" <[log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:41 PM >> Subject: Re: contest! >> >> >>> Galaxy, March 1871 - Twain's announcement that "Memoranda" would not >>> appear in this issue since there was an illness in his family. >>> >>> Angelo >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Kevin Mac Donnell" <[log in to unmask]> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 4:51 PM >>> Subject: contest! >>> >>> >>>> 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 >>>> excursio= > n >> =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? >>>> edite= > d >> =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: 271.1.1/2844 - Release Date: >> 04/30/10= > >> 01:27:00 >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= > ----- > > > > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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