The best I can do is "A Salutation to the Twentieth Century," December 30, 1900, published by New 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