Definitely a deal impossible to refuse! Do we know how many volumes are expected eventually? Arianne Laidlaw On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:57 AM, Cal Pritner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Barb, > > As a dean I used to work for said, aphoristically, "you've sold the suit!" > I must buy! > > Cal Pritner > 565 W. 169th St. > Apt. 4-H > New York, NY 10032 > (212) 568-0109 > Website: http://calpritner.com/ > > > Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our > people need it sorely on these accounts. > > > > Mark Twain > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 10:16:01 PM > Subject: Re: thisismarktwain.com > > There really aren't enough superlatives to describe the job that the > editors of the Mark Twain Project have done with _Autobiography of > Mark Twain, Vol. 1_ (2010). At 737 pages, the Amazon price of under > $20 is a true bargain for a hardcover book of this size and scope. > Readiing from an advance copy, the first 100 pages alone have provided > a clear and concise insight into Mark Twain's creative process for the > autobiography; lengthy previously unpublished material; and a keen > awareness of how Albert Bigelow Paine and others edited Mark Twain's > dictation for public presentation. One brief example regarding a > quote related to inventor James W. Paige: > > Paige and I always meet on effusively affectionate terms, and yet he > knows perfectly well that if I had him in a steel-trap I would shut > out all human succor and watch that trap till he died. > - Mark Twain, A Biography_, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912) > > Paige and I always meet on effusively affectionate terms; and yet he > knows perfectly well that if I had his nuts in a steel-trap I would > shut out all human succor and watch that trap till he died. > - Autobiography of Mark Twain (University of California Press, 2010) > > Other editions of the autobiography will now serve as historical > curiosities by comparison. > > Barb > > > > > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58