Not exactly a reference, but a connection nonetheless. In my Twain library I have the remnants of a volume from Clemens's library, titled Clubs and Club Life in London, by John Timbs, published in London by John Camden Hotten, circa 1872. It's inscribed "Saml L Clemens Hartford, 1875," and includes a chapter on the Garrick Club. Martin Zehr Kansas City --- On Tue, 7/19/11, Ian Strathcarron <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Ian Strathcarron <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Mark Twain and the Garrick Club, London To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 2:36 AM This is rather an obscure request but maybe someone knows=85 I was lunching at The Players in Gramercy Park, New York in May and my = host showed me the Mark Twain memorabilia, including library references = and his pool cue laid across the top of his portrait in The Grill. The Players was inspired by the Garrick Club in London and there is = indeed a direct resemblance one to the other. Mark Twain spent so much = time in London and as a founding member of The Players =96 and as The = Players and the Garrick are still reciprocal clubs =96 and as the = Garrick has the best billiard room in London =96 it seems inconceivable = that he did not visit there. When I asked the Garrick=92s enthusiastic = young librarian if he had any Mark Twain references he replied, no, but = until he started the archives were not very well=85ordered=85and he is = now actively classifying them. I said I would ask the experts, hence this request=85.are there are = references to Mark Twain and the Garrick Club, London, that I could pass = on to the enthusiastic young librarian? Thanks if you can help Ian Lord Strathcarron s/y Vasco da Gama in transit, Fethiye, Turkey Tel: +44 7836 633377 www.strathcarrons-ahoy.com