The place to check is Hamlin Hill's edition of THE GILDED AGE in the Library of America series (2002). Ham got it right. I'm busy today but might be able to consult my copy in a day or two. I even have Ham's own decrepit copy of the first edition of GA with his extensive markings in preparation for this edition. If I recall, the information on the chapters was based on a copy of GA marked by Twain, but so much of the manuscript survives (in scattered locations) that it could probably be reconstructed on that basis as well. 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: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 1:00 PM Subject: Breakdown of Gilded Age chapters > Sometime back around 1960, Charles Neider did a book called The = > Adventures of Colonel Sellers, which purported to be just the parts of = > The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain. In the introduction, he quoted a = > couple of letters in which Twain listed which chapters (or parts of = > chapters) were his. The last time I read The Gilded Age, about 25 years = > ago, I copied down those two lists (which didn=E2=80=99t agree 100 = > percent, but close enough) and kept them handy, so when I read a certain = > section that involved Sellers but didn=E2=80=99t sound quite Twainish I = > could check and see whether it was or not. > > I=E2=80=99m reading The Gilded Age again right now, and just today I = > went to the university library to recopy those lists =E2=80=93 but the = > Neider book isn=E2=80=99t there any more. So my question is, does = > anybody have one or both of those lists handy? > > -- Bob G. > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1890 / Virus Database: 2109/4692 - Release Date: 12/20/11 > ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1890 / Virus Database: 2109/4692 - Release Date: 12/20/11