I have the Harper's Weekly issue with the original "The New Heathen Chinee" illustration, which I used last year in the "John Chinaman in New York" article in The Mark Twain Journal. I would be glad to scan and send it if it hasn't already been located. Martin Zehr Kansas City On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yuk, yuk, yuk! > > I don't have the Frank Leslie (catalogued, at least) but I have the others. > They are either too fragile to scan on my high res flatbed scanner, or too > big, and my digital camera does not have high enough resolution. > > I did one Daily Graphic illustration in two scans, but that 1873 Daily > Graphic cover is too big to fit on my scanner except in fourths, which may > be too difficult for some Photoshop sharpshooter to align and reassemble, > but if worse comes to worst... > > 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: Hal Bush > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Help with illustrations for book > > Tracy; I must have this one: > > Mark Twain at the Tomb of Adam, Harper's May 1875, p. 848 > > somewhere; where exactly is the question. I'm hunting around in my files, > more later. > > ps: as Wolfgang says, I'm shocked to hear of something Kevin does not own, > other than a Gutenberg Bible and the complete Audubon volumes of Birds of > America (last I checked it was the highest auction price ever for any > book). Shocked, I say. > > -hb > > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Lawrence Howe <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Tracy-- > > > > The Newberry has _Harper's Weekly_, _Daily Graphic_, _Appleton's > Journal_, > > = > > _Century Magazine_ for the dates you cite. I know this may not be easy > > for= > > you to get to. If you'd like me to take a look at the volumes and order > > s= > > cans or printed copies for you, let me know.=20 > > > > --LH > > > > Larry Howe > > Professor of English > > Chair, Department of Literature and Languages > > Roosevelt University > > ________________________________________ > > From: Mark Twain Forum [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tracy Wuster > > [wuster= > > [log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:17 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Help with illustrations for book > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am finishing up work on my book on Mark Twain--"The American Humorist: > > The Making and Meanings of Mark Twain." I am trying to round up a few > > last > > images. Kevin MacDonnell helped me out, but a few of the images were not > > in his collection or were to fragile to be scanned. > > > > If anyone has book-quality images they would be able to share (300+dpi, > > 4x6 > > or 5x8 size), I would be eternally grateful and, of course, give lavish > > credit in the book. Here are the images I am looking for: > > > > "The New Heathen Chinee" Frank Leslie's Illustrated, July 26, 1873 > > > > =3DE2=3D80=3D9CTHE LYCEUM COMMITTEEMAN=3DE2=3D80=3D99S > > DREAM=3DE2=3D80=3D94= > > SOME POPULAR LECTU=3D > > RERS IN CHARACTER=3DE2=3D80=3D9D > > Harper=3DE2=3D80=3D99s Weekly, November 15, 1873. > > > > Mark Twain amongst the Britishers, New York Graphic, November 5, 1873 > > > > American Humorists, with Portraits=3DE2=3D80=3D9D > > Daily Graphic, October 9, 187359:6 (December 1874), 45. > > (This was also reprinted in a phrenology journal and as a book cover--I > > have the book cover). > > > > =3DE2=3D80=3D9CMark Twain=3DE2=3D80=3D9D from Appleton=3DE2=3D80=3D99s > > Jour= > > nal-- George T. Fe=3D > > rris, =3DE2=3D80=3D9CMark Twain,=3DE2=3D80=3D9D > > Appleton=3DE2=3D80=3D99s Journal, XII:276 (July 4, 1874), 15. > > > > Mark Twain at the Tomb of Adam, Harper's May 1875, p. 848 > > > > Mark Twain engraving in the Century, September 1882 (frontispiece) > > > > I'd greatly appreciate any help. Let me know if you have questions. > > > > Best, > > > > Tracy Wuster > > > > > > -- > Prof. Harold K. Bush > Professor of English > 3800 Lindell > Saint Louis University > St. Louis, MO 63108 > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> >