>There is another item in Chapter 16, the Australian's greeted Twain with >the question/remark "Is he dead?. His play, with that title, was not >written until 1898 but he was in Melbourne in 1895. I suspect the Aussies >were harkening back to The Innocents Abroad. I'm sure it's a reference to Innocents Abroad -- at least it's always seemed obvious to me. It was one of his most popular books, if not THE most popular, and it makes perfect sense that people would repeat a famous line in his presence. -- Bob G.