I knew MT was a Darwin fan; I didn't know Darwin liked Twain -- and at that, the young, absurdist, smart-ass Twain of the "Jumping Frog" collection, which was essentially the first draft of "Sketches New & Old." *_________________________________* *Peter Salwen /* salwen.com *114 W 86, NYC 10024 | 917-620-5371* On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Kent Rasmussen's CRITICAL COMPANION TO MARK TWAIN features an entry on the > Twain-Darwin connection and also discusses the uses Mark Twain made of > Darwin's theories in several of his works. > > Barb >