Hello Everyone, The latest issue of ‘Dear Friends’ from Elmira College has arrived in the mail, but for any of you who have not seen it, you can view it online at the link below: http://www.elmira.edu/pdfs/Academics/Dear.Friends. December.2015.newsletter.pdf The Center for Mark Studies at Elmira College will be hosting a symposium entitled "Mark Twain and Youth." The symposium will be a celebration of the upcoming release of an edited volume of academic articles on the aforementioned topic and a gathering of Twain scholars (a celebration itself!). The book, *Mark Twain and Youth*, will be released in Summer 2016 and contains an introduction by editors Kevin Mac Donnell and R. Kent Rasmussen, and a foreword by Hal Holbrook. All royalties from the sale of this book will be divided equally among the four major Mark Twain centers at Berkeley, Elmira, Hannibal, and Hartford. See page 11 for the announcement of the "Mark Twain and Youth" symposium. As the date draws closer, more information will be forthcoming from the Center for Mark Twain Studies, but for those planning their 2016 travel schedules, save the date. A trip to an Elmira College Mark Twain Symposium makes a good gift (to someone else or yourself). For those of you who’ve never had a “foretaste of heaven,” Quarry Farm in October must be the time of year Sam Clemens had in mind when he called it that. If you have any questions about the symposium, or anything else for that matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Happy holidays to everyone! Take care, Joe Dr. Joseph Lemak Director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies Elmira College 1 McGraw Hall (607) 735-1710 Center For Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College <http://www.elmira.edu/academics/programs/Center_Twain/index.html>