Dear John, The heartiest congratulations from me and my Writings of Mark Twain class on your discovery. All 24 boys cheered for you as they each got a copy of the NY Times article. Well done, sir! John John R. Pascal, M.B.A., M.A. Teacher of 9th, 11th Grade English, & The Writings of Mark Twain Seton Hall Preparatory School Contributing Author to Mark Twain and Youth, available at Amazon and Bloomsbury Academic Publishing by the links below: > On Jan 20, 2017, at 12:18 PM, John Bird <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Here is a link to a story in today's New York Times about a children's book based on a manuscript I discovered in the Mark Twain Papers: > http://tinyurl.com/h59o8qu > > I was very excited when I found what appears to be the only record of one of the bedtime stories Mark Twain told his daughters. > > John Bird > Winthrop University