Thanks, Barbara! - B. Clay Shannon From: Barbara Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 6:51 PM Subject: Re: Two questions According to Clemens, both of these quips were made by his daughter Jean. For #1, see his interview in _Minneapolis Journal_, 23 July 1895 (reprinted in _Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews_ edited by Gary Scharnhorst. For #2, see his autobiographical dictation for December 6, 1906, available in _Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 2_; online at the Mark Twain Project website under the "Writings" link at marktwainproject.org Barb