Thank you Matt. This notice couldn’t have come at a better time as I have begun the exhausting process of expanding my Twain Lecture Series and need a quick and easily accessible reference. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 14, 2019, at 11:45 AM, Peter Salwen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Congratulations, Matt -- the new website is handsome indeed, and the drone > shot of Quarry Farm on its sumptuous verdant hilltop is literally > enchanting! All the best, and THANKS! > *_________________________________* > > *Peter Salwen /* salwen.com > *114 W 86, NYC 10024 | 917-620-5371* > > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:34 AM Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> If you come by MarkTwainStudies.org today, you’ll notice we have a fresh >> new design. >> >> When we launched two years ago, we relied on a webmaster with limited >> coding skill who was literally colorblind (aka, me). >> >> As the site grew, existing materials got buried and new opportunities >> eclipsed our technical capabilities. >> >> No longer. >> >> Paul Stonier Design has created a better looking and more functional site, >> and will continue to consult for CMTS going forward. >> >> Even more exciting than the new look, however, is that you now have access >> to a fully-searchable digital edition of David Fears’s MARK TWAIN DAY BY >> DAY. >> >> As many of you know, David’s immense chronology of Samuel Clemens’s life, >> published between 2008 and 2014, is a unique reference. We are incredibly >> grateful to Mr. Fears for entrusting us with the fruit of his exhaustive >> labors, as well as to Leslie Myrick, who converted the print volumes to >> HTML (another Herculean task). >> >> Until now, there has been relatively limited access to the print volumes >> of DAY BY DAY. We are thrilled to be able to make them available to >> students, teachers, independent scholars, and all varieties of Twainiac. We >> can’t wait to see what they do with this resource. >> >> There will, of course, be some trouble-shooting with the new site over the >> coming weeks. Please let us know if you run into any technical >> difficulties. >> >> Happy browsing! >> >> - MS >> >> *************** >> Matt Seybold >> Assistant Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies >> Elmira College >> Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org >> MattSeybold.com >>