The index of Carl Dolmetsch’s “Our Famous Guest” shows no references to Bratislava, Pressburg, nor Sopron. I have not re-read the book recently. Dennis Kelly > On Feb 27, 2019, at 6:33 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Wolfgang: yes precisely! I should have mentioned that, but forgot to do it. Talk about a place with a variety of history: and also of course the city was capital of the empire for like two centuries though not at the time MT might have visited! I guess he would call it Pressburg being in Vienna? Thanks for reminding me... > > Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > ________________________________ > From: Wolfgang Hochbruck <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 11:30 PM > To: Mark Twain Forum; Hal Bush > Subject: Re: Was Twain in Pakistan? Slovakia/ Bratislava?? > > ...note that Bratislawa would then have been called Pressburg (Austrian > German) or Sopron (Hungarian) ... > > w > > On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 01:32:39 +0000 > Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Italy & Palestine (not Israel) -- which also brings up the question of >> what country a place was when MT visited it, vs. what it is called >> today. >> >> >> ps & additional question: did Twain ever venture over to Slovakia/ >> Bratislava during his time in Vienna (it's not far, like 40 miles)?? >> >> >> It's been a while since I read it, but Carl Dolmetsch wrote a very >> good book about MT's Vienna years, called Our Famous Guest, and if I >> had it handy I could just check the index.... >> >> >> >> >> Dr. Hal Bush >> >> Dept. of English >> >> Saint Louis University >> >> [log in to unmask] >> >> 314-977-3616 >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__halbush.com&d=DwIDaQ&c=Pk_HpaIpE_jAoEC9PLIWoQ&r=Vm4EniPHDefodxmypnmkMA&m=8SEOqui9wM86HUG0vWZn9RY861zV-kSPt8P31EuaOmM&s=qe1HkWi88tTahdRpRz6hbOfgoWUD4aY_vfMt3_3nX6w&e= >> >> author website: halbush.com >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Clay Shannon >> <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 7:33:02 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Was Twain in Pakistan? >> >> When Twain visited India in 1896, was he ever in the region which is >> now Pakistan? >> >> AFAIK, these are the countries Twain visited: >> Canada >> Australia >> Tasmania >> New Zealand >> Ceylon (Sri Lanka) >> India >> South Africa >> England >> Scotland >> Germany >> Austria >> Switzerland >> France >> Sweden >> Turkey >> Greece >> Israel >> Egypt >> Syria >> Lebanon >> >> Which am I missing? >> >> -- B. Clay Shannon >> [log in to unmask] > > > Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck > Dept. of English > Centre for Security and Society > Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg > Rempart St. 15 > D-79098 Freiburg > Germany