Thank you, very much. I actually had a copy of the letter attached to Chapter 30. I was not very careful about naming my files when I first created my Innocents Abroad pages for my web site. And yes, I did get confused over McKeithan's chapter numbers - which do not necessarily correspond to the letter numbers. On Mon, 2019-05-13 at 15:28 -0400, Bob Gill wrote: > The reference to the gondolier's shirt is in the first paragraph on > page 98 > of the McKeithan book, in the letter titled "Descent of Mount > Vesuvius." The > confusion with the number might be due to the fact that it's chapter > 17 of > the book, but -- according to the note at the end, it was "numbered > thirteen > by Twain." It apparently ran in the Alta California on Oct. 10, 1967. > > -- Bob G. > > > > > > While updating my website I've found that my page for Chapter 22 of > > The > > Innocents Abroad is missing a link to Letter Thirteen. McKeithan, > > in > > "Traveling with the Innocents Abroad", notes that letter 13 was > > published > > in the Daily Alta September 16, 1867. What I find there is the > > letter of > > "Mark Twain in Quarantine." Letter 13 is said to contain his > > comment on > > the gondolier's shirt tail. The Quarantine letter makes no > > reference to > > gondoliers. There is some degree of confusion in regards to the > > letter > > numbering, however: #12 is marked Naples, August, 1867; #14 is > > marked > > Venice, July 29. > > Is there, in fact, an article in the Daily Alta labeled as Letter > > 13? If > > so, I would be appreciative of the publication date. -- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. http://bscottholmes.com