Much grass!!! Good info and conjecture. Still looking for a pre-1924 compilation including “Dandy” :-) -j John Greenman 207-974-9911 My Archive.org audio recordings My Audiobooks from Librivox > On May 20, 2019, at 7:17 AM, Martin Zehr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > No, it was an April, 1852 issue of "The Carpet-Bag," an eastern humor rag. > Kevin Mac Donnell has one of the few copies in existence. It was reprinted > in the 1950s by Franklin Meine, and there's a good chance the type for the > original was set by Charles Farrar Browne, aka Artemus Ward. > >> On Mon, May 20, 2019, 5:29 AM John's Email <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Thanks Bob! >> What a treasure! >> But so was hoping to find the original source. >> Was it Orion’s newspaper?? >> >> John Greenman >> 207-974-9911 >> My Archive.org audio recordings >> My Audiobooks from Librivox >> >> >>> On May 19, 2019, at 10:34 PM, Robert H. HIRST < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> John, anything published in 1852 is now in the public domain. Even edited >>> texts thereof, such a the one found in our *Early Tales & Sketches, >> Volume >>> 1,* is not protected by copyright, and you should feel free to read from >> it. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>>> On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 2:17 PM John Greenman <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> I plan to record Sam’s first published work (apparently)…but need to put >>>> it into a compilation of his other early works. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know of a public domain compilation that includes “Dandy”??? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any suggestions. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> +++++++++++++ >>>> John Greenman >>>> [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> < >>>> >> https://librivox.org/reader/107?primary_key=107&search_category=reader&search_page=1&search_form=get_results >>>>> >>>> +++++++++++++ >>>> "Be good & you will be lonesome." >>>> -Mark Twain >>>> >>>> Mark Twain Audiobooks from Librivox < >>>> >> https://librivox.org/reader/107?primary_key=107&search_category=reader&search_page=1&search_form=get_results >>>>> >>>> >>>> < >>>> >> http://archive.org/search.php?query=(read%20by%20John%20Greenman)%20AND%20mediatype:(Audio) >>> My >>>> Mark Twain audio recordings at Archive.org < >>>> >> https://archive.org/search.php?query=Audio+%22John+Greenman%22&sort=-downloads >>>>> >>>> >>