If all you want is copies of the original letters, I have an entry on my website that has attachments to pdfs of all the letters including the Tribune and Herald. https://bscottholmes.com/twain/innocents/letters On Sat, 2019-09-21 at 07:31 -0400, Steve Hoffman wrote: > Thank you. I would think that a printed volume > that contained the original Innocents Abroad > material as it appeared in > the Alta would be of interest to Twain scholars. > The volume could include > an essay about the process by which Twain, with > Bret Harte and Olivia > Langdon's assistance, toned down the text! > > --Steve Hoffman, Takoma Park MD > > On 9/20/2019 10:36 AM, Barbara Schmidt wrote: > > > > Steve, > > > > Absolutely correct. _Travels with Mr. Brown_ are letters before > > the > > cruise. If you want to read the original appearance of the > > letters, see > > the historical newspaper databases. The ALTA is now online and > > searchable > > at elephind.com. I just ran the search at elephind and got 64 hits > > for Mark > > Twain Holy Land. That database is free. > > > > Barb > > > > On Friday, September 20, 2019, Steve Hoffman <[log in to unmask] > > com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Thank you for bringing that book to my attention. Is this Kirkus > > > Review > > > not accurate? Kirkus says: "It consists of 26 letters written > > > for a > > > California newspaper in the first half of 1867 -- preceding his > > > visit to > > > Europe which is familiar to all in Innocents Abroad. The most > > > interesting > > > part, perhaps, is that section that gives a picture of life in > > > New York in > > > those days, -- of places to live, travel round and about New > > > York, of > > > Barnum, of weather, of fashions, of ministers and their > > > congregations" > > > > > > Sounds very interesting and worthy of my paying the $ it commands > > > to add > > > it to my Twain library. However, it doesn't seem to contain the > > > articles > > > about the cruise and European/Middle Eastern travels that he > > > later revised > > > for Innocents Abroad. What I'd like to do is read the original > > > articles/letters that later appeared in edited (some might say > > > self-censored!) form, before Bret Harte and Olivia Langdon had > > > their say, > > > resulting in a toned-down (less "offensive") work. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Steve Hoffman, Takoma Park MD > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 11:24 PM Barbara Schmidt <schmidtbrb@gmai > > > l.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > See _Mark Twain’s Travels with Mr. Brown_, edited by Franklin > > > > Walker and > > > > G. Ezra’s Dane (1940). > > > > > > > > Barb > > > > > > > > > > > > -- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. http://bscottholmes.com