It turns out that the printed book I was hoping for already exists, and I just received my copy from Amazon.com. Traveling with the /Innocents Abroad: Mark Twain's Original Reports from Europe and the Holy Land. / Edited by U of Texas Prof. Daniel Morley McKeithan. U of Oklahoma Press (2012 reissue). Originally published in 1958. https://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Innocents-Abroad-Original-Reports/dp/0806143320/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=traveling+with+twain&qid=1569323763&s=books&sr=1-1 Looking forward to reading this! -Steve Hoffman, Takoma Park MD On 9/21/2019 11:36 AM, Scott Holmes wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>