AbeBooks has Mark Twain, Business Man for sale at $15. I saw it on Amazon for $18.57. On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 4:00 PM Kerry Driscoll <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Try Abe Books. I've always found them to be a good source > for reasonably priced used books. > > Kerry > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 3:50 PM Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Can you imagine, Amazon wants $579.95 for this book. (I found only a > > single reference to "Reasoner" in MTP Letters, dated 1885.) > > > > On 8/24/21 12:09 PM, Barbara Schmidt wrote: > > > In a letter to Charles Webster, dated June 8, 1883 and transcribed in > > MARK > > > TWAIN, BUSINESS MAN, p. 214, SLC instructs Webster to go to the > Delaware, > > > Lackawanna & Hudson to rent a special sleeping car to Elmira. He says > he > > > had formerly gotten the car from Mr. A. Reasoner but he had not > received > > a > > > reply yet. He writes Webster, “Go directly to the President of the > road & > > > he will tell you how to proceed.” > > > > > > Barb > > > > > > On Tuesday, August 24, 2021, Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> The note on page 174 of Mark Twain's Notebooks and Journals Vol III > > >> indicate that the editors of this volume knew that DL&W officers in > > Hoboken > > >> were handling arrangements for the Clemenses special railway car. My > > >> question is how did they know this. Their note says only that > > instructions > > >> to Webster about the memoirs were written on the recto of the back > > flyleaf. > > >> > > > -- John H. Davis, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of English Department of English Chowan University One University Place Murfreesboro, North Carolina 27855 252.398.6240 [log in to unmask]