My Bad. I was checking for "Postal Service" not "Berlin Postal Service". In Graeber's, essay he was not limited to Berlin but to all of Germany, consequently I missed it. Still I find it strange that Graeber would have been searching through the Mark Twain Papers - but then again his breadth of knowledge was quite amazing. Again, thanks for the feedback. On 1/6/22 5:03 AM, Mac Donnell Rare Books wrote: > Your comment make me unsure if you saw my response to your question. A > glitch in the listserv filter sent me a rejection notice but then my > posting seemed to appear after I resent it, and a notice followed that > said it had been posted. So, I assume it did finally appear. > > Anyway, my response was that the essay is quoted at pp. 97-100 of the > book, and it is cited at p. 164 as `The Berlin Postal Service' as one > of the essays published in the microfilm edition published by MTP. > > Kevin > @ > Mac Donnell Rare Books > 9307 Glenlake Drive > Austin TX 78730 > 512-345-4139 > Member: ABAA, ILAB, BSA > > You can browse our books at: > www.macdonnellrarebooks.com > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Scott Holmes" <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: 1/6/2022 2:06:13 AM > Subject: Re: Postal Service > >> I do have a copy of the paperback edition of "A Tramp in Berlin" and >> I do recall reading the bit about the Berlin postal system. >> Unfortunately, I was not thinking of such things at the time I was >> reading it. The quote in my edition begins on page 97. Twain's >> essay must exist in some form, however, as David Graeber was aware of >> it and referenced it by title. I did check the index before writing >> to Twain-L and was disappointed that the essay was not referenced by >> title so I thank you all for reminding me of this passage. >> >> On 1/5/22 4:52 PM, Eva Schweitzer wrote: >>> Twain's story about the Postal service in berlin was originally >>> published in our book >>> Eva Schweitzer >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------- >>> >>> Dr. Eva C. Schweitzer >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Barbara >>> Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 6, 2022 1:46 AM >>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >>> Subject: Re: Postal Service >>> >>> See page 100 of Austilat’s book — A TRAMP IN BERLIN. I don’t have a >>> copy at >>> hand but amazon has a preview with quotes about the Berlin Rohrpost >>> system. >>> Perhaps Austilat references the sources of the quotes from that >>> essay in >>> his bibliography. >>> >>> Barb >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 5, 2022, Wolfgang Hochbruck < >>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> I would have surmised it was included in Andreas Austilat's 2013 >>>> edition _A Tramp in Berlin_, but not only is the essay itself not >>>> there, i can't even find a mention of it in the volume. >>>> >>>> best >>>> w >>>> >>>> On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 12:21:04 -0800 >>>> Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>> I recently came across a reference to an essay by Mark Twain entitled >>>>> "Postal Service". This was in a series of essays written by David >>>>> Graeber included in a book entitled "The Utopia of Rules". He >>>>> remarked "Mark Twain, who lived briefly in Berlin between 1891 and >>>>> 1892, was so taken with it that he composed one of his only known >>>>> non-satirical essays, entitled “Postal Service,” just to celebrate >>>>> its >>>>> wondrous efficiency.". This was in reference to the German postal >>>>> system. I have been unable to locate this essay by Twain. >>>>> >>>>> I'm casting about for interesting bits about Twain's dealing with >>>>> bureaucracies. I know there are far too many of them to deal with >>>>> this comprehensively but I do hope to catch the flavor. >>>> >>>> Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hochbruck >>>> Dept. of English >>>> Centre for Security and Society >>>> Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg >>>> Rempart St. 15 >>>> D-79098 Freiburg >>>> Germany >>>> >>