I just received my copy and after reading the preliminaries I went directly to a listing for Karl Bædeker. I have used the Handbook for Travelers (many editions) throughout "Twain's Geography" and was curious about any correspondence between Alan Gribben's listing and my own. There is much disparity between publishing dates, but then the Handbooks went through many editions and I have been limited to on-line availability. Anyway, Bravo on this achievement. It calls for some more digging on my part. The guidebooks serve as control observations against Twain's. -- /Unaffiliated Geographer and Twain aficionado/