Elmira Aug. 12-14 Thurs. Afternoon there was an interesting group of papers presented on Mark Twain's Home Circle which included an intersting biographical presentation concerning his mother, sister, and neice; an assessment of Katy Leary's evidence on Twain;& "MT's Mother Of Invention." In the evening Lou J. Budd evidence on Twain;& "MT's Mother Of Invention." In the evening Lou J. Budd gave the keynote address on "MT and the Ecstasy of Humor." That morning there was an interesting presentation on stereoscopic views of Twain, his time and his contemporaries by Brandt Rowles, and a global view of collecting Twain memorabilia by Nick Karanovich, who is one of the top private collectors. On Friday, the most interesting paers were delivered by John Cooley, who wrote the book on Twain's Aquarium and collected the letters of MT's Angel fish. Wesley Britton gave an engaging talk on MT & John Kennedy Toole's _Confederacy of Dunces__. That afternoon there were seminars conducted by various Twain scholars including Jim Wilson, Stanley Brodwin, Vic Doyno. In the evening, they had dessert at Quarry Farm and Vic Doyno read two episodes twain expunged from the original ms. recently discovered in a crate in Calif. On Sat. Jie Tao from Peking U. presented a paper on the popularity and publishing history of China. Suzi Naiburg presented a paper on Dream analysis and AH dropped his bomb. I would say it was not received favorably by those in attendance, but it did create a stir. Ham Hill was the only one I heard give Andy any positive support, and I think he was more approving of someone rattling the cages of the old guard than he was giving credence to the notion AH postulates. Hope these highlights give you some idea of the flavor of the conference. Too bad you weren't there. Alan C. Reese