> What was the legal status of Clemens' pseudonym in his > day? Was "Mark Twain" considered a legal identity for > SLC? Were there any laws which would have prevented > some usurper from appropriating the "Mark Twain" > moniker for his own works? "He took fantastically elaborate precautions to prevent piracy of his own work and even had the name "Mark Twain" registered as a trade-mark in the hope of protecting his by-line after expiration of book copyrights." Meltzer, Milton. _Mark Twain Himself_. New York, Avenel, N.J.: Wings Books, 1993. p. 152, col. 1. This book, BTW, is a reprint of the 1960 edition published by Bonanza Books. Bob Sutton