I am a graduate student in English at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Currently I am taking a course devoted entirely to Mark Twain that is taught by Dr. Jim Wilson, co-editor of The Mark Twain Encyclopedia_. I'm interested in doing a research paper on Twain's dual reputation both as a person and writer. In reading Justin Kaplan's biography of Twain, I've noticed that people either found Twain a card-playing, low-humored drunk, or they found him to be very witty, a good or excellent writer, and intelligent. I have 2 problems in researching this topic: 1. I do not have easy access to primary sources, esp. newspaper reviews of his lectures and writings. Although I could order copies of newspaper reviews through interlibrary loan, interlibrary loan is notoriously slow, or at least that is what my associates tell me. By the time such articles would reach me, my deadline would be long past. 2. I am not aware of any secondary sources devoted to Twain's dual reputation. I believe there is a book titled _Mark Twain's Literary Reputation_, but in glancing through that book, I found it did not effectively address the topic I'm interested in. My question is this: Does anyone know of any source(s) that discuss the duality of Mark Twain's reputation, whether those sources be articles or books? I'm interested in knowing whether such sources even exist, regardless of whether I can access those sources or not. Thank you, Kellie Frey [log in to unmask]