Forwarded message. I didn't write this. --TR ------- Forwarded Message According to Barnum books, Twain often stayed at P.T. Barnum's home and even had a room named after him. Does anyone know any more about this? And did Twain ever speak or write about Barnum? Joe Vitale See article by Hamlin Hill, "MT, Bridgeport and CY," _American Quarterly_, 16 (Winter 1964), 615-616. Also Twain and Barnum corresponded during the 1870's. See Union Catalogue of MT Letters (U of Calif Press). "A Curious Pleasure Excursion" in --Sketches New & Old_ also conn. with Barnum. Howard Baetzhold