At  9:01 PM 96.1.16 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>Seeking the source and exact wording of Twain quote:
>
>"A woman preaching is like a dog walking on its hind legs...[don't know the
>rest of the quote or whether it is indeed a Twain quote].
>
>Thanks,
>Barb

This is  quoted  by Myra Jehlen in "Gender"  in  _Critical Terms for Literary
Study_  eds. Frank Lentricchia & Thomas McLaughlin (U of Chicago P, 1990)
She discusses Mark Twain here.  This may be the reason Twain and Boswell
are mixed up.