Is Twain referring to an extant document in his Jan. 29, '01 letter to Twichell? "my own Private Philosophy--which Livy won't allow me to publish . . . I planned it 15 years ago, and wrote it in '98. I've often tried to read it to Livy, but she won't have it; it makes her melancholy. The truth always has that effect on people. . . . " (_M.T.'s Weapons of Satire_, 20-21) thanks, larry marshburne [log in to unmask]