While I'm posting this semi-administrative message, allow me to remind subscribers how to sign off the Mark Twain Forum. Just send a message to <[log in to unmask]> containing the single line: SIGNOFF TWAIN-L If you have difficulties, please send a message directly to me, not to <[log in to unmask]>. For those who wish to remain on the Forum, I'm pleased to announce that two new files are available on TwainWeb. John D. Evans <[log in to unmask]> has kindly contributed a short story that generated interest among Forum members when he posted a message about it last week (8 February 1997). "Getting the Bugs out of Tom Sawyer: An Entomologist's View of a Classic," is now available under the "Files" link on the Forum's home page, at the following URL: http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/forum/twainweb.html I hope you'll enjoy the story, and I'm sure the author would appreciate hearing your comments about it. Many thanks to him for sharing it with us, and big thanks also to TwainWeb editor John W. Young <http://home.fia.net/~jwyoung> for converting this electronic text to web-friendly HTML format. The second file is from John W. Young, titled "Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, and 'Old Times on the Mississippi'". The author also solicits your comments, so please feel free to stop by and read this essay. If there are other such stories or essays lurking out there, I encourage you to share them with your colleagues on the Forum. Just address them directly to me at the address below--not to <[log in to unmask]>--and I'll install them on the web page. Enjoy! Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]>