"One night early in 1866 he put a pistol to his head."  "The most
explicit of SLC's several references to the episode is a marginal
comment, Apr. 21, 1909, in his copy of J. R. Lowell's _Letters_, quoted
in Los Angeles _Times_, Apr. 15, 1951."  (Kaplan, _Mr. Clemens and M.T._,
pp. 15, 391)

Yes, we have discussed this before on the Forum.  Check the archives from
about a year ago.

larry marshburne                   [log in to unmask]