I haven't sent through a web update in a while, and two recent updates from Barbara Schmidt has gotten me to do one. Here's some of the new Twain-related materials on the web: High Profile: Shelley Fisher Fishkin: Seeking a place where the Twain shall meet over Huck Finn http://www.dallasnews.com/high-profile-nf/hp1.htm Good article but probably only online Sunday, June 29 Mark Twain in the San Francisco Daily Morning Call (June-Oct 1864) http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/schmidt/callindex.html Another valuable collection placed online by Barbara Schmidt Important MT Letter Acquired by U.Va. Library http://viva.lib.virginia.edu/puboff/press/twain.html This is a press release about the letter about Frederick Douglas that was announced here in March. The original newspaper account is no longer available, but this press release will probably stay online for a while. Chrysler Stumbles Onto Mark Twain's Notes for 1907 Norfolk Speech http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0401twa.html Virginian-Pilot report on unedited notes for a 1907 speech. Includes excerpts from the speech. Additions to Mark Twain site at Mining Co.: Mark Twain Photo Gallery http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/gallery/bl_gallery.htm Eighty or so photos of Twain, family, friends, and homes from MT: A Bio and a dozen other sources. If you find any photos that Paine dated incorrectly, let me know. Mark Twain & the Single Tax Movement http://marktwain.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa062497.htm First section of a 3-part (very speculative) series on Twain's connections with Henry George's single tax movement focusing mainly on Connecticut Yankee, "Archimedes," and Dan Beard. I'm hoping that this will inspire some additional research on the topic. Upcoming Events July * "Big River" at University of Connecticut, Storrs, first two weeks * Twain at Twilight Concerts, MT House, Hartford, 2nd and 16th * Tom Sawyer Days, Hannibal, 3rd-6th * Mark Twain performances in the Great Plains Chautauqua Society's American Writers of the Gilded Age program, 4th, 13th, 19th in Red Cloud, NE, Davenport, IA, and West Fargo, ND, respectively. August * The State of MT Studies, Elmira, 14th-16th * Mark Twain Days, Hartford, 15th-17th Additional info on events and links to related web pages can be found in the events calendar at http://marktwain.miningco.com/ starting July 1 (when July & August will be available -- currently, only June is online). If you have an event you want listed there, let me know. Also, Amazon.com books (http://www.amazon.com/) has cut their prices to compete with Barnes & Noble. The Oxford Mark Twain is now available at 30% off the original $295 price, and many other Twain titles are also available at 20-30% discounts. Jim Zwick