Everett Emerson's recent post concerning Robert Gale's "Plots and Characters in the Works of Mark Twain" was enlightening for me. I had not been aware of this book until his post and am just a little embarrassed over the fact, but I'll get over it. One other title comes to mind while we are on this subject. Gribben's "Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction" offers a great look at what Twain read during most of his life. Marc ". . . and so there ain't nothing more to write about and I am rotten glad ot it . . ." - H.F. Marcus W. Koechig [log in to unmask] Specialist in Mark Twain and His contemporaries. General stock also available.