I just want to thank everyone who responded to my question about visiting the Mark Twain House in Hartford: Sue J. Harris Kevin J. Bochynski Roger Durrett Taylor Roberts Kathy O'Connell Peter Salwen Dennis and Hene Kelly I'm going on Wednesday morning of next week and really looking forward to it. After I get back home, I'll post my thoughts about the experience. About my essay (the one I'm basin my thesis on): Taylor Roberts says it will be available from the Mark Twain Forum's web site soon. Please feel free to discuss it through the list or e-mail me personally with whatever comments and criticism you think of. The final product will be mostly about John Steinbeck as an artist who was influenced a great deal (knowingly or otherwise) by Mark Twain. However, the _essay_ that will be on the Forum's site (written a year ago, but subsequently revised several times) is a comparison of Twain's Tom and Huck novels and Steinbeck's _Tortilla Flat_, so I believe it is not outside of this forum's field of interest. If you write me with questions, however, please bear in mind that I will be away from my computer until Feb. 25, so I won't be able to answer until then. Well, thanks again for the information. Sincerely, John Young