In February this year the New York Times ran an article on a recent discovery of a Twain manuscript titled "The Great Republic's Peanut Stand" written in 1898. The article stated that as far as could be determined, "The Great Republic's Peanut Stand" has never been mentioned anywhere-- not in the popular press or the vast academic literature on Twain or by Twain himself." In 1941 Cyril Clemens published _Republican Letters_ which contains a facsimile of a letter dated December 21, 1899 that Twain wrote to Mr. Harper. Twain wrote in part: "I return the list of articles for the 2 vols. You will notice that I have made a couple of small transpositions. The arrangement as it now stands seems to me to be good. I think it may be well to advertise the fact that the "Peanut Stand" (with original unaffected & unstudied drawings of great merit) and half of "Xn Science" paper have not been published before." Question: Was the illustrated "Peanut Stand" article submitted to Harper in 1899 the same manuscript referred to in the New York Times as "The Great Republic's Peanut Stand"? And which "2 vols." might Twain have been referring to that he wanted these manuscripts included in? Barb