Hello The library being the last resort of the curious : In _O'Shah_ , in the last few 'pages', MT paints a picture of Reuter being handed Persia on a plate. Is there any truth in it? (Even 5% would be frightening!) On the same tack - _The Case of George Fisher_ - Mr Twain's fevered imagination, or was he coughing up a fur ball of truth? Thanks in advance (I did search a bit first!) Kurt Lawlor