To
William A. Seaver
28 June 1878 • Heidelberg, Germany (MS, in pencil: CLjC, UCCL 01574)
28 June 1878 • Heidelberg, Germany (MS, in pencil: CLjC, UCCL 01574)
Heidelberg, June 28.
Dear Old Seaver:
There be humorists in Germany. With infinite difficulty I have translated the following from a Mannheim paper:
A thirsty man called for beer. Just as the foaming mug was placed before him, some one sent in for him. The place was crowded. CouldⒶemendation he trust his beer there? A bright idea flashes through his brain. He writes on a card, “I have spit expectorated in this beer”—fastens the card to the mug & retires with triumph in his eyes to see what is wanted. He returns presently & finds his card reversed & this written on it: “Ich auch .,” (I also!”)
Be good to yourself, old Seaver.
Yrs Ever
Mark.
letter docketed by Seaver:
“Mark Twain”
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ
crowded. Could ●
crowded.— | Could
References
- The James S. Copley Library, La Jolla, California. The collection of the Copley Library was sold in a series of auctions at Sotheby’s, New York, in 2010 and 2011.
- Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Clemens Letters. Edited by Paul Machlis. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [In some cases, UCCL catalog numbers cited in this volume supersede those assigned in 1986 and reflect corrections or additions to the catalog since publication. An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page at MTPO.] 1986
- Alkali Andy. Mark Twain Letter. n.d. [n.d.]
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
- University of California, Mark Twain Papers, The Bancroft Library, Berkeley
MS, in pencil, CLjC.
Alkali Andy, no page, transcript and facsimile; MicroPUL, reel 1.
Offered for sale by Charles Yale Bookseller, as noted in a typed transcript in CU-MARK apparently dating from the 1950s or early 1960s.
More information on provenance may be found in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.