To William Dean Howells
27 March 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, typewritten, from dictation: MH-H, UCCL 02180)
27 March 1882 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, typewritten, from dictation: MH-H, UCCL 02180)
hartford conn. march 27th. 1882.
my dear howells:—
i can imagine the shock at mr. longfellows door. the news of his death had a peculiar affect upon me; for it brought back that infernal breakfast and made me feel like an unforgiven criminal. i think there is no reasonable doubt that i can read all summer without any inconvenience. i can read all the saturdays and sundays and also an hour each evening prehapsⒶemendation. this added ◊◊ up makes about a month of pretty steady reading and ought to accomplish the business. i am very much obliged to you for reading “the white elephant” and also for having such a good opinion of it.
yours as ever,
s. l. clemens.
Emendations and Textual Notes
References
- Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.
- 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
- MTHL. Mark Twain–Howells Letters. Edited by Henry Nash Smith and William M. Gibson, with the assistance of Frederick Anderson. 2 vols. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1960
MS, typewritten, from dictation, MH-H (shelf mark bMS Am 1784 [98]).
MTHL, 1:398.
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