To Henry G. Carleton
15 April 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: MWiW-C, UCCL 02968)
15 April 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS, in pencil: MWiW-C, UCCL 02968)
Hartford Apl. 15.
Dear Mr. Carleton:
I think you have got the wrong idea of it. In my opinion it isn’t mainly a “humorous work” at all. I have read it through, with great care & interest, & am convinced that it is something much better than a humorous work, in that it is a fine & stately & beautiful tragedy. And so I think you will do well to revise & reverse your hasty judgment—a result which must surely follow, if you will sit down & rereadⒶemendation your work with right attention & an unprejudiced mind.
With sincere thanks for your courtesy, I am
Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ reread ● re- | read
References
- Williams College, Chapin Library, Williamstown, 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
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters.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
MS, in pencil, MWiW-C.
MicroPUL, reel 2.