ALS, 1894 February 22 : Fairhaven, to the officers of the Millicent Library.

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ALS, 1894 February 22 : Fairhaven, to the officers of the Millicent Library.

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Twain commends this as the "ideal library." He says: "Books are the liberated spirits of men, & should be bestowed in a heaven of light & grace & harmonious color & sumptuous comfort, like this, instead of in the customary kind of public library, with its depressing austerities & severities of form & furniture & decoration."

1 p. ; 21 x 14 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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