DS, 1889, Hartford, Connecticut, from Bradford Merrill, Managing Editor, The Philadelphia Press.

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DS, 1889, Hartford, Connecticut, from Bradford Merrill, Managing Editor, The Philadelphia Press.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26273951

Selected as "one of the four leading authors in the United States", Merril asks in a mailed questionnaire to Twain: "what (1) circumstances, or (2) personal quality or gift has chiefly contributed to your success in life?" Twain's reply: "1. - I have published infrequently, & have burnt more manuscripts than I have printed. 2.- Good Humor."

1 p., 14.5 x 19.6 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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