Introduction to A capable humorist, 1908 Dec. 22.

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Introduction to A capable humorist, 1908 Dec. 22.

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Autograph manuscript, unsigned, of Mark Twain's brief article for Harper's Weekly, an introduction to a transcription of a letter to him from a Dutch author in broken English, published with the title "A Capable Humorist" in the February 20, 1909 issue. Accompanied by a clipping of the printed article and a photographic portrait of the author.

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...