Mark Twain, Etretat, Normandy, to J. Henry Harper with AN by J. Henry Harper, 1894

Containers:

Box 3

Scope and content:

Reports arrival of manuscript ( Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc ); wants Harper to draft an order requiring the compositor and proof-reader to follow copy exactly; mentions The Century proofreader who tampered with his punctuation in The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson in the manuscript before sending it to the printer; intends to add to manuscript 1200 words, including a three stanza song; thanks for the books; encloses copy of extra material and notes where it should be located in manuscript; not all the Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc came as manuscript was opened at French custom house. S.L.C. With AN signed J. Henry Harper on verso of p. 3 says Mr. Alden sent complete copy of manuscript and difficulty can be resolved if Twain indicates where his manuscript ends.

Physical description:

ALS, 4 p.

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