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MARK.
Raymond, in a letter to the Sun, stated that not "one line" of the
California dramatization had been used by Mark Twain, "except that
which was taken bodily from The Gilded Age." Clemens himself, in a
statement that he wrote for the Hartford Post, but suppressed,
probably at the request of his wife, gave a full history of the
play's origin, a matter of slight interest to-day.
Sellers on the stage proved a great success. The play had no
special merit as a literary composition, but the character of
Sellers delighted the public, and both author and actor were richly
repaid for their entertainment.
XIV. LETTERS 1874. MISSISSIPPI CHAPTERS. VISITS TO BOSTON. A JOKE
ON
ALDRICH.
"
Couldn't you send me some such story as that colored one
for our January number--that is, within a month?" wrote
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