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MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS 1886-1900
VOLUME IV.
By Mark Twain
ARRANGED WITH COMMENT BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
XXVI. LETTERS, 1886-87. JANE CLEMENS'S ROMANCE. UNMAILED
LETTERS, ETC.
When Clemens had been platforming with Cable and returned to
Hartford for his Christmas vacation, the Warner and Clemens families
had joined in preparing for him a surprise performance of The Prince
and the Pauper. The Clemens household was always given to
theatricals, and it was about this time that scenery and a stage
were prepared--mainly by the sculptor Gerhardt--for these home
performances, after which productions of The Prince and the Pauper
were given with considerable regularity to audiences consisting of
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