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Show "Mark Twain," said a magazine editor, - "brought out 'Joan of Arc' anonymously. The L book was one of his failures, but he was proud fr of It. Befoie he acknowledged its authorship, he sometimes fished for compliments about it. One evening at a dinner Mark Twain said carelessly to a Senator: 'Are you a novel reader?' 'Yes, a great novel reader,' was the reply. 'I don't suppose you're following that anonymous new serial, "Joan of Arc?" ' 'Indeed, I am, though, every Installment.' 'What do you think of It?' Is It good?' 'That's hardly a fair question to ask me,' replied tho Senator, who knew the book's real author. 'You see I wrote "Joan of Arc" myself." L |