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Show THREE MARK TWAIN ITEMS One Is Characteristic Letter From the Well-Known Hurr.ortst to a Friend. Thre Interesting Mark Twain Items nre in the George Itcntt inn library, which will be sold at Atub rsoli's on November ;s. On.. I a tuo-iige letter, let-ter, Klmira. July 12 (no year, bu' presumed pre-sumed to io about to a Irtctid named Conway, and refers to the publishing pub-lishing house of Webster & Co.. which Mark Twain fou:, lid In The letter rends In part: "We are full, clear up to the cftin we can handle only two books a year and nre now under contract for six. We have already declined a book of :ny own no room for It, and we could do better, anyway. My book was ready nearly a year ago and Is likely to remain ready a long time before I get it into print by our concern. " The failure of Webster & Co., It will be recalled, involved Math Twain in heavy losses, which he made up later by the success of his own book and lectures. It Is thought that perhaps he unpublished book he tfers to ia his letter was "Hucklei.try Finn." which was Issued In lSi. Another Mark Twain lot consists of five characteristic tel grams from him to James Ktdpath.' '.Kfi74. In one of them he says: "Notify all hands that from this date I shall taik nothing ut selections f.. m my foriU-coming foriU-coming book. Koiighirg It Trl d it last night Suits me tip top." In an-other an-other telegram he fays about going to Amherst to lecture. had au-otl.er au-otl.er engagement I would rob before 1 would Mil it There Is also an am, 'sing thfe-rage thfe-rage U tter, In pencil, s j- ed "Mara," and written In 1S69 to James Red rath. In it he says: "I doa t want to lrctttr in Hrook-Ijn Hrook-Ijn any more. This Is tiie very society so-ciety I thocght that Inftroal woman as representing Rut I've got enough. I nevr will lecture outside of New Kng knd again, snl I nevT will lecture tn Rrooklyn at all. Suspend Sus-pend Judgment till you see me. She made that ad. read as If I was talking on my own book, and for no society." |