Show TRIBUTE TO MARK TWAIN the rhe greatest boy of fiction the american boy who know knew human nature what a man mail mark twain was aa beginning us as a barefoot boy in a sleepy mississippi Missia sIppi river town it a journeyman printer avith a little deduc education aaion and no promise of a future a river pilot nn all unlucky prospector lie ho became a mart man of worldwide world wido fame and immense indu enco ence ills ilia books have gone everywhere am have 0 made generations laugh and weep ile he was not only a great lie ho was a man of high courage and fine ideals a man who tinted hated shams and lies and struck at them fler fiercely cely lie ho knew human nature laughed at its queer contradictions admired and respected its goodness and kindness always lie ho Is anten intensely sely american without being provincial provi lecial not only did ho he have a genius for writing ile he had a genius tor for being a man mail if its as a young man lie ho was inclined to be too extravagant too irreverent ho he conquered that tendency he grow in wisdom and in perception and lie he loved people loved men and women and children that Is why wo we all love him there Is a glow to him you can warm your heart at his books much as you warm your hands at a fire mr gilbert chesterton the english author and a wit himself says 0 of mark twain all honest people saw the point of twains kwains wit not a few dishonest people felt it but to tile the whole world of youth mark alark twain Is tom sawyer tile the immortal boy tho the greatest boy of notion fiction tho the american boy and yet tho the essential boy that links all boys of whatever nationality together tom and huck what more do you want st nicholas magazine |