5,000 Livy would have insisted on knowing what kind of bread it was and how the fishes were served. possibleto present him at all; but, finally, Chancellor Curzon addressed him (inLatin), Most amiable and c I burned it & said I would reform. This was toward the end of May, 1891, when Clemens hadalready decided upon a long European sojourn.
Since June 26 we have had 21 guests, & they have all liked it and said they would come again. Howells wrote thathe had read the essay with thrills amounting to yells of satisfaction,and declared it to be the best thing yet said on the subject. Even if the surroundings had been less sorrowful it is not likely thatClemens would have returned to Hartford at this time. A number of books were published at a heavy loss.
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