This second collection of essays by Mark Twain is a good example of the diversity of subject matter about which he wrote. As with the essays in Volume 1, many first appeared alone, in magazines or newspapers, before being printed as chapters of his larger works, while others were taken from larger works and reprinted in collections of essays. On top of being prolific, Mark Twain was a very successful marketer of his works. Volume 2 contains the following works: 1.) "A Curious Experience" - 1892 2.) "The Heart of a Humorist" - 1900 3.) “How Tom Sawyer Got His Fence Whitewashed”- 1876 4.) "Jim Smiley's Frog" - 1870 5.) "Luck" - 1891 6.) “A Dog’s Tale” - 1904 7.) "Lost in the Snow" - 1888 8.) "Mark Twain on Overspeeding" - 1908 9.) "A Medieval Romance" 1907 (Summary by John Greenman)
Target completion date: 2013-Feb-28
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comedy, essay-short-nonfiction, humor, memoirs, satire, short-stories, travel
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If you edit the title of your first post, John, to add a tilde at the front ~SOLO ... that's the 'code' that lets DPLs know that this project is up for grabs.
There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!
Cori wrote:If you edit the title of your first post, John, to add a tilde at the front ~SOLO ... that's the 'code' that lets DPLs know that this project is up for grabs.
Attention please: The file name can't be: marktwain'sjournalwritingsvolume2_01_twain.mp3. The catalog doesn't accept that. I changed the filename to: marktwainsjournalwritingsvolume2_01_twain.mp3
libraryanne wrote:Hi John,
I'd like to be your DPL for this, if I may. You've marked that you want standard DPL'ing this time, is that right?
Betty
Hi Betty,
Thanks for jumping on board....and yes...we'll be doing standard DPL'ing for this....there are a lot of obscure sources...all Pub.Dom....and no way to get typos changed!
I've started the first one but it'll be Wed before I can finish it..
bart wrote:Attention please: The file name can't be: marktwain'sjournalwritingsvolume2_01_twain.mp3. The catalog doesn't accept that. I changed the filename to: marktwainsjournalwritingsvolume2_01_twain.mp3
Bart
Thanks for the correction Bart and for joining us!
