Come and have a look, my dear, he said. For him it was education of a morevaluable and lasting sort than any he would ever acquire from books. The only other inhabitants were birds, snowy white egrets, and a few kingfishers. --[In Mark Twain's sketch MyFirst Literary Venture he has set down with characteristic embroideriessome account of this early authorship.
To him Mark Twain was ahighly gifted, fearless, robust man--a man's man--and as such altogetheradmirable--lovable. Indeed,as a rule, English readers of culture, critical readers, rose to anunderstanding of Mark Twain's literary value with greater promptness thandid the same class of readers at home. Thank you, madam, said Gargery, looking as pleased as if I had complimented him on his looks. What kind of a trip did you boys have? a friend asked of them.
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