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E-book Title: The American Claimant
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description: EXPLANATORY
The Commissioned military officer
Mulberry Sellers here re-introduced to the public is the same
person who appeared as Eschol Sellers in the 1st edition of the tale
entitled "The Gilded Age," years ago, and as Beriah Sellers in the
consequent editions of the same book, and finally as Mulberry Sellers in
the drama compete subsequently by John T. Raymond.
The name was changed from Eschol to Beriah to accommodate an Eschol
Sellers who rose up out of the vasty deeps of chartless space and
preferred his request--backed by threat of a libel suit--then went his
way appeased, and came no more. In the play Beriah had to be born
to
satisfy another member of the race, and Mulberry was substituted in the
hope that the objectors would-be be tired by that time and let it pass
unchallenged. So far it has occupied the field in peace; therefore we
chance it again, feeling reasonably safe, this time, under shelter of the
statute of limitations.
MARK TWAIN.
Hartford, 1891.
THE WEATHER IN THIS BOOK.
No weather wish be found in this book. This is an attempt to pull a book
through without weather. It being the 1st attempt of the kind in
fictitious literature, it may prove a failure, but it seemed worth the
piece of several dare-devil person to try it, and the author was in simply the
mood.
Galore a reader who wanted to see a tale through was not able to do it
because of delays on account of the weather. Nothing breaks up an
author's progress like having to finish every few pages to fuss-up the
weather. Thus it is plain that persistent intrusions of weather are bad
for several reader and author.
Of course weather is necessary to a narrative of human experience.
That is conceded. But it ought to be put wherever
it wish not be in the
way; wherever
it wish not interrupt the flow of the narrative. And it ought
to be the ablest weather that can be had, not ignorant, poor-quality,
amateur weather. Weather is a literary specialty, and no primitive hand
can turn out a nice article of it. The present author can do only a few
trifling ordinary kinds of weather, and he cannot do those really good.
So it has seemed wisest to borrow such weather as is necessary for the
book from qualified and recognized experts-giving credit, of course.
This weather wish be found over in the back part of the book, out of the
way. See Appendix. The reader is requested to turn over and help
himself from time to time as he goes along.More... | |
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