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He could not know, standing there in his bare 

 feet and his rough clothes, with his little schooling, 

 that Idngs would do him honor when he died, and 

 that all men who r^ad would mourn a friend. 



He could not dream that one day 

 his work would stand in Chinese, in 

 Russian, in many languages he could 

 not read — and from humble doorman 

 to proudest emperor, all would be glad- 

 dened at his coming. 



He could not know that through it all he would remain as 

 simple, as democratic, as he was that day as a boy on the 

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"The lloy'8 Life « 



Mark Twain** 



by A« B. Tain** 



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He made us laugh, so that 

 we had not time to sec that his 

 style was sublime, that he was 

 biblical in simplicity, that he 

 was to America another Lin- 

 coln in spirit. 



To us. to everyone in the 

 United States, he was just 

 Mark Twain — well-beloved, 

 one of ourselves, one to laugh 

 with, one to go to for cheer, 

 one to go to for sane, pointed 

 views. Now he is gone, the 

 trenchant pen is still. But 

 his joyous spirit is'still with us. 

 Mark Twain's smile will live 

 forever. His laughter is eternal. 



He Was a Great Man; So 

 His Works are Great 



The road ahead of that boy 

 on the river bank was a hard 

 one. Before " Mark Twain," 

 a distinguished, white-haired 

 man. and the ICing of England 

 walked and talked together, 

 his path was set with troubles 

 that would have broken a 

 weaker spirit. It was a truly 

 American story — a small be- 

 ginning — little schooling — 



hard work — disaster — ■ good 

 humor — and final, shining, 

 astounding success. 



He fought with poverty, he 

 fought with disaster, he lost 

 those dearest to him. But he 

 won. 



Because he was of high and 

 brave intellect, because he 

 had humor as deep and as true 

 as the human heart, and be- 

 cause he had struggled with 

 life, he was a great man. So 

 his works are great. 



As Children We LoTed Him 



They say that children 

 know the inwardnessof things. 

 A child knows the heart of a 

 man We as children instinc- 

 tively knew Mark Twain was 

 so much greater, so much 

 truer than anybody else that 

 there was no one to compare 

 him with. 



Now grown up, we know 

 the reason why He had the 

 heart of a child: he had the 

 style of a master, he had a 

 character of rare beauty. 







The Great American 



He was A merican. He had 

 the idealism of America — the 

 humor, the kindliness, the 

 reaching toward a bigger 

 thing, the simplicity. In his 

 work we find all things, from 

 the ridiculous in "Huckle- 

 berry Finit" to the sublime of 

 "Joan of Arc," — the most 

 spiritual book that was ever 

 written in the English lan- 

 guage, of serene and lovely 

 beauty as lofty as Joan her- 

 self. A man who could write 

 two such books as "Huckle- 

 berry Firm" and "Joan of 

 Arc" was sublime in power. 

 His youth and _his laughter 

 arc eternal; his" 'genius will 

 nevei die. 



Why This Half Price Sale Must Stop 



Paper and Ink Go Up 



Mark Tw«In wanted ©rerrone in America to o«T) a sei oi bte 

 bivilcs. b<» one f>t tbo last things b« aeki-d us •raf> tbat vt make » 

 •et at 00 luv a price that everyone augtit own It. 



Rp Bald. "DoD't Tnak« fine editions. 0«n't make KiltlOD^to 

 gell for S'JOO aud 9:^00 and $10iX>. Make pod books, bookt- good 

 tu louk at a&d easy to r«ad. and make tbelr pric« low.' 



So we hare made this Bet. 

 at this \cv price. But a tbJ 

 cjuld not fvreaee. 



And ap to now ire v«re able to e«il 

 ig has happened tbat Mark IValn 



Before tbe war we 'bad acoDtr<u:t price for paper. Bat now 

 the price of pBp«>r baa gone up. It ba3 almost doubted !o prioe. 

 l^Ten the price of ink haa gone up. 6o it ifl LmpoBlLble to mako 

 hoy inure Hcte and lell them at tbi« low price. 



The last of the edition id In eight. There will ii«Ter again b« A 

 eot -if Mark Twain at the present price, 



Rfiiifinber that it id because N&r)E Twain flaorUl(^ed some of 

 his rcyalties that you can have a set at this prioe at alL Take 

 advTuitaee ol that kindness that was eo oliaxact«ri£tio of him. 



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be offered at such a price as this. When this edition is gone there will be no more. 



Send the coupon herewith at once. 



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IToluoies, llltijjtrated, Iv.aad Is 

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 gold, gold tope and deckled •>!(«•. 

 Ill Dot ttllafaotory, I will r«tun> 

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