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MARK TWAIN'S SKETCHES. 



the most astonishing specimens he comes across. He also keeps fac-similes of 

 many of the envelopes that pass through the office with queer pictures drawn 



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upon them. He was kind enough to have some of the picture-envelopes and 



execrable superscriptions copied for me, (the latter with " translations " added,) 

 and I here offer them for the inspection of the curious reader. 



