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“Hello Huck 
"O ECALL that golden day when you first read 
“Huck Finn”? How your mother said, “For 
goodness sake, stop laughing aloud over that book. 
You sound so silly.” But you couldn’t stop laughing. 
Today when you read “Huckleberry Finn” you will 
not laugh so much. You will chuckle often, but you 
will also want to weep. The deep humanity of it— 
the pathos, that you never saw, as a boy, will appeal 
to you now. You were too busy laughing to notice 
the limpid purity of the master’s style. 
MARK TWAIN 
When Mark Twain first 
wrote “Huckleberry Finn” 
this land was swept with a 
gale of laughter. When he 
wrote “The Innocents 
Abroad” even Europe 
laughed at it itself. 
But one day there ap¬ 
peared a new hook from his 
pen, so spiritual, so true, so 
lofty, that those who did 
not know him well were 
amazed. “Joan of Arc” 
was the work of a poet—a 
historian—a seer. Mark 
Twain was all of these. His 
was not the light laughter of 
a moment’s fun, but the 
whimsical humor that made 
the tragedy of life more 
bearable. 
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25 VOLUMES 
Novels—Stories—Humor—Essays —Travels—History 
This is Mark Twain’s own set. This is the set he wanted in the home 
of each of those who love him. Because he asked it, Harpers have 
worked to make a perfect set at a reduced price. 
Before the war we had a contract price for paper, so we could sell 
this set of Mark Twain at a reduced price. 
A Real American 
Mark Twain was a steamboat 
pilot. He was a searcher for 
gold in the far west. He was 
a printer. He worked bitterly 
hard. All this without a glim¬ 
mer of the great destiny that 
lay before him. 
Then, with the opening of the 
great wide West, his genius 
blossomed. 
His fame spread through the 
nation. It flew to the ends of 
the earth, until his work was 
translated into strange tongues. 
From then on, the path of fame 
lay straight to the high places. 
At the height of his fame he lost 
all his money. He was heavily 
in debt, but, though 60 years 
old, he started afresh, and paid 
every cent. It was the last 
heroic touch that drew him close 
to the hearts of his countrymen. 
The world has asked is there 
an American literature? Mark 
Twain is the answer. He is the 
heart, the spirit of America. 
From his poor and struggling 
boyhood to hisglorious, splend id 
old age, he remained as simple, 
as democratic as the plainest of 
our forefathers. 
He was, of all Americans, the 
most American of all. Free in 
soul,and dreamingof high things 
—brave in the face of trouble— 
and always ready to laugh. That 
was Mark Twain. 
H.&G. 
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