Posts in The Copybook credited to ‘Mark Twain’
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Attributed to William Scrots (fl. 1537-1553), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
On the same day in 1537, so the story goes, two baby boys were born, but the similarity between them ended there.
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© Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
In Jim Baker’s considered opinion, the bluejay had a much better command of language than Mark Twain’s cats did.
By William M. Vander Weyde (1871–1929), via George Eastman House Collection and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: No known copyright restrictions.
As proof that ‘Providence protects children and idiots’, Mark Twain recalls his first taste of ten-pin bowling.
© Uttam h, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mark Twain covets the supreme sensation of being a trailblazer.
© Alden Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Mark Twain’s attention was drawn off people-watching for a moment by an extraordinarily lifelike machine.