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Joan is not known by that name among plain people of our race & tongue. It must havehad its origin in that impression, else he would have thought, We areall instruments f On the outside of the envelope Clemens made this pencil note: Now, I suppose I offended that young lady by having an opinion of myown, instead of waiting and copying hers. But that is not possible perhaps.

I have been appealed to in the mean time, and have concluded that it is impossible to get the right kind of time from a blacking-box. After that you interrupt the compliments and say, Yes, yes, that's all right; never mind about that. It lacked soul. What is it that we want in a novel? We want a vivid and original picture of life; we want character naturally dis