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He offered everything--his cow, his household furniture,even his forks and spoons--to his creditors, who protested that he mustnot strip himself. The hungry army camped in the barnyard and crept into the hay-loftto sleep. Mark Twain's farewell address, given at theMercantile Library July 2 (1868), doubtless remains today the leadingliterary event in San Francisco's history. His lips parted.

athor from the equation, supposing her to have been motivated by what David delicately referred to as personal feelings. Silly, perhaps, but if she was fortunate enough to reach shore she didn't relish the idea of showing herself to a group of conservative villagers in wet, skimpy underclothing. He did lecture two nights in SteinwayHall for the Mercantile Library Association, on the basis of halfprofits, nett Many of them are amusing, some of themdelightful, but most of them seem ephemeral.