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It contains, however, oneparagraph at least by which it is likely to be remembered, a hoax--hislast one--on the reader. ied, 'That he wasn'tgoing to make a fool of himself by sitting up there on the stage andblowing his horn all by himself. Don't get rattled. Howells tells how he eventually took the manuscript to Raymond, whom hefound in a mood of sweet reasonableness at one of Osgood's luncheons.

I found the astronomer of the University gadding around after comets and other such odds and ends--tramps and derelicts of the skies. He is an old, old friend of mine, and he writes me, To-morrow I shall be sixty-nine years old. Clemens had been talking copyright a good deal in London, and introducingit into his speeches. With all nations playing thisgreat game, very likely it would produce millions in royalties; and so,i