Word: twain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from chivalry and castles to realism and red lights is not too severe for the Vagabond's gentle tastes, he will follow Professor Murdock across the yard, keeping out of sight as a well-bred Vagabond should, and slink into Sever 11 to listen to Professor Murdock on Mark Twain...
...Mark Twain was of course the first good-humoured Vagabond, and so his lineal descendent may perhaps be pardoned for being a bit partial to him. Therefore he is quite sorry for anyone who has missed Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn from his cradle side, and almost as regretful over a lost soul who has failed to try "Life on the Mississippi" or "A Tramp Abroad" for his later and more travelsome years. Perhaps these unfortunates may be redeemed from the pulpit of Sever 11. But it is more likely that Professor Murdock will concern himself with the later years...
...Mark Twain," Professor Murdock Sever...
...picture, which deals with the trial of Joan for witchery is an artist's, not a historian's, attempt to strip the legend-wrapped saint and discover the simple peasant girl that was the real Joan. She lives in the pages of Mark Twain and of Shaw, but she moves and breathes more convincingly still in the superbly restrained portrayal of Mile, Falconetti...
...Mark Twain (2)". Dr. Carpenter, Harvard...