Still, it was not enough for Mark Twain. "If it were only to write over again," he told Howells, 'there wouldn't be so many things left out. They burn in me; and they keep multiplying; but now ...

The 70 th birthday of Mark Twain was a lavish affair held at Delmonico’s restaurant in New York City. In introducing Twain, friend William Dean Howells said, “Now, ladies and gentlemen ...