Mark Twain-Howells letters
Subtitle: the correspondence of Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells, 1872-1910.
By: Edited by Henry Nash Smith and William M. Gibson with the assistance of Frederick Anderson.
Contributors: Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.; Smith, Henry Nash, ed.; Gibson, William Merriam, 1912- ed.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 948
Description: This is the first comprehensive collection of correspondence between Mark Twain and his editor William D. Howells. The publishing practices and critical attitudes of the period are variously documented here as it showcases the Gilded Age in American writing.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Note on editorial practice" (v. 1, p. xxi-xxv) "Calendar of letters": v. 2, p. 883-903. "Index of works by Samuel L. Clemens and William D. Howells": v. 2, p. 943-948.