The Guest of Emperors and Boarding House Keepers

The Guest of Emperors and Boarding House Keepers

A long-lost obituary of Mark Twain.

The Guest of Emperors and Boarding House Keepers: A long-lost obituary of Mark Twain - 3 Quarks Daily

Adele Gleason in Lapham’s Quarterly: 1910: Lahore As I knew him in the many summers he lived on estates joining ours in Elmira, N.Y., U.S.A., his wife’s birth place; the wonder of Mark Twain’s real personality increased. He reminded one of one of the many definitions of genius, a constant capacity for growth. The reproach of age is that it is “stale, flat and unprofitable.” Mr. Clemens’ age was always youthful, not in the way of amusement or of …