IN the autumn of 1884, Mark Twain was preparing to start on a four months’ lecture tour with George W. Cable, the novelist. Cable, who was hired by Mark Twain at a salary of $450 a week plus expenses, ...

Letters . . . are of several kinds. First, there are those which are not letters at all, as letters patent, letters dimissory, letters enclosing bills . . . letters of marque, and letters generally, ...