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HOWELLS (21 Fifth Avenue, New York)-Harper's Magazine, July, 1906. theHowellses may reign in the land? I must not forget to say, while I thinkof it, that your new false teeth are done, my dear, and your wig. When reading and writing failed as diversion, Mark Twain often turned tomathematics. erious the matter with him, urginghim to try this relief or that, pathetically eager for his continued lifeand health.

theKing of Siam had read but three English books--the Bible, Bryce'sAmerican Commonwealth, and The Innocents Abroad. hat theyshould have the book on reasonable terms; certainly on terms no greater than he could obtain elsewhere. thers not less than seventy-five dollars a dayapiece as their net return from the circus, as he called it. I spent most of each day with him, merely sitting by the bed and readingwhile he himself read or dozed.