Anvil in a Lace Bootie

According to Mr. Roy Morris, Jr. in his tome, Lighting Out For The Territory, Sam Clemens caused the following information to be distributed on a handbill advertising his October 2nd, 1866 public lecture debut in San Francisco: A SPLENDID ORCHESTRA is in town, but has not been engaged. A DEN OF FEROCIOUS WILD BEASTS will [...]

I had been to school most all the time, and I could spell, and read, and write just a little, and could say the multiplication table up to six times seven is thirty-five, and I don’t reckon I could ever get any further than that if I was to live forever. That’s a fine sentence, [...]