English As She Is Taught.

TWAIN, Mark. [Samuel L. Clemens].

Item Number: 125955

Boston: Mutual Book Company, 1900.

First American edition, second state and first separate edition of Twain’s short work on English grammar. BAL 3465. Octavo, original decorated cloth. In near fine condition.

"To understand America, read Mark Twain. No matter what new craziness pops up in America, I find it described beforehand by him He was never innocent, at home or abroad" (Garry Wills). "High and fine literature is wine," Twain once wrote, "and mine is only water; but everybody likes water." Raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, Samuel Clemens, of Mark Twain, was lauded in his obituary as the "greatest humorist this country has produced." His 1885 novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is often referred to as "The Great American Novel."