IV. THE WORLD-FAMED GENIUS


"Art transmitting the simplest feelings of common life,
but such, always, as are accessible to all men in the
whole world the art of common life--the art of a people
--universal art."
TOLSTOY: What is Art?



Some years ago a group of Mark Twain's friends, in a spirit of fun,
addressed a letter to:

MARK TWAIN
GOD KNOWS WHERE.

Though taking a somewhat circuitous route, the letter went unerringly to
its goal; and it was not long before the senders of that letter received
the laconic, but triumphant reply: "He did." They now turned the tables
on the jubilant author, who equally as quickly received a letter
addressed:

MARK TWAIN
THE DEVIL KNOWS WHERE.

It seemed that "he" did, too!

In his lifetime Mark Twain won a fame that was literally world-wide