[poconopundit]

Thanks, Ruy. Not aware of this tome at all, but scanning through it, it sounds like a splendid book to read with lots of amusement (from 1899).

So this is what people did in their spare time before motion pictures and TV. Pretty neat.

[Liz]

The RNC could sell replicas of these to raise campaign money.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

BE careful! Mark Twain (the real one) used words that will brand you as a you know what!