 | Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. |  |
PRINCETON.
Mr. Clemens spent several days in May, 1901, in Princeton, New Jersey, as the guest of Lawrence Hutton. He gave a reading one evening before a large audience composed of university students and professors. Before the reading Mr. Clemens said:
I FEEL exceedingly surreptitious in coming down here without an announcement of any kind. I do not want to see any advertisements around, for the reason that I'm not a lecturer any longer. I reformed long ago, and I break over and commit this sin only just one time this year-and that is moderate, I think, for a person of my disposition. It is not my purpose to lecture any more as long as I live. I never intend to stand up on a platform any more-unless by the request of a sheriff or something like that.
| Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells. | |