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retaining the original “look” as much as possible. (The original also
has lovely decorative page headers and footers, but since these were
not reproducible from the electronic file, I’ve added my own from
my collection of Victorian artwork.)
I’ve also included Twain’s delightful introduction and review of
the book. Of course, it reproduces quite a bit of the book’s content,
but Twain’s commentary on the students’ responses—and their
implications for the state of public education in his day and, one
can’t help but feel, our own—are not to be missed.
—Moira Allen, Editor
VictorianVoices.net
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