Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1887 — Mark Twain's Native Gallantry. [ARTICLE]

Mark Twain's Native Gallantry.

That was a graceful thing Mark— Twain did with regard to his last mag- : azine article, “English as She Is Taught,” in the April Century. It : seems that a Miss Le Row, a teacher in the Central Grammar School, in Brook- ! lyn. Collecting the absurilest of the mistakes of pupils in their reclta- j tions, answers and compositions. When ! she had a grand pile she determined to publish them in book form, and she wrote to Twain to know if she might dedicate the work to him. She sent j him proof sheets. He made up a magazine article to help the book along and sent her proofs of that. He also got her to change the title from “Teaching the Young Idea” to “English as She Is Taught.” She cut his magazine proofs mateyially, takiug out what she thought reflected unpleasantly on her profession. The arti- , cle as he wrote it was worth $250, hut she much reduced it. and Mark made a tight for. his full price and got it. When lyiuu liC fTfade It fiver to her " and mailed it"to her,~so r that she got the money, as well.as the tremendous piutlte He h: d '.never-seen heuin. hhrlife,^; — 3— x