Dear Mr. Clark—
Clearly the type-writing is far superior to manuscript, for printers’ use. If you can get hold of the new machine, which has both capital & small letters, it will be still better, though this change is not essential. The work is beautifully done.
Paging at the top is sufficient. Pay no attention to my paging.
I See next page for some suggestions.
Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens
1. Precede no punctuation-mark with a space. Jam it up close—so: B, B; B: B. Not thus: B : B , B ; B .
2. Use the ordinary thin-space only—except at end of sentences. A comma set in the middle of a broad space between two words (AGAIN , HE) is infinitely confusing—particularly because the type-writers’ comma’s & periods are almost alike.
3. After a period, use as broad a space
as this [▭] (AGAIN. 
HE)
4. Don’t indent a run-over:
(“What did he mean?” he asked,
I have corrected one copy. Will you take a pen & repeat my corrections in the duplicate for me?
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Provenance:
The MS was acquired by Kevin MacDonnell in 2010; it was formerly in the collection of Sue Monaghan, grandniece of Henry Maxon Clarke (1859–1917) and Ella May Leavitt Clarke (1865–1945).
Emendations and textual notes:
▭ • [At this point in the manuscript, Clemens inserted a rectangle to indicate approximately two ems of space]
addressing me.) • [Clemens indented “addressing me.)” and drew a line leading to a caret at the left edge of the page to illustrate that the run-over should be left justified, not indented.]
