"Give her soap & a towel but hide the looking-glass."

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Title
"Give her soap & a towel but hide the looking-glass."
Names
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 (Creator)
Collection

Samuel Langhorne Clemens collection of papers, 1856-1938 (bulk 1870-1938)

Manuscripts and Typescripts

Manuscripts

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1900-12-31
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Clemens
Shelf locator: Printed book: [Clemens], Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894). c1.
Genres
Manuscripts
Epigram
Notes
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Physical Description
Manuscripts
Extent: 1 leaf
2-line holograph sentiment. Inserted in his: The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, Hartford, 1894. Copy 1.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15893396
MSS Unit ID: 19174
Accession number: 105309B (book)
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a4331d0-eede-012f-bb98-58d385a7b928
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1835: Creator Born
  • 1900: Created
  • 1910: Creator Died
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. ""Give her soap & a towel but hide the looking-glass."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5515bcb0-1685-0132-4b12-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. ""Give her soap & a towel but hide the looking-glass."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5515bcb0-1685-0132-4b12-58d385a7b928

APA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1900). "Give her soap & a towel but hide the looking-glass." Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5515bcb0-1685-0132-4b12-58d385a7b928

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"Give her soap & a towel but hide the looking-glass."