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

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5158928


Item data

Title

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

Collection

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

Names

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910 (Creator)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1900-12-31

Library Location

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

Extent: 1 leaf
2-line holograph sentiment. Inserted in his: The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson, Hartford, 1894. Copy 1.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b15893396
Archives ID: 19174
accession number: 105309B (book)
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a4331d0-eede-012f-bb98-58d385a7b928

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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/6a4331d0-eede-012f-bb98-58d385a7b928

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/6a4331d0-eede-012f-bb98-58d385a7b928

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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 November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6a4331d0-eede-012f-bb98-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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