Mark Twain, American author, playing pool Size:Standard: 6 x 4in The numerous collisions that occurred

The numerous collisions that occurred on the country's railways each year was becoming more and more often the subject of criticism

Frontispiece to Memoirs of Thomas Brand-Hollis

Elevation showing sheers holding a mast stepped into a pier

wearing a doublet and ruff collar

Mark Twain, American author, playing pool Size:Standard: 6 x 4in The numerous collisions that occurredMark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 1910). His best known works are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He is pictured with the daughter of his biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine.