From the inscription in this copy of "Little Lord Fauntleroy," the book appears to have been a Christmas gift from Twain to his daughter Clara Clemens in 1886. The inscription is signed "From Papa." ...
“I have no liking for novels or stories,” Mark Twain ... In truth, Twain was a voracious reader, and Gribben has spent almost 50 years compiling a list of the 3,000 books in Twain’s library ...