But if the Jupiter, Who passes his opinion on the novel, ever happens to peruse it in some weary moment of his subsequent life, we hope that he will not be the victim of a remorse bitter but too late.
One word more.

This is--what it pretends to be a joint production, in the conception of the story, the exposition of the characters, and in its literal composition.

There is scarcely a chapter that does not bear the marks of the two writers of the book.

S.L.C.
C.D.

W.
[Etext Editor's Note: The following chapters were written by Mark Twain: 1-11, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32-34, 36, 37, 42, 43, 45, 51-53, 57, 59-62; and portions of 35, 49, and 56.