The Reports of C.S. Lewis College’s Death Were Greatly Exaggerated

In 1897, The New York Herald released a statement that Mark Twain, then 51, was “grievously ill and possibly dying. Worse still, we are told that his brilliant intellect is shattered and that he is sorely in need of money.” Of course, Twain was alive and well. Upon hearing of his likely demise, Twain offered