Mark Twain The Young Man - Described

Mark Twain 30 Years of Age

   "Mark Twain is a very good looking man. He is of medium height and moderately slender build, has light brown hair, a reddish brown mustache, regular features and a fresh complexion; and he has a queer way of wrinkling up his nose and half closing his eyes when he speaks. The expression of his face is as calm and imperturbable as that of a sphinx. Looking at him you feel it to be an impossibility that he should ever hurry or be out of temper, and you might suppose him to be incapable of a joke, if it were not for the peculiar twinkle in his merry eyes. His voice is remarkably light and remarkably dry--like some German wines--and it seems to be modulated to only two keys. His style of speaking is unique to the last degree. It is all of a piece with the quality of his humor, and fits him like a glove."

-Newspaper Review of November 30, 1870 Thompsonville, Connecticut speaking tour stop. November 30th is his Birthday so it must have been a good show!