Preface Mark Twain disa~ed readers approaching The ddwntures of Huckleberry Finn by warning them against any effort to discover motive， moral， or plot in his book. What he hoped for， perhaps， was that his readers might lose themselves in the life of his hook， surrender to the language， the humor， the charm of Huck and Jim. Most certainly that has been the experi- ence of thousands of readers， who have been caught up and carried along by the vitality of this masterpiece. A masterpiece it unquestionably is. And as such it de- ~rv~ and even demands our close attention and c~e- fnl reading. Mak Twain would probably have taken equally great pleasure in threaterfing to ban， or prosecute-- even to shootm reader who looked at but did not see what he had to say. A humorist whose barbs provoke only laughter cannot be satisfied that he has hit his target， And a humorist who also posse~es geiti.s and
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