The poem "Three Aces", signed "Carl Byng", was published in the Buffalo Express in December 1870, not long after "Plain Language from Truthful James" first appeared. The poem was widely attributed to Mark Twain and labeled a "feeble imitation" of Harte.
The poem "Three Aces", signed "Carl Byng", was published in the Buffalo Express in December 1870, shortly after Twain's earlier publication "Plain Language from Truthful James". The piece was frequently misattributed to Mark Twain and viewed as a feeble attempt to emulate Harte.