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 "Plain Language from Truthful James" first appeared. The poem was commonly attributed to Mark Twain and labeled a weak imitation of Harte.