April 10 Saturday — In Redding, Conn., Isabel V. Lyon wrote for Sam to Frederick T. Leigh.
“Tell the Major to bring out the Stormfield book at a dollar & we'll see if what he says is true, Nobody’s word is worth a damn anyway, & now we'll have figures to prove it,”’
Dear Major Leigh:
This is what Mr. Clemens said to me this morning. So you have your authority now to “go ahead”; but Mr. Clemens said that you’d better keep this letter as he might forget that he had authorized the publication of Captain Stormfield at a dollar, & here is your proof.
He is well & rested, & sends you many affectionate messages, & the hope that he will see you soon again.
/ Very Sincerely Yours / I. V. Lyon [MTP}.
Sam wrote on the right side top of a page of his new guestbook:
“Noon, April 10, Margaret is due [Blackmer] to arrive here with her mother at 5:45 this evening,
It is an event: an event like the advent of spring after winter. The scamp will be welcome. Also her mother.” [Note: on the following page:]
| Name | Address | Date | Remarks |
| Helen Rice Blackmer | New York | April 10" 1909 | |
| Margaret Gray Blackmer | New York | April 10" 1909 | [Note: both signed] |
Century Theatre Club, NYC per Adele Durant Holt wrote that the Club wished to make Clemens an honorary member but did not want to do so without his permission. They wished to show in this small way their appreciation for his help with the Educational Theatre [MTP].
Josephine Lamden Kay wrote a long letter from Atlanta, Ga. to praise Sam’s writing of JA [MTP].
William Goodrich Wilcox wrote from Ft. Smith, Ark. to praise Sam’s writing. “...with the exception of Dickens and the Bible you have told more Truth and lies than any author.” He wrote 15 small sides of a letter telling his life story [MTP].
The New York Times, Apr. 10, p. BR205 under ‘Topics of the Week” ran this announcement:
Mark Twain has written a book called “Is Shakespeare Dead?” which is published by Harpers this week. It is not exactly a learned Shakespearean treatise, nor is it fiction altogether. There is something in regard to Shakespeare in the book, however, and there is also a good deal about Mark Twain, including his life on the Mississippi and his experiences in the Far West.