scott
19 April 2025
August 31 Tuesday
August 31? Tuesday — In Redding, Conn. Sam replied to David Rutherford’s offer of Aug. 19 to illustrate Sam’s next book for nothing, thereby applying what he perceived to be Mark Twain’s “system” of rising in business. Sam wrote on Rutherford’s letter:
“I advised nothing of the kind. I never advised the opera singer to work for the blacksmith for nothing: I never advised the illustrator to offer to work for the author, for nothing. Publishers employ illus—authors do not” [MTP].
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Aug 31, 1909 - Tue