August – At Dollis Hill House in London, England Sam wrote to Frank Fuller [MTP]. Text not available.

Sam also mailed his photograph to Harper & Brothers. Only the photograph and envelope survive; a letter may or may not have been enclosed [MTP].

Will M. Clemens’ article, “Mark Twain on the Lecture Platform, etc.” ran in Ainslee’s Magazine (NY),

p.25-32. Tenney: “Contains a number of MT letters to James Redpath, and reprints the reactions of Joel Benton and H.R. Haweis to his lectures; tells of the time when the Hon. Demshain (De Shane?) Hornet gave a temperance lecture when MT failed to arrive, but left in disgust when the audience mistook him for MT and laughed at every word he said. Frontispiece photograph of MT by Sarony, p.2” [32].