February 5 Tuesday – Sam’s notebook: “Twichell comes, in evening. Riggs, 7.30. 150 Central Park South” [NB 44 TS 5].

H. Brown of Quincy, Ill. wrote compliments of Twain’s “Sitting in Darkness” article [MTP].

William Augustus Croffut for the Washington (D.C.) Anti-Imperialist League wrote compliments and of the “extreme jubilation” his household was in after reading Twain’s “Sitting in Darkness” article [MTP].

William Hart Ward for The Independent (NY) wrote to criticize an aspect of Sam’s “Sitting in Darkness” article.

You yourself know well enough that neither the missionaries in China nor the boards in America would consent for an instant to receive thirteen times the damages, or any damages at all to be spent in anything more than replacing lost property. To represent that they would is an insult on our common sense. I like much that you say extremely, but as to that Ament matter I am afraid that your swallowing capacity indicates a gullible gullet [MTP].

Erving Winslow for the Anti- Imperialist League wrote compliments of Twain’s “Sitting in Darkness” article, and asking if the article might be reprinted as a pamphlet for their use [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env. “Refer him to Harvey / Request & use Art.”